samantha-grasso

Samantha Grasso


Samantha Grasso is a former IRL staff writer for the Daily Dot with a reporting emphasis on immigration. Her work has appeared on AJ+, Vox, Splinter, Los Angeles Magazine, and Austin Monthly.

serena williams woman of the year

‘GQ’ under fire for putting ‘woman’ in quotation marks in regards to Serena Williams

The magazine has a reason, but many still feel it's a weird decision.

On Nov 13, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Imelda Cortez, charged in El Salvador for attempted abortion

Internet has #EyesOnElSalvador after woman faces 20 years for birthing her rapist’s baby

Officials say she tried to have an abortion.

On Nov 12, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Mississippi Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith

Senator running against Black candidate makes public hanging ‘joke’

Somehow everyone else is in the wrong for making her statement about public hangings negative...

On Nov 12, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

White women pretending to be Black women on Instagram

White people exposed for ‘n*fishing’—living their social media lives in blackface [updated]

How are white women getting away with this?

On Nov 9, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Emile Ratelband, who is trying to change his age for Tinder

Dude compares legally changing his age to find women on Tinder to trans people changing ‘gender’

Beware of this guy.

On Nov 8, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

conservatives blame thousand oaks on 'middle eastern' man

Conspiracy theorists push false report of California shooter being ‘Middle Eastern’

The shooter was white.

On Nov 8, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

confused man holding book

NRA dunked on after insinuating doctors aren’t gun control experts

Somehow people who treat victims of gun violence shouldn't have a say?

On Nov 8, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Stacey Abrams

The close races of Abrams and Gillum show that white supremacy is grasping at tattered threads

Structural white supremacy is in trouble.

On Nov 8, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Veronica Escobar, Ilhan Omar, and Sharice Davids

Women of color, queer candidates winning the midterms isn’t a ‘silver lining’—it’s the main event

Great strides were made toward the America we want to see.

On Nov 7, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Man proposed during girlfriend's marathon run

Man interrupts girlfriend’s marathon run with marriage proposal

She spent a year training, and he stops her halfway through?

On Nov 6, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Idris Elba is 'People's sexist man alive

We are pleased to inform you that People’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’ is finally Idris Elba

Elba has BEEN the sexiest man alive, but whatever.

On Nov 6, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

British Airways passengers sleeping on the ground

British Airways customers livetweet nightmarish 77-hour trip

Children slept on the floors of JFK airport.

On Nov 5, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Marching band sousaphones

High school marching band spells out racist slur during halftime show

The school principal said the students involved will be disciplined.

On Nov 5, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Steve King yelling at a man who asked him about the Pittsburgh shooting

Rep. Steve King lashes out at voter who calls him out over anti-immigration tweet

King called the man an 'ambusher' and refused to continue.

On Nov 2, 2018 by Samantha Grasso

Trump threatening the shooting of migrants who throw rocks

Trump says that border troops may shoot at migrants throwing rocks

The president is equating rocks to guns—and apparently looking for an excuse to shoot migrants.

On Nov 2, 2018 by Samantha Grasso