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Michelle Chubb, also known as Indigenous Baddie on social media, is a model, activist, and public speaker who brings mainstream media's attention to the beauty of and challenges facing Indigenous communities. Chubb is a Swampy Cree member of Bunibonibee Cree Nation, and ahead of Thanksgiving, she shared how many Indigenous communities approach the holiday.
"A lot of us don't respect it as an event to celebrate because of the history," she said, referencing the fact that the narrative of the 1621 Thanksgiving feast has long been dominated by white voices and leaves out the fact that cooperation between European colonists and Indigenous communities was short-lived, giving way to violence and massacres of Indigenous tribes in the years that followed.
Chubb also shared what it was like to grow up Indigenous, how we can all be more respectful of Indigenous communities, and more. Read it all, in her own words, below.
I grew up in the city, and I'd visit the reservation in the summer and winter. And when I had the opportunity, I'd see differences between the city life and the res life. There was a big difference between the care of the people. There were more resources in the city versus what people have available on the res - healthcare, for instance. Or the high food prices on the res or in remote areas - it's really, really expensive, so a lot of the people depend on hunting and fishing to survive. I've seen that difference.
I think everything portrayed in the media growing up was wrong.
When I'd come back to the city after visiting, I would feel bad, having seen the people on the res struggle to survive, to actually live. Seeing that, I wanted to make a difference, but I didn't know how I wanted to express that when I was younger. When I had the opportunity with TikTok, I wanted to use my platform to amplify the problems that we have. And that got me speaking about big companies taking resources from Indigenous communities when they're at their lowest already, or amplifying the problems we have in the city as well, because living in the city isn't necessarily better for Indigenous people. I remember growing up in Winnipeg, and there would be a lot of news reporters talking about a missing Indigenous woman, and I would be like, "What, again? This happened last week." Being an Indigenous girl growing up, I was scared. I didn't want to be one of those missing people. So I started amplifying that also, because it's a struggle for Indigenous people.
I think everything portrayed in the media growing up was wrong. How history books portrayed us - they told the white part of the story, not the whole history. I was never taught about residential schools or the buffalo massacre. I had to take a separate course in high school to learn all about that stuff. Meanwhile, in social studies class, you only get a paragraph or two about Indigenous peoples.
And on a more personal level, every Halloween, I'd be asked to be Pocahontas. Growing up, I respected her as a woman, because she was basically one of our first missing and murdered Indigenous women. But also in school, there would be people touching my hair without asking and saying, "Oh my god, your hair is so long." I think that's different culturally, because even during powwows, when I'd wear my regalia, people would ask before touching my regalia or taking pictures. I think so many people don't respect boundaries.
I think it's all about educating ourselves to become more informed, especially with Indigenous culture, because again, media can portray us in ways they want to paint us. In reality, there are a variety of Indigenous people around the world, and we all have similarities - but we all are different in ways that make us unique in our own tribes and cultures.
Tom Hiddleston and Zawe Ashton are one of our favorite low-key couples. The pair, whose engagement was confirmed in March 2022, are also parents to a toddler they welcomed last year.
Back in July, Hiddleston and Ashton made a rare public appearance at the Wimbledon men's final, where they happened to sit in front of Ariana Grande and Andrew Garfield. Shortly after, Ashton explained to Entertainment Weekly that Hiddleston gave her great advice when it came to joining him in the MCU. Ashton stars in this November's "The Marvels," and Hiddleston, of course, has appeared in the Marvel films for years as Loki.
"It led to some incredible conversations about his experience being part of this franchise for over a decade," Ashton told EW about joining the franchise with Hiddleston. She said that he gave her practical advice, like making sure her costume has "enough zippers to go to the bathroom." Ashton explained, "One of the main takeaways from our conversations was, 'What you put into Marvel, you get back.' He said, 'If you go into this with an open heart and a great work ethic and just want to provide an amazing experience for the fans, you'll have an amazing experience on those sets.' He really empowered me in that way."
Ashton and Hiddleston met in 2019 while starring on the West End together and quickly sparked dating rumors. But rather than be loud about their relationship, the two very private people have mostly kept the details of their romance to themselves. Hiddleston, who famously dated Taylor Swift in 2016, made a U-turn on sharing his personal life after that experience. He told the Telegraph in 2017 that he wanted to keep his private life just that - private.
"Everyone is entitled to a private life," he shared, adding, "I love what I do and I dedicate myself with absolute commitment to making great art and great entertainment, and in my mind I don't conflict the two. My work is in the public sphere and I have a private life. And those two things are separate."
For everything we know about Hiddleston and Ashton's sweet and low-key romance, keep reading ahead.
If we've learned anything about Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker over the years, it's that he loves tattoos and his kids. With their rock-star dad in the spotlight for much of their childhood, Travis's older kids, Landon and Alabama, and their stepsister, Atiana, haven't had the most conventional upbringing. And this month, Travis and wife Kourtney Kardashian Barker welcomed their first child together, expanding the family ever more.
For his part, Travis has made it known since the beginning that his family is his number-one priority. The musician even bought a home near their school when he and his ex-wife Shanna Moakler were separating, so the kids would have a home base. "I bought a home that's very close to my children's school, so when she's with the kids, she's there; when I'm with the kids, I'm there. There's no making them travel back and forth to different houses," he explained to People back in 2017.
Whether he's opening up about his love for his children on Twitter, saying, "I love being a Dad more than anything, best thing to have ever happened in my entire life," posting sappy throwback photos on Instagram, or enjoying a nice family vacation, Travis is all about dad life - which is probably even busier now with the additions of stepchildren Mason, Penelope, and Reign, Kardashian Barker's kids from her relationship with Scott Disick. Certainly, things are even busier now with their new baby.
On top of that, we can't help but admire Travis's older kids' close bond, both as siblings and with their dad. During Travis's sudden hospitalization in the summer of 2022, his daughter Alabama was right by his side to support him, asking fans via her Instagram Story to send prayers, per Us Weekly. Atiana also thanked fans via her Instagram Story for their "outpouring of love and prayers sent our way," adding, "It is heard, felt, and appreciated."
Get to know Travis's kids ahead.
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker's baby boy is here! As People confirmed on Nov. 4, the couple welcomed their first child together more than four months after Kardashian Barker announced her pregnancy at Barker's Blink-182 concert in Los Angeles on June 16. The Poosh founder revealed the news by holding up a handwritten sign that read "Travis I'm Pregnant" (POPSUGAR was there to witness the exciting moment). A few days later, the couple shared that they were expecting a son.
Ahead of their child's birth, Barker rushed home to California due to an "urgent family matter," Blink-182 announced on their Instagram Story as they postponed their European tour dates on Sept. 1. Hours before the news broke, Barker posted a series of photos on his Instagram Stories of him visiting a prayer room. On Sept. 6, Kardashian and Barker revealed the former had to undergo "urgent fetal surgery" due to pregnancy complications.
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The pair, who wed three times in 2022, have been transparent about parenthood as they've raised their blended family together. Kardashian shares three children - daughter Penelope and sons Mason and Reign - with ex Scott Disick. Barker also has three kids: daughter Alabama and son Landon, both of whom he shares with ex-wife Shanna Moakler, and stepdaughter Atiana, daughter of Moakler and boxing champ Oscar De La Hoya.
Kardashian and her husband have also been open about their IVF journey, part of which has been documented in episodes of "The Kardashians." However, last fall, Kardashian announced that she was "for now done with IVF" due to the "toll on my health and my - just even mentally - the hormones, the medication." She added, "I feel truly, like if it's meant to be, it'll happen."
After meeting through a mutual friend, Maroon 5 lead singer Adam Levine and supermodel Behati Prinsloo immediately hit it off. Though they were on and off for years, the two eventually tied the knot on July 19, 2014. Flash forward several years and the famous couple have two beautiful daughters together, whom they're rather private about on social media, and a son, who was born this past January.
During an appearance on the "Mother Daze" podcast in November, Prinsloo opened up about the "bliss" and "pain" of giving birth to her third child. The model said she chose not to have an epidural or a water birth. "My doctor at a certain point was like, 'I just want to let you know, this is kind of the point, if you were going to get anything.. this is it,'" Prinsloo recalled. "She was like, 'It's up to you... nobody's putting pressure on you, do what you feel.'" She continued, adding, "I was like, 'I feel really good... I think I'm... just gonna go with this feeling right now.'"
"At one point they're like, 'Do you want to get in the water?' and I was like, 'Absolutely not. I cannot think about something worse right now than to be wet,'" Prinsloo continued, jokingly adding, "I was like, 'No way - no water is getting on this body!'"
Though Prinsloo didn't reveal her son's name, she said she felt "so connected" with Levine during their baby's birth. "It was his favorite thing to watch and to be there and to help me through it ... and people telling him what to do to help me too," Prinsloo said. "Like the doula... putting him there where she would have been ... just really making this into such a beautiful experience for everyone."
While Prinsloo confessed on "The Ellen Degeneres Show" in May 2019 that she and Levine can't agree on how many more children they want (he'd prefer to have five while she'd be comfortable sticking with three or four), the kiddos they already have are pretty stinkin' cute.
Read ahead to learn more about the couple's children and get a look at this adorable family of five.