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Fashion Nova apologizes for T-shirt that resembles California wildfires: 'It was not our intent to offend or disrespect'

Fashion Nova says a computer error re-released a T-shirt it pulled last year during the Camp Fire in California. (Photo: Shoptagr)

Fashion Nova’s website re-listed a discontinued T-shirt that felt tacky to survivors of the California wildfires.

The clothing brand, headquartered in Los Angeles, had canceled the $19.99 black T-shirt with a burning house picture and the words “This must be paradise” in November during Camp Fire, disastrous wildfires that reportedly killed 86 people in Paradise, California. However, an electronic mistake, which occurred because of the company’s return policy, automatically reintroduced the shirt on Fashion Nova’s website.

The fire image bothered victims of the fire. “I was personally from that town and lost everything and I find it disrespectful,” a person tweeted. “Please remove the shirt off your store... smh.”

Fashion Nova tells Yahoo Lifestyle that production of the shirt stopped when the fires happened.

A shirt depicting a burning house with the words "this must be Paradise" reportedly on sale on Fashion Nova's website has sparked controversy in Northern California. https://t.co/josgt6VM65 pic.twitter.com/7ayjz8JRR3

— CBS Sacramento CBS13 (@CBSSacramento) June 1, 2019

Fashion Nova said a 2018 T-shirt of a burning house was accidentally re-published on its website, upsetting victims of Camp Fire in California. (Photo: Courtesy of Fashion Nova)

“We deeply apologize to anyone offended by the redistribution of the ‘This Must Be Paradise Tee,’” read a brand statement. “The graphic tee first went on sale July of 2018 and has no connection to Paradise, CA. The structure shown in the image is not a depiction of the town or any structure within the town of Paradise, CA. This is an unfortunate coincidence that we flagged immediately when the fires happened in November of 2018. At the time of the fires, the tee was pulled from our website completely.

“Due to our return process, the tee was relisted on our website through automatic processing,” it continued. “We have since pulled the tee from our site and are taking preventative steps to ensure a mishap such as this does not happen again in the future. It was not our intent to offend or disrespect those affected by The Camp Fire that took place in Paradise, CA in November 2018.” “California is our home. We see the heartbreaking impact these fires had, and continue to have, on our community every day. That is something we take very seriously. Our sincerest apologies and condolences go out to all the families, lives, and homes affected by the fires.”

Fashion Nova sent Yahoo Lifestyle a customer receipt from July showing the shirts were produced months before the disaster.

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Mother says nurse saved her baby's life on airplane: 'She's a rock star'

Janay Flowers of San Antonio, Tex., says a nurse and crew members of American Airlines saved the life of her baby, who experienced a seizure during a flight. (Photo: Facebook/Janay Flowers)

Mother Janay Flowers says she is indebted to a “rock star” nurse for saving her baby’s life on an airplane.

On Thursday, Flowers, a model from Tampa, Fla., was flying with her infant Nevaeh on American Airlines to San Antonio, Tex., where her husband, a member of the U.S. Air Force, will be stationed, reported The Dallas Morning News. Nevaeh, who had a slight fever, mostly slept on the three-hour flight. But 15 minutes before landing, the 11-month-old woke up crying.

“Suddenly, she started jolting in my arms,” Flowers, 28, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “I stood up and pressed the call button and a woman ran over to my aid.”

Tiffany Lehman, 37, a registered nurse from Wichita, Kan., was traveling with her chiropractor fiancé Alvin Dodson, after attending a medical convention in Tampa. They heard Nevaeh’s cries, and then, after calling for ice packets, stripped Nevaeh of her onesie and diaper and applied the cold packs to the back of her neck, groin and armpits.

Nevaeh’s seizure lasted seven-and-a-half minutes. “I laid her sideways on my lap because she was vomiting,” Lehman tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “Alvin ran to get oxygen and alert the pilots.”

Janay Flowers says a nurse traveling onboard an American Airlines flight treated her baby Nevaeh's seizure. (Photo: William Stambaugh)

But when the couple administered the oxygen, Nevaeh’s heart rate dropped to 60 beats per-minute —half the normal heart rate of a comparably-sized baby— and she stopped breathing.

“Nevaeh’s tongue was rolled back and blocked her airway, so I reached inside her mouth and swept the area with my finger,” Lehman tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “I thought she was going to die in my arms.”

With the crew keeping passengers calm and Flowers standing by her daughter singing, “You are my Sunshine,” Nevaeh started breathing again. However, another seizure came on and Nevaeh clenched her fists, turning blue and foaming at the mouth.

Lehman administered more oxygen and the plane landed in Dallas, where Nevaeh and Flowers were taken to Baylor Regional Medical Center in Grapevine.

“The doctor said Nevaeh’s seizure was isolated due to how fast her fever spiked,” Flowers tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “Her risk for future seizures has doubled, but it’s still low.”

Tiffany Lehman, a nurse, and Alvin Dodson, a chiropractor, saved the life of a seizing baby on an airplane. (Photo: Facebook/Tiffany Lehman)

An American Airlines representative tells Yahoo Lifestyle, “We are grateful that Nevaeh is doing better and wish her and her family the best. This medical emergency last week highlights the tremendous care and professionalism of American’s team members, and specifically, in this situation, our flight attendants and DFW team. We are proud of our colleagues and are grateful to them and our customers, who also stepped up to help a family in need, for their quick actions.”

Flowers and Lehman befriended each other on Facebook over the weekend and will FaceTime on Monday evening, so Flowers can meet Lehman’s 13-year-old son and Dodson’s 3-year-old daughter.

The family and crew members from American Airlines are all invited to Nevaeh’s May 19th birthday party.

“Tiffany is a rock star,” Flowers tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “God put us together.”

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Meghan Markle's actress friend Janina Gavankar says no designers wanted to dress her for the royal wedding

Actress Janina Gavankar, a friend of Meghan Markle’s, says that designers declined to dress her for the royal wedding.

Although Gavankar attended the wedding of Meghan and Prince Harry on Saturday wearing a tangerine-colored dress and a black fascinator, which she paired with Sigerson Morrison heels and an Yves Saint Laurent clutch, nailing down her look was a challenge.

“Thank you to everyone inquiring about today’s dress! Here’s the real story,” Gavankar wrote on Instagram Sunday. “As many do for events of this kind, my stylist @NikiSchwan & I reached out to designers and showrooms. … No one was responsive. Luckily, @westerncostumecompany generously opened the doors to their private vintage archive, and we chose this 1930’s dress and 1940s hat…”

Gavankar added, “Strange to be talking fashion on a powerful day of love and union.”

Thank you to everyone inquiring about today’s dress! Here’s the real story: As many do for events of this kind, my stylist @NikiSchwan & I reached out to designers and showrooms. …No one was responsive. Luckily, @westerncostumecompany generously opened the doors to their private vintage archive, and we chose this 1930’s dress and 1940s hat. Which we paired with @coomijewels Jewels, @sigersonmorrison pumps and a @ysl clutch. (Strange to be talking fashion on a powerful day of love and union.)

A post shared by Janina Gavankar (@janina) on May 20, 2018 at 2:33am PDT

Schwan, a Los Angeles-based stylist, got right to the point, writing on Instagram that day, “To be clear, we requested several designer brands & showrooms (for her to wear to the wedding) who either denied us or just ignored us. & obviously, this is not something you “shop” for, as we were committed to creating something special and unique.”

She added, “I kinda love being denied sometimes, it just forces me to work harder, smarter, more creatively & continuously think outside the box! Which is what styling is really about. This trio of women KILLED this moment, with their Royal Wedding STRUT (Squad goals for real!) and @janina is one of the single most searched names of those who attended the wedding, due to this moment & we are overwhelmed & grateful by the response to her look. (Too bad to all the brands and showrooms that denied us). Keep on keepin on y’all. Rejection is Gods protection, I always say!”

Feeling incredibly proud to have had the opportunity to collaborate and create this look for my client, and friend @janina for the Royal Wedding. Truly a magical moment in time. Thank you Janina, for trusting me Mission Accomplished my Beauty!!! . . Re this look: To be clear, we requested several designer brands & showrooms (for her to wear to the wedding) who either denied us or just ignored us. & obviously this is not something you “shop” for, as we were committed to creating something special and unique. We were incredibly excited to have had access to the private designer archives @westerncostumecompany where we chose a 1930’s dress (which we reworked a bit ) and a 40’s style hat. @coomijewels loaned the jewels, which we paired with @sigersonmorrison shoes & @ysl clutch . . I kinda love being denied sometimes, it just forces me to work harder, smarter, more creatively & continuously think outside the box! Which is what styling is really about. This trio of women KILLED this moment, with their Royal Wedding STRUT (Squad goals for real!) and @janina is one of the single most searched names of those who attended the wedding, due to this moment & we are overwhelmed & grateful by the response to her look. (Too bad to all the brands and showrooms that denied us). Keep on keepin on y’all. Rejection is Gods protection, I always say! . #RoyalWedding #FashionDirector #Stylist #JaninaGavankar #MeghanMarkle #SquadGoals #NikiSchwan #THEOrangeDress #RoyalWeddingFashion #GirlsWeRunTheWorld

A post shared by Niki Schwan (@nikischwan) on May 19, 2018 at 3:11pm PDT

Oprah, another royal wedding guest, also had a fashion catastrophe before the ceremony: When she realized that her beige dress would “photograph too white” and therefore breach wedding etiquette, Stella McCartney’s team, which designed Meghan’s reception dress, produced a new custom gown.

“Realized Friday morning the beige dress I was planning to wear to Royal ceremony would photograph too ‘white’ for a wedding,” Oprah wrote on Instagram Saturday. “Her team did this overnite. Hat is vintage @philiptreacy been in my closet since 2005 with new feathers. OMG was this an extraordinary day!”

These style emergencies aren’t uncommon for celebs who either buy or borrow dresses for high-profile events. According to E! News, which in 2017 detailed the extensive process ahead of the 89th Academy Awards, celebs either borrow a dress from a designer’s upcoming collection or, if their star power dictates, have one custom-made. The exchange is a win-win: Stars look fabulous in hot-off-the-press looks, and brands and designers receive the publicity.

However, a royal wedding is not the Academy Awards; royals do not accept designer clothes on loan or for free, and the designers may have declined Gavankar’s request out of concern for royal protocol (and future snubs by the palace).

Thank you @stellamccartney ! Realized Friday morning the beige dress I was planning to wear to Royal ceremony would photograph too “white” for a wedding.Her team did this overnite. Hat is vintage @philiptreacy been in my closet since 2005 with new feathers. OMG was this an extraordinary day! #Harry&Meghan #RoyalWedding #Lovedeveryminute

A post shared by Oprah (@oprah) on May 19, 2018 at 8:42am PDT

According to E!, before an event, stylists call in numerous dresses — often up to 50 — for clients to select. Other celebs have brand partnerships (agreements to publicly wear a certain designer’s clothing), or in some cases, they get paid by brands on a one-off basis to showcase certain looks.

Cases like Gavankar’s in which no designer offers his or her services — believe it or not, this used to happen to Kim Kardashian and Beyoncé — can be opportunities for more modest labels to shine. 

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This is what Donald and Melania Trump are sending Meghan and Harry as a wedding gift

President and Melania Trump have revealed their wedding gift to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle: a cash donation.

Despite not receiving an invitation to the royal wedding on Saturday at St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, the first couple is following wedding etiquette and sending a gift. “President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will be making a contribution to one of the seven charities the royal couple has designated in lieu of gifts,” White House spokesperson Lindsay Walters said in a statement Friday to Us Weekly.

Donald and Melania Trump aren’t attending the royal wedding — but they are sending Meghan Markle and Prince Harry a gift. (Photo: Getty Images)

In April, Markle and Harry, whose family has a reported net worth of $88 billion, requested in a palace statement that in lieu of wedding gifts, fans should make a charitable donation. 

“Prince Harry and Ms. Meghan Markle are incredibly grateful for the goodwill shown to them since the announcement of their engagement and are keen that as many people as possible benefit from this generosity of spirit,” read the statement. “The couple have therefore asked that anyone who might wish to mark the occasion considers making a donation to charity, rather than sending a wedding gift.”

The couple handpicked seven different U.K.-based organizations: CHIVA (Children’s HIV Association); Crisis, which aims to end homelessness; the Myna Mahila Foundation, which provides professional support for aspiring businesswomen; Scotty’s Little Soldiers, for bereaved armed forces children; StreetGames, a sports charity for low-income communities, Surfers Against Sewage, a national marine conservation; and the Wilderness Foundation U.K., a nature program for at-risk youth.

Meghan and Harry aren’t slighting the first couple by not inviting them — they’re simply following protocol. In April, a palace spokesperson said in a statement: “It has been decided that an official list of political leaders — both U.K. and international — is not required for Prince Harry and Ms. Markle’s wedding. Her Majesty’s Government was consulted on this decision, which was taken by The Royal Household.”

In September, the prince met Melania at the Invictus Games (a Paralympic event he created in 2014) in Toronto, Canada, and their meeting provoked controversy for a photo showing Harry making a hand sign that people called the “signal of the devil.” However, according to the Hill, the two exchanged pleasantries, with Harry remarking to FLOTUS “You’ve been very busy,” and she congratulating him on “doing a fantastic job.”  

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are set to say “I do” on Saturday, May 19, at Windsor Castle. Yahoo will cover the historic event live from London from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. BST (British Summer Time), 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. ET. Bookmark this link to follow along live.

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Catholic teens protest high school skirt ban, demand their old uniforms back: 'This is absolutely sexist'

Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego, California has banned girls from wearing skirts. Students are petitioning for their old dress code back. (Photo: Getty Images)

Teens usually fight against their school dress codes — but Catholic school girls in California want their old uniforms back.

Students at Cathedral Catholic High School in San Diego are protesting a new anti-skirt policy that is supposed to encourage “modesty” and prevent male teachers from feeling “uncomfortable” while addressing violations.

Kevin Calkin, the principal at Cathedral Catholic High School, sent Yahoo Lifestyle a copy of the new policy, created as a last resort for students who don’t adhere to the knee-length minimum: “… The most significant change is that skirts will no longer be an option for girls. Dress code is a perennial challenge. The dress code exists for at least three good reasons: to foster unity, to encourage modesty, and to minimize pressure to conform to particular styles or clothing brands. Basically we hope to foster a faith-based environment where students are focused on learning and not on outward appearances.”

Calkin continued: “The main challenge with dress code has been the length of girls’ skirts. The school has made many attempts to rectify this challenge. The administration has worked with the Parent Association, has issued thousands of hours of detention, has made school-wide announcements (e.g., CCTV, orientations), and has worked with students one-on-one. None of this has had the desired effect of maintaining an overall modest skirt length in compliance with the dress code.”

Students at Cathedral Catholic High School are planning to rally this morning to “Keep Skirts at CCHS.” Many are upset about a change to the school’s dress code that will ban girls from wearing skirts next year. @nbcsandiego Click here for the full story: https://t.co/3ZZBxzUg1j pic.twitter.com/xS3w4jTCvX

— Audra Stafford📺🎬🎭 (@SDentertainment) May 21, 2019

#HappeningNow: A huge crowd of students is rallying outside Cathedral Catholic HS to “Keep Skirts at CCHS.” @nbcsandiego pic.twitter.com/jaXs7M5ZEh

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The same uniform won’t fit everyone, explained Calkin, so the school allowed girls to first purchase skirts elsewhere, as long as hemlines fell at the knee.

“That did not work either,” he wrote. “The administration eventually opted against strictly enforcing current dress code guidelines because of the negative effect that could have on the environment. Male faculty feel uncomfortable addressing female students about the length of their skirts, and even female faculty have expressed frustration with the ongoing challenge of dress code. There are challenges with boys too, but nothing that will require a change in options.”

Girls can wear pants, Capri pants, or Bermuda shorts in black, navy blue, or khaki.

An anonymous person from the school, who could not be identified by Yahoo Lifestyle, started a Change.org petition called “Keep Skirts at CCHS” with close to 3,000 signatures. “Tell the boys to keep their eyes up and there won’t be a dang issue,” wrote a man who signed.

“Perhaps it is the staff that needs training, and an attitude adjustment,” suggested a supporter. “The girls are there to learn, just like the boys. Skirt length is a distraction only if you see girls as sexualized objects. Great lesson you are teaching them. Not!”

Remarked one woman: “This is absolutely sexist.”

And a mother wrote, “As a parent I am concerned about the tone deaf message that is being sent to the young women who attend CCHS. If there is a problem with the length of a young woman's skirt then it the responsibility of the faculty to enforce the school dress code that is already in place. If the reason the faculty cannot enforce the dress code is that male faculty are uncomfortable, then I suggest you find a way to have more than one teacher present and that you also consider training the male faculty to be able to deal with working with females. The message to the young women that they need to change to make men feel more comfortable is tone deaf and while I think CCHS is an excellent HS, I also think some of the messages to young women, including this one, reeks of patriarchal condescension and female subservience.”

According to Fox 5, students demonstrated in a “peaceful protest” at the school Tuesday morning.

A school spokesperson tells Yahoo Lifestyle the revised dress code is a gender equalizer. “Now, all the boys and girls will wear the same thing — the goal is to concentrate on what’s important, not superficialities that distract from learning.”

In an official school statement sent to Yahoo Lifestyle, Calkin wrote, “One of the biggest challenges has been skirt length, and the distraction caused by teachers, administrators and students constantly dealing with it. Starting with the next school year, we have decided to just eliminate the problem and make the standards for male and female students the same. No more skirts means no more conflict over skirt length. Period.” Calkin continued: “It’s a practical solution to a problem that gets more attention than it’s worth, causes more upset feelings than it’s worth and takes away from why we have a dress code to begin with, which is to have students and faculty pay less attention to fashion and a lot more attention to issues involving faith, character and learning.”

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Teacher retires from 'toxic' profession in Facebook post: 'I will not miss what education has become'

Florida teacher Jonathan Carroll retired from his profession in a moving Facebook post. (Photo: Courtesy of Jonathan Carroll)

A Florida teacher’s list of “Things I did not sign up for” inspired him to leave his once-beloved profession.

Jonathan Carroll, a social studies teacher at South Lake High School in Groveland, Florida has worked at both private and public schools during his 20-year career. “When I started teaching, I was excited to make an impact on children. I loved every minute of my job,” Carroll, 46, a married father-of-two tells Yahoo Lifestyle.

However, in March, feeling disillusioned by the state of his profession — teachers across the country have been striking against overcrowded classrooms and low wages — he started recording his grievances: Overly-digitalized classrooms, high-stakes test scores, burnt-out students, and a yearly salary of 48K.

Last week, Carroll’s list helped him reach a decision: He’ll retire from teaching on May 28. “So I guess this is it....I am leaving the field of education. I have had so many wonderful memories. But it has become a toxic profession,” Carroll wrote on Facebook.

Once believing he would spend his days “Opening minds, debating history, inspiring the next generation to reach higher and learn from the past,” Carroll wrote, “I think of all the things I did not sign up for....like micromanaging administrators, mental health counseling, blueprints with no freedom or flexibility( even though you can not enforce planning), not being considered an expert in my chosen field even though I have a graduate degree. Students overdosing on drugs and collapsing in my classroom when they get back from the bathroom. Active shooter drills. Teachers being armed. Knowing where it is safe to hide in my classroom. Feeding and clothing my students. Buying my own supplies. Being told I should be thankful I have a job and to get over myself. I am tired of the constant testing...tired of everyone else knowing better and being chastised if I dare ask questions or challenge leadership. So this May, I am walking away...”

On Wednesday, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill to arm teachers in their classrooms. According to the Miami Herald, each district that chooses to participate enrolls their staff in a “Guardian Program” carried out by local police departments.

But teaching, says Carroll, is not law enforcement. Still, in the case of an active shooter, educators are trained to designate areas in their classroom to sequester children, practice running drills, and follow a ‘Run, hide, and fight’ model that at last resort, has students fighting back with objects at their disposal. “It’s a direct response to Stoneman Douglas High School,” Carroll tells Yahoo Lifestyle. In 2018, a mass shooting at the Parkland, Florida school claimed the lives of 17 people.

School supplies are also underfunded— in his district, says Carroll, teachers are given anywhere from $200 to $300 to stock their rooms with pens, paper, and other materials. “We burn through those pretty quickly so I use my salary to buy extras at the dollar store,” he tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “One time the air conditioner in my teaching trailer broke so I spent $300 of my own money on a replacement A.C. until it was fixed. I store it in my garage for emergencies.”

According to Carroll, intense standardized testing makes children burn out and teachers anxious over whether their classroom scores will impact their employment. Those tests, he says, don’t measure much. “Lots of districts only care about school-wide growth. So children are pressured to succeed without factoring in their personal development.”

Only since making his decision, has Carroll been able to enjoy teaching for the first time in ages. “The pressure is off, so I can teach history my own way,” he tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “We’re doing cool projects and having fun.”

Until he makes his next move, Carroll will be a stay-at-home father to his 13-year-old daughter and 7-year-old son. Dana, his wife of 21 years, will support the family on her salary as a nurse practitioner.

“I am going to stay home for awhile (thank you Dana) and start a new chapter,” Carroll wrote on Facebook. “Honestly, I’ll break even if I become a bank teller with no experience. But the truth is I will not miss what education has become. A soulless industrial education complex where admin cares more about the test scores than their faculty or students. I have loved teaching many of you. But it is time to ride into the sunset. Start enjoying life. And find happiness again.”

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Students arrested after 'heated' MAGA hat dispute during protest, police say

Four students at Texas State University were arrested during a protest that turned violent. (Photo: Facebook/Texas State University)

Texas State University students protesting an alleged white supremacy group were arrested for in-fighting.

On Wednesday, students at the San Marcos school assembled on the Quad to protest an external group called Texas Nomads SAR, whose Facebook mission statement reads, “…We believe our veterans and warriors should come before refugees and illegal criminals...”

On Twitter, people say the group is “dangerous,” “violent” and “racist.”

The group’s vice president Christopher Ritchie tells Yahoo Lifestyle that his group planned to protest at the university when the student government banned the conservative group Turning Point USA in April, although the two organizations aren’t affiliated.

“Two of our members were going to come to campus and walk a pre-planned route of two miles carrying Trump flags and talking with anyone willing, about free speech,” he says. “We decided to cancel because of the backlash and targeted hatred against students for their political beliefs. We felt it might do more harm than good.”

Ritchie adds, "We are not white nationalists as the left says."

However, Texas State’s Student Government tweeted that the Nomads had rescheduled for May 1. “Please continue to be vigilant and stay safe. As information becomes available we will keep you informed. Report any criminal activity to UPD 911.”

Update: according to a post by a member of the Texas Nomads their planned demonstration on our campus today has been moved to May 1st. Please continue to be vigilant and stay safe. As information becomes available we will keep you informed. Report any criminal activity to UPD 911 https://t.co/DfogUBLH7y

— TXST Student Government (@txstSG) April 23, 2019

The Texas State University Police Department also increased its on-campus presence, cautioning on Facebook for students to stay safe.

On Wednesday, violence ensued on campus. A spokesperson from Texas State University provided a statement to Yahoo Lifestyle:

“On May 1 some students gathered on the Quad of the Texas State University San Marcos campus in anticipation of a planned demonstration by an outside group. To the university’s knowledge, no outside groups were on campus, but some students engaged in a heated discussion which unfortunately escalated into a physical altercation between two students. The incident resulted in four students being arrested on various charges:

Tyvonte Davis-Williams, DOB 08/01997, disorderly conduct-language

Alejandra Navarrete, DOB 09/12/1997, Failure to identify; Providing false information

Nazarene Freeman, DOB 08/28/1999, Interference with public duties; Failure to identify

Claudia Gasponi, DOB 06/14/1995, Resisting arrest, search or transportation; Interference with public duties.”

The students were detained in the nearby Hays County jail and will be arraigned.

Police officers made arrests when a student knocked a hat off another student’s head, says a press release sent to Yahoo Lifestyle from Police Chief Laurie Clouse,

A man named Tyler M. told the conservative website Campus Reform that his “Make America Great Again” hat was knocked off his head, as seen in a YouTube video.

"[N]one of our conservative people were ever instigating anything. I only held her [backpack] for a good five seconds...it was never her physically. As soon as I got out of the crowd, I let go of her bag and I came up beside her and I said, 'can you please give me back my hat?'"

Yahoo Lifestyle could not reach the four suspects for comment.

Great day to be a bobcat! #txst pic.twitter.com/ERs3CDzotl

— Jams the Writer (@jguhlin) May 1, 2019

Another student has been taken inside UPD after a scuffle occured and began yelling in the cops face. Police presence has increased since the scuffle. pic.twitter.com/Q71fTYfEYJ

— Camelia Juarez (@CameliaJuarez) May 1, 2019

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Mom arrested for punching daughter because the teen got poor grades

Oklahoma City mom Tiara Riley was arrested for beating her daughter, 16, over poor grades. (Photo: Oklahoma County Jail)

An Oklahoma City school official noticed facial injuries on a teenage student, leading to her mother’s arrest for aggravated assault.

This week, Tiara Riley, 35, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, was arrested, according to KFOR-TV, after a resource officer at Edmond Santa Fe High School saw facial swelling and redness on her 16-year-old daughter and called the police.

An incident report was sent to Yahoo Lifestyle by the Oklahoma City Police Department painting Riley as angry over her daughter’s insufficient grade and slapped her, knocking a pair of glasses off her face. She then hit the girl more than ten times, causing blood to form in one eye.

The teen told police that Riley has admitted she “can’t control her anger” because her two daughters, ages 16 and 14, “show her no love or respect.” She allegedly gets upset when chores aren’t completed or done to her satisfaction.

Riley also abused her 14-year-old daughter, according to the police report. On April 25th, she supposedly whipped her middle child with a belt. When that broke, she asked her eldest to grab an extension cord, then resorted to an electrical cord. Riley allegedly told her younger daughter, “So you want to die?” wrapping the cord around her neck and pulling upwards.

Police say afterward, Riley forced one of her daughters to clean the bloody aftermath.

Riley allegedly scars parts of her children’s bodies that are covered by clothing and forces her girls to strip naked for the beatings. The report says she uses alcohol and marijuana in front of her kids.

Riley has a 5-year-old child and all three children were taken into protective custody.

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Two 'Teacher of the Year' recipients skipped the White House ceremony: 'Speak up if you don’t agree with something'

"Teacher of the Year" recipients Kelly Holstine of Minnesota and Jessica Dueñas of Kentucky skipped the 2019 ceremony to protest the Trump administration. (Screenshot: Facebook/Speak Up For Education and Kids)

Two educators honored as “Teacher of the Year” in their respective states skipped the annual White House award ceremony for their marginalized students.

Jessica Dueñas, Kentucky’s 2019 Teacher of the Year and Kelly Holstine, Minnesota’s 2018 Teacher of the Year were not among five dozen of their esteemed peers at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building for the Monday tradition led by Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and Vice-President Mike Pence. Teachers who attended also stood for a photo with President Trump, who made a surprise showing.

Education secretary Betsy DeVos oversaw the April 29th Teacher of the Year awards at the White House. Two teachers skipped the event on principal. (Photo: Getty Images)

Skipping was the right decision, says Holstine, who first deliberated with her students, administration, and Emma, her wife of two-and-a-half years. The English teacher at Tokata Learning Center, an alternative high school in Shakopee, is the first openly-gay teacher to receive the award. “As a gender nonconforming lesbian, the policies of the Trump administration have been hateful and I see the painful impact in my students,” Holstine, 45, of St. Paul, tells Yahoo Lifestyle.

In particular, Holstine mentions the U.S. Department of Education’s recent revocation of Title IX rights that allow students to use bathrooms that serve their gender expression. “I know transgender students at other school who purposefully don’t eat or drink all day long to avoid using the ‘wrong’ bathroom,” says Holstine.

Dueñas, a first-generation Latina, won for her work at Oldham County Middle School in La Grange, where she worked in special education for four years. She now teaches at W.E.B. DuBois Academy in Louisville, an all-boys middle school whose demographic is 90 percent African American.

“The day after the 2016 election, my former undocumented students came to school crying, worried they would be deported,” Dueñas, 34, tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “We also had non-Latino students who chanted, ‘Build the wall.’”

Dueñas’s current students, many from inner city areas, are more fearful of white supremacy. “They know the systemic issues as young black men,” Dueñas tells Yahoo Lifestyle.

Dueñas explained on Tuesday in a press conference with Holstine that her mother moved from Costa Rica to the United States where she once lived as an undocumented citizen. “This administration’s treatment of the Latino community has really broken my heart, the way in which families have been separated at the border — and there are students at the border right now who should be in our classroom,” she said.

“Right now, we are currently under attack in terms of losing public school funding and privatization of our schools,” Dueña said in the conference. “Also, teachers are under attack in terms of their pensions being diminished and changed.” Recently, opposition to pension reform, Kentucky teachers partook in mass sick-outs which forced six school districts to temporarily close, according to NBC News.

Wisconsin Teacher of the Year Sarahi Monterrey went to the White House. “My dad said, ‘I want you to go and I want him to know you were proud to be born in El Salvador,’” the El Salvadorian immigrant who teaches English at Waukesha North High School, told the Star-Tribune. “So I’m in there yesterday and [Trump] gets to me and I said, ‘I’m originally from El Salvador and I’m proud to represent Wisconsin.’ You could tell from his face that he knew what I meant. And he said, ‘Oh, I was just there,’ because he was just in Green Bay for a rally.”

In 2018, President Donald Trump gave the National Teacher of the Year award to Washington educator Mandy Manning. She accepted wearing pins for transgender and LGBTQ rights. (Photo: Getty Images)

Holstine and Dueñas know their colleagues don’t all approve of their boycott. “Some were very excited — we live in a diverse county and our teachers reflect that,” Dueñas tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “Other people were unsure but they still went. I heard it was fun to see the Oval Office.”

However, they stood for their students. “My kids sent me a bunch of hand-clap emojis,” Holstine tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “I represent those who face targeted harassment and discrimination — particularly one Somalian Muslim student who wears a hijab. People yell at her on the street that she’s a terrorist. But she’s the nicest person and gives the best hugs.”

Dueñas tells Yahoo Lifestyle, “Many parents thanked me for not going. My students are still processing the world, so I’m showing them to speak up if you don’t agree with something.”

Last year, reported Politico, President Trump handed the National Teacher of the Year award to Mandy Manning of Washington, who teaches refugee children. To accept, Manning wore pins to represent transgender and LGBTQ rights and the Women’s March. She also gave Trump letters written by her immigrant students.

This year, Rodney Robinson, a social studies teacher at Virgie Binford Education Center in Richmond, Virginia, was named 2019 National Teacher of the Year, according to a press release from the Council of Chief State School Officers, which organizes the event. Robinson has taught for two decades, currently at a juvenile detention center.

“My kids are in survival mode 24/7. And so a lot of times, when they come into the detention center, they're struggling to understand it all...” he told NPR.

Robinson undermined the current administration in a 2018 Ted Talk. "Today, in the face of a government that assaults minorities, that denies the rights of gays, lesbians and transgendered people; a government that separates asylum seeking families and locks their children in cages, it's not the adults who must stand up to these inhumane acts," he said. "It's the children who must lead the way. So rise up, young people, what you do best."

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Dateless teen takes himself to prom wearing 'epic' half-suit, half-dress

Wyatt Cheatle, 16, took himself to prom wearing a dressy custom creation. (Photo: Courtesy of Kelly Cheatle)

A dateless teen with a sense of humor took himself to prom wearing a handmade outfit: A half-suit, half-dress.

Wyatt Cheatle, a 16-year-old student at Brighton High School in Rochester, N.Y. didn’t have a date for his Saturday prom at St. John Fisher College, reported the Rochester Democratic and Chronicle.

“He wanted to go, but he didn’t know who to ask,” mom Kelly Cheatle tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “There’s so much emphasis on promposals, but if we get sucked into keeping up appearances, we miss out on life.”

Over dinner with his mom and three siblings, Wyatt said he might go to prom alone. “One of my kids jokingly suggested that Wyatt wear a dress because he wouldn’t look ‘half bad,’” says Kelly. “That’s where it started.”

Wyatt, who loves crafting and restoration (he’s currently refurbishing an antique typewriter), took the idea seriously. He and his mother went to Goodwill and pulled several items for less than $25: A black dress with a white top, a fuschia “pussy bow” shirt, a purple man’s dress shirt, and a pair of black pants.

Sixteen-year-old Wyatt Cheatle worked hard on his outfit for prom: A half-suit, half-dress combo. (Photo: Courtesy of Kelly Cheatle)

Mother and son spent several hours cutting the dress in half, adding a button placket to the pink blouse, and up-cycling the bottom of the skirt. A friend came over to apply makeup to one side of Wyatt’s face: A black cat-eye and hot pink lipstick. “We didn’t use mascara because he already has lashes for days,” Kelly tells Yahoo Lifestyle.

Wyatt also clipped on a vintage earring, a star-shaped barrette, and a wrist corsage made from silk flowers.

“Shoes were the only problem,” Kelly tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “One of Wyatt’s feet is bigger than the other and we couldn’t find a pair of flats, so he wore his everyday sneakers.”

Kelly photographed the makeover and posted it to Reddit, writing, “So my son was flying solo to the prom, and decided that he'd be his own date. One thing led to another and the week before the big event, he decided rather than going with a boring old suit, we'd split the difference and send him in a half suit/half-dress. After a mad dash to the local thrift store, lots of cutting and rearranging, we were done. Didn't quite have time to find him shoes to match, but there's always senior prom hahahaha.”

At prom, Wyatt’s friends gave him high-fives for his “epic” outfit.

“Wyatt has a lot of people in his life who support his decisions,” Kelly tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “His outfit is the physical embodiment of his sense of humor.”

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Teens' 'blackface' bake sale dessert sparks anger

Teens at an Oregon high school allegedly baked a chocolate cake, decorating it in blackface and naming it "Alfonso." (Photo: Twitter/brodyurbro)

Students in a high school cooking class allegedly decorated a chocolate dessert as blackface and sold it at a bake sale.

According to The Oregonian, Ayesha Freeman, the principal of Cleveland High School in Portland, Or., emailed parents on Thursday to relay “an event… that was hurtful to our staff and students of color.”

Cleveland student Brody Kreiter tweeted, “A bunch of white girls at my school made a blackface chocolate and we're all pissed about it...” alleging that a noose was also found hanging in a school entrance way.

a bunch of white girls at my school made a blackface chocolate and we're all pissed about it: a thread (PLEASE SHARE THIS SO SOMETHING CAN ACTUALLY BE DONE) tw: racism, sexual assault pic.twitter.com/eh6EXTLpbB

— brody k (@brodyurbro) April 26, 2019

so the culinary teacher from my school got a face mold and filled it with dark chocolate. yesterday morning he gave it to the group of girls and told them to do whatever they wanted with it. they decorated it and called it "alfonso" because "it's a black name."

— brody k (@brodyurbro) April 26, 2019

earlier this week, a noose was founding hanging in the front hallway. admin emailed some of the clubs saying that "it could have been interpreted as a symbol so racial hatred" which is extremely likely. our school has a history of swastikas being drawn on posters in the hallway

— brody k (@brodyurbro) April 26, 2019

Kreiter said the teacher sold the item at the unusually high price of $10 and forced members of the black student union to purchase the cake in order to make it disappear.

the culinary teacher decided to put it up for sale, jacking the price up to $10 which is much higher than anything else culinary sells. i.e. if they make pizza, they'll charge $1 per slice. the teacher refused to take it out when it was finally recognized as an issue.

— brody k (@brodyurbro) April 26, 2019

at this point, it was the afternoon and the thing had been sitting out all day for students to see. finally, someone from the black student union came to remove it, but the teacher insisted that they had to buy it. eventually, they paid the $10 and disposed of the cake.

— brody k (@brodyurbro) April 26, 2019

He said the school apologized for the cake over the intercom. “This usually just means suspending students and dealing with it as fast as possible,” Kreiter tweeted. “This never means trying to tackle the emotional trauma that students have been enduring.”

update: they just made an announcement over the intercom apologizing that it happened and saying that they want to start a "restorative process." this usually just means suspending students and dealing with it as fast as possible. this never means trying to tackle the emotional

— brody k (@brodyurbro) April 26, 2019

trauma that the students have been enduring.

— brody k (@brodyurbro) April 26, 2019

And Kreiter tweeted a May 2018 Instagram post from the school’s culinary account, that read, “Alfanso and his tribe would like to say we like chocolate!!”

UPDATE: @Jollibuwaya was doing some digging on instagram and discovered that this wasn't the first time this has happened. there are more and they're "a tribe" apparently. pic.twitter.com/H1A6G23js3

— brody k (@brodyurbro) April 27, 2019

When reached by Yahoo Lifestyle, school spokesperson Harry Esteve said, “We are still gathering facts to determine exactly what happened. We want and expect our schools to be places where all students feel safe, welcome, included and respected by staff and classmates. Any act of racism, racial insensitivity or discrimination of any sort is completely unacceptable at our schools. Our primary focus in the days ahead is on giving our students any and all supports they need as they begin to heal from this incident.”

Esteve sent Yahoo Lifestyle a note to families from the school communicating a May 1st panel discussion, a May 2nd “Anti-hate assembly” specific to its Native American community, and a social studies lesson on the history of blackface.

“Ensuring that our school is a safe, respectful, and hate free space is core to our work at Cleveland,” wrote principal Ayesha Freeman. “While the above events are reflective of activities just this week, we know this is something that is constant, ongoing work with our staff, students and community. We will continue to keep equity work at the center of our professional learning as school as we finish this year and prepare for next year. Our mission at Cleveland HS is to promote active, responsible citizens and provide a community where everyone is included. There is no place for hate speech or racism at our school. We must come together to demand change and protect our students.”

Kreiter declined an interview with Yahoo Lifestyle. The Oregonian reports that Freeman sent an email Monday about a string that was hung like a noose in a school doorway.

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Lara Trump says Merkel welcoming refugees 'was the downfall of Germany' and Twitter has thoughts

Lara Trump called Chancellor Angela Merkel's 2015 immigration policy "the downfall of Germany" in a Fox Business interview. (Photo: Getty Images)

Lara Trump said Chancellor Angela Merkel’s immigration policy “was the downfall of Germany,” which was followed by a sarcastic history drill on Twitter.

On Thursday, in discussion with Fox Business host Stuart Varney, President Trump’s daughter-in-law equated Tuesday’s migrant caravan, traveling from Mexico to the U.S. border on a train dubbed “The Beast,” to Merkel’s 2015 allowance of more than 1 million refugees into Germany, as a “humanitarian” gesture.

“It was the downfall of Germany,” Lara told Varney, after he initiated the comparison. “It was one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany. This President knows that, he’s trying to prevent that from happening here, but Congress has got to get their act together and do the right thing for the American people.”

On Fox Business, Trump campaign official Lara Trump claims that "the downfall of Germany" was ..... [squints at notes] .... Merkel's decision to allow refugees into the country. "It was one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany," she adds. pic.twitter.com/wm4OerUtFP

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 25, 2019

According to Politico, two years after Merkel permitted refugees fleeing war in Middle Eastern countries, she told the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, “It was an extraordinary situation and I made my decision based on what I thought was right from a political and humanitarian standpoint.”

Conceding that the German border could have been tightened, Merkel also said, “I’d make all the important decisions of 2015 the same way again.”

Twitter responded to Lara, the president's campaign adviser.

“Um, I can think of something worse than happened in Germany,” tweeted someone, joining others who quoted the Holocaust and Hitler’s reign.

Um I can think of something worse that happened in Germany…

— Howard (@HowardA_Esq) April 25, 2019

Ummm... did she forget about the Holocaust? (It’s also ironic bc they were sheltering refugees, the EXACT OPPOSITE of the worst thing that Germany has ever done) https://t.co/AFzC27iDzH

— Alex Milne (@AlexMilne07) April 25, 2019

Would somebody send #LaraTrump a ticket to the #AnneFrankHouse ...with a note that it’s not a spa

— TsuNami - For The People (@ImHereForTsu) April 25, 2019

The ignorance is astounding

— avemaria412 (@avemaria412) April 25, 2019

About 6 million dead Jews would strongly disagree https://t.co/KsKea6kp5m

— Josh Schwerin (@JoshSchwerin) April 25, 2019

The ignorance and bigotry is on display for all to see. Read a history book Lara.

— Merritt Kelly (@MerrittKelly1) April 25, 2019

See WW1 or WW2

— Jeff Mustonen📎 (@UWMoose) April 25, 2019

Not Hitler. Not Nazis. Not concentration camps. Not millions of dead Jews. According to Lara Trump, “Merkel admitting migrants into the country is one of the worst things that ever happened to Germany.” https://t.co/zmDLVZecHi

— Hayden Black (@haydenblack) April 25, 2019

It really is something that people regularly invite Lara Trump on television to discuss world history and global politics ... https://t.co/83s0HF6WVh

— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) April 25, 2019

Lara, who is expecting her second child with husband and first son Eric Trump, earned tepid feedback when their baby news broke. Among the social media remarks was a nod to the president’s hardline immigration practices: “We’re full.”

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Councilwoman shamed for her 'lazy' work outfit: ‘Why does a big girl think she can wear leggings?'

Emily LaDouceur, city councilwoman for Berea, Kentucky, was shamed for wearing leggings to teach elementary school children about government. (Photo: Facebook/City of Berea, KY Government)

A city councilwoman was body-shamed for wearing leggings to work and called “big” and “lazy” by her constituents.

Emily LaDouceur, 36, of Berea, Kentucky, was elected city councilwoman in November. The single mom-of-two, who also works at The Good Men Project, a website that examines modern manhood, usually wears leggings to sprint through her day.

“I live in these $60 leggings from Amazon because I have a curvy body and I like the tummy control,” LaDouceur tells Yahoo Lifestyle.

On April 10th, LaDouceur wore a pair of black leggings with a collared purple shirt to give a lesson on municipal government to students from Berea Community Elementary School. But locals were appalled at LaDouceur’s outfit seen in Facebook photos of the event.

“Most of the comments came from a local conservative group who has been doxing and harassing me online,” LaDouceur tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “One man — who has run for city council and lost twice — wrote, ‘Why does a big girl think she can wear leggings?’"

The insults “felt like crap” to LaDouceur — but only briefly. “The truth is, these are salty men who feel entitled to the female body and they’re frustrated by their sexual attraction to a woman in power,” she tells Yahoo Lifestyle.

After the field trip, LaDouceur shared an Amazon link to purchase her favorite leggings by Lysse, writing, “Hesitant to wear something comfortable that fits your body because others can’t handle you being intelligent and curvy at the same time? Never mind those haters...you’ve got a curvy City Councilwoman who tries to set an example daily that it is okay to love the skin you’re in.”

Responding to a person who said leggings were “lazy” professional attire, LaDouceur responded, “Tell you what. I’ll let you put on the outfit I wore that day...then you can put on the holy, stained T-shirt and oversized jeans worn by some of my colleagues to city council meetings. Report back to us which outfit is more ‘lazy and inappropriate.’ Since you’re so concerned about what we wear, be concerned across the board. And to answer your question, at $400 a month salary for this job, sweats would be within the range of affordability for a person in this role.”

LaDouceur’s Facebook community decided to wear leggings and posted photos to social media with the hashtag #BereaWearsLeggings. A medical professional admitted that she put on leggings under her scrubs and a business owner wrote, “...I'm usually always sporting leggings but today I wear them for the best reason yet...Way to go ladies!”

At an April 16th city council meeting, groups of women and some male construction workers, were clad in leggings to protest chauvinism. “Some had prepared speeches but for the first time, the mayor wouldn’t allow outside comments beyond the agenda,” LaDouceur tells Yahoo Lifestyle.

Berea businesses demonstrated, too — a Mexican restaurant advertised taco-print leggings and clothing stores served discounts on leggings.

“Not all of us fill out clothing in the same way,” LaDouceur tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “A smaller woman will look a lot different than someone with curves, bοοbs, and a butt. This is classic misogyny.”

#Professional #BereaWearsLeggings pic.twitter.com/xUpTwdG37k

— Rebecca Parrish (@beccaboo1403) April 15, 2019

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Television reporter debuts natural hair to teach her daughter self-acceptance

Melanie Lawson, a television news anchor for News4Jax in Jacksonville, Fla., says she'll no longer wear a wig to set an example for her young daughter. (Photo: Instagram/NaturalNewsMom)

A black news anchor, who wore a wig on television for 14 years, scrapped the hairpiece to show her daughter natural beauty.

Melanie Lawson, a morning show anchor for News4Jax, wrote about accepting her hair in a Wednesday essay published by her station after decades of feeling discouraged from wearing conventional black hairstyles.

“Through the years, I’ve had different versions of the original Jheri curl, a chemical process that gave my hair a loose curl with lots of activator, liquid grease, and ‘perms’ that actually made my hair straight with a harsh chemical that burned my scalp at times and left open sores on my head,” wrote Lawson. “It was just part of the experience — the more burn, the straighter the hair, so it was worth it. You learned to just cope.”

Lawson tells Yahoo Lifestyle: “The undercurrent has always been, ‘Black television anchors can wear their natural hair, but good luck finding a job.’ Otherwise you’re seen as a renegade.”

When Lawson was a little girl growing up in central Florida, her mother straightened her hair for church and other special occasions. “She heated up a metal straightening comb on the stove, testing the temperature on her hand, then ran it through my hair,” Lawson tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “I always prayed it wouldn’t burn.”

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After graduating from Hampton University in Virginia, Lawson worked as a news anchor in Delaware and Maryland, where she relaxed or permed her hair with harsh chemicals for television appearances.

But in 2005, when Lawson moved to Jacksonville to anchor the morning news, the city’s humidity changed the texture of her hair. Lawson wore weaves and extensions, she wrote, “So I could have that long, thick hair that was never going to truly grow out of my head.”

She even wore a handmade wig affectionately nicknamed “Michelle” after former first lady Michelle Obama. “But I was embarrassed to have fake hair,” she tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “My friends hated my wig.”

Living a “duplicitous” lifestyle, Lawson wore her wig on television and her natural curls on the weekend. “Everyone was curious about the wig, and I said I was growing out my natural hair,” Lawson tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “I was ‘fake hair girl.’”

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Lawson’s 4-year-old daughter was the impetus for changing her look. “Recently, I picked her up from school and I happened to be wearing my wig,” the mother-of-two tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “She started yelling, ‘Mommy, take off your wig!’ and everyone stared. It was embarrassing.”

However, when the little girl told her mother, ‘I want straight hair like you,’ Lawson decided to retire the “Michelle” wig.

On Tuesday, Lawson conducted her first newscast without her wig. After it aired, she received hundreds of complimentary emails and phone calls from men and women.

“I’m not judging anyone for wearing a wig — this is my choice,” Lawson tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “If I was younger, I’m not sure I would be this confident.”

Lawson’s daughter is delighted by her mom’s look. “She says, ‘Mommy, you have free hair! We’re twins and best friends.’”

“Michelle” is currently sitting in Lawson’s closet. “I want to burn it but I don’t want to start a fire,” Lawson tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “I can’t imagine wearing a wig again.”

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Woman, 47, celebrates her divorce with a sexy photo shoot: 'Boy bye'

Marie Lollis of South Carolina posed for bold post-divorce photos. (Photo: Facebook/Tiltin’ My Lens Photography)

A woman finalized her drawn-out divorce with a sexy outfit and wine to prove that life post-marriage is bright.

Marie Lollis of Gray Court, S.C., has been separated from her husband for the last three years, but their divorce wasn’t official until Mar. 18th. While the 47-year-old is dating another man, she still wanted to somehow observe the end of her 13-year marriage.

“I thought about it for a few months, and I said to my brother’s wife, who is a photographer, we should do a ‘divorced diva photo shoot,” Lollis tells Yahoo Lifestyle.

Marie Lollis asked her photographer sister-in-law to shoot the powerful post-divorce images. (Facebook/Tiltin’ My Lens Photography)

Lollis looked on Pinterest for visual aids, but she wasn’t comfortable with the trendy “Trash the Dress” photos that have brides symbolically destroying their white wedding day gowns. “I wasn’t angry, I was excited,” she explains. After compiling photos of women in empowering poses, she asked friends on Facebook for wardrobe donations.

“A bunch of people lent me their clothing and a high school friend I hadn’t spoken to in 20 years offered me her thigh-high boots,” Lollis says. “When I explained why I needed them, she said, ‘Come get ’em.”

On Mar. 23rd, the mother-of-three, her brother Adam Lollis and her sister-in-law Natasha of Tiltin’ My Lens Photography in Greenville, went to the beautiful Cedar Falls Park in Fountain Inn for the shoot. “We were cutting up laughing the whole time,” Marie says. “My brother was standing behind the camera dancing and saying, ‘Hey boo.'”

She also drank red wine from a handmade goblet with the words, “Finally divorced, boy bye.”

A South Carolina divorcee who posed for a “diva divorce photo shoot” is empowering other women. (Photo: Facebook/Tiltin’ My Lens Photography)

“People didn’t like my short-shorts — well, I didn’t want to wear pants!” Marie says. “But a woman said the photos helped her leave an abusive relationship. I told her to go to a safe house, and she did.”

And Marie’s children love her photos. “My daughter said, ‘Female power’ and my sons said I’m beautiful. My boyfriend was supportive and let me do my thing.”

Natasha tells Yahoo Lifestyle that Marie had a great time, even when accidentally sliding off a rock in stilettos: “The shoot helped her feel free and strong. She released everything.”

Marie has no hard feelings toward her ex-husband. “I didn’t want to bash him,” she admits. “I just want women to know you can be happy after divorce.”

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'You're a man in women's clothing': 22-year-old says he was dress coded for wearing makeup and high heels

Ben Rios says a nightclub in Corpus Christi, Texas wouldn’t allow him inside because he was wearing women’s shoes. The nightclub says that’s not true. (Photo: Facebook/Ben Rios)

A Texas nightclub denies accusations it stopped a gay man wearing stiletto heels and makeup from entering.

On Saturday night, Ben Rios, 22, a retail sales associate, went to VoodDoo Niteclub in Corpus Christi, Texas, for a friend’s birthday party. Outside, he showed his ID card to a host, who allegedly said that Rios — wearing makeup and sparkly silver high heels — was breaking dress code.

“When I arrived, I was stopped at the door and DENIED entry for wearing makeup and wearing heels,” Rios wrote on Facebook Sunday. “…The door guy bluntly said ‘You’re a man, you’re not supposed to be wearing women’s clothing or makeup’ and simply turned [his] back. I refuse to let this go and my voice needs to be heard!”

As a semi-regular VooDoo patron, Rios usually wears jeans, but that night he wanted to dress up. Rios tells Yahoo Lifestyle the employee allowed his friends (who wore jeans and T-shirts) inside, then gave him a look. “He said, ‘You’re out of dress code’ and turned his back to me,” says Rios. “I persisted and he said, ‘You’re a man in women’s clothing.'”

Rios left with his friends. “People asked why I didn’t record anything but it was over in 45 seconds,” he says.

On Monday, Voodoo wrote a Facebook statement to explain why Rios was held up at the door: Over St. Patrick’s Day weekend, two men wearing women’s clothing allegedly entered the club and were allowed to use the women’s restroom. “…these two men pulled out their cell phones and began to record women that were using the facilities,” read VooDoo’s statement. “Several women approached management upset that two men dressed as women were in the women’s restroom recording them without their consent.”

The men left and the women chose to not speak to off-duty police officers working inside the club, said VooDoo. A spokesperson from the Corpus Christi Police Department did not return Yahoo Lifestyle’s information request.

VooDoo wrote that when Rios and his friends showed up on Saturday, the employee thought Rios might be one of the culprits because he “matched the description.” He held Rios at the door and called for the manager, but when he arrived, Rios and his friends had left.

“We welcome every customer,” wrote VooDoo. “We do not support any homophobic action in denying our customers entry. We welcome with open arms every race and we welcome anyone regardless of their gender-based clothing. We have men dressed as women all the time come into our club and vice versa. We apologize that this incident occurred. However, it is of the utmost importance that we protect all of our customers while on the premises.

Owner Eddie Dijiali tells Yahoo Lifestyle,  “The host could not have explained the reason why this customer was held at the door — we did not want to make him feel guilty for something he may have not done, or have him run if he was, in fact, a suspect.” Dijiali says his employee denies telling Rios that his outfit broke dress code and that Rios is wearing a different outfit in his Facebook post. 

VooDoo is adding two unisex bathrooms to make customers more comfortable. “Could the employee have handled it better? Yes,” says Dijiali. “The customer is welcome to come back wearing women’s shoes and makeup.” 

The venue called Rios to apologize, but Rios says the employee was non-transparent. “My experience is being treated as a misunderstanding but it wasn’t,” he tells Yahoo Lifestyle. “This was about my clothing.”

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