Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

During the Vietnam War, actor Jane Fonda traveled to Asia. She was photographed with the enemy of the United States and was heavily criticized for the photos. Fonda has since explained that she did not mean anything by the old images, but her reputation was nonetheless torn to shreds by thousands of people who saw…

Following the lead of San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick and Denver Broncos linebacker Brandon Marshall, a few members of a New Jersey high school football team knelt while the national anthem played. Like Kaepernick and Marshall, coaches and students combined as the predominantly non-white Woodrow Wilson school performed the controversial move to raise awareness…

The Trump campaign reported being hacked, with documents leaked by foreign sources. While the campaign suspects Iranian involvement, it’s not confirmed. The FBI is aware, and the White House condemned foreign interference in elections. Microsoft declined further comment, and Politico reported receiving internal Trump campaign documents.

The sad news is that Jesse Jane, an adult movie star, and her boyfriend Brett Hasenmueller were found dеаd. When police went to Hasenmueller’s house to check on him, they found the horrible thing. The real name of Jesse Jane is Cindy Howell. She first became famous in the early 2000s when she was in…

On the morning of her 3rd birthday, Theresa woke up to a trail of sparkling dust leading from her bed to the garden. Curious, she followed it and found her dad, Adam, standing next to a small, hidden door in the garden wall. “Happy birthday, Theresa!” Adam said, handing her a tiny golden key. “This…

A McGill University professor, Carrie Rentschler, reported that the license plate which bore Lorne Grabher’s family name supported sexual violence against women. Because of this, since 2016, Grabher has been trying to get back his personalized license plate after The Registrar of Motor Vehicles revoked it. In a recent decision, the Supreme Court of Nova…

A person who had a lot of influence on health and wellness died of breast cancer at the young age of 30. They told Juanita Lira Eguiguren she had the terrible disease for the first time when she was 22 years old, in 2015. Her family said that she had died on Saturday. Family members…

There are a lot of stories out there about kids who have grown up to look just like their celebrity parents. From Michael J Fox’s twin daughters to Julia Roberts’s lookalike teen daughter and even Elvis Presley‘s grandson; there is a lot of celebrity offspring making us do a double-take when we look at them.…

A luxury Parisian hotel was forced to apologize to Serena Williams and her family after the retired American tennis player was reportedly denied entry to the hotel’s rooftop restaurant. “Yikes @peninsulaparis I’ve been denied access to rooftops to eat in an empty restaurant of nicer places but never with my kids. Always a first,” Williams…

My Dad always hated my Mom’s painting obsession, believing she was only fit to cook and clean. After their divorce, I stepped into her new home and discovered something that took my breath away. I never thought I’d be grateful for my parents’ divorce, but life has a way of surprising you. I’m Iva, 25…