LOLA fashion

After a lengthy battle with Namor (Tenoch Huerta), the fine ass villain who wages war against Wakanda when Princess Shuri (Letitia Wright) refuses to join forces to “burn the world,” Queen Ramonda is killed as she sacrifices her life for RiRi Williams (aka Iron Heart, played by Dominique Thorne). She’s a teen science prodigy whose vibranium-adjacent inventions land her in hot water with Namor and the people of Talokan, an underwater city, who are desperate to preserve their way of life. Wakanda vows to protect RiRi and Queen Ramonda’s death is the price they pay for that commitment — well, according to Namor. Ask any of the many angry fans on Twitter (bad Wakanda Forever takes may be the social media platform’s last hurrah) and they’ll say that the queen’s death was unnecessary, uncalled for and downright cruel. As someone who was hyperventilating crying in the theatre before Queen Ramonda’s death and who yelled “NO!” through sobs so loud I got shushed when she died, I will put aside my emotions for a second to say that it was absolutely the right choice and it was not only necessary, it was essential to the story being told by director Ryan Coogler.  read more

Most weekends will leave you with a good case of the Sunday scaries as you bid adieu to two days of relaxation and revelry to confront the workweek. However, tomorrow is no ordinary Monday; it’s the Monday after Black Friday. And, instead of dreading it, we’re eager to log onto our laptops to seize the best Cyber Monday deals before they vanish into the virtual ether. We know you might be feeling a bit, um, shopworn after a week’s worth of deal-scrolling — especially after the extra-fertile crop of Black Friday sales that we’ve seen this year. So we’ve created a TV Guide of sorts to the best Cyber week deals and promo codes that are worth one last click. The most need-to-know markdowns are just ahead, featuring sales from top-shopped brands. And, if you’ve got the brain space for more deals, you’ll score big on everything from mattresses to fashion, beauty, wellness, sex toys, home decor, gifts, and more. We also highlighted the best discount goods from reader-favorite retailers like Nordstrom, Walmart, and Amazon for your browsing pleasure. read more

According to a 2013 study on brain maturation by the Saint James School of Medicine, “it is well established that the brain undergoes a ‘rewiring’ process that is not complete until approximately 25 years of age.” The study explains that as the brain matures, myelin or white matter increases in the brain’s frontal lobes. More myelin means better neurocircuitry, allowing for a superior flow of information between brain regions. This specifically impacts things like impulse control, problem-solving and the ability to balance short-term rewards with long-term goals. “The prefrontal cortex, the rational part of our brain, is one of the last regions of the brain to reach maturation, which explains much of the behavioural immaturity so often associated with adolescents,” says psychotherapist Helen Burke-Smith, who was not involved in the study. read more