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The Rise and Fall of Bon Appetit

Sometimes life comes at you fast. Sometimes, that means stories in the food industry break in such rapid succession that you have no time to blink in between. Sometimes, it means someone found out about something racist you did a few years ago. What happens when it’s both? Ask the fine folks at Bon Appetit.

In recent years, Bon Appetit made a name for itself, rising from the ashes of dying print media, through its Youtube channel featuring a diverse cast of personalities. But over the course of this past week, many of the publication’s executives have been found to foster a toxic workplace culture, rife with racism, sexism and homophobia.

Before I get too deep (because this is going to be a long one), I feel the need to point out that while this story’s breaking happened to coincide with Black Lives Matter protests across the country and gained traction from people’s outrage towards inequality, the events that have unfolded should not be blamed on “cancel culture,” “political correctness run amok” or any other reactionary dismissal of critical thinking. Adam Rapoport didn’t lose his job because Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter came to be because of the damage that many in positions of power like Rapoport have done in both mainstream media and society as a whole.

[Also, yes, there are going to be a lot of links to Instagram posts that have been screenshotted and uploaded to Twitter. Clearly the real takeaway from this debacle is that I need to get an Instagram account. Also also, thanks to Tumblr’s new rules about offsite links, you’ll have to go to my main site for the full receipts.]

Preamble

Shortly after the killing of George Floyd, Adam Rapoport, Editor-in-Chief at Bon Appetit, wrote an editorial highlighting some of the coverage they’ve given to black chefs. Many criticized this as being superficial and performative, with others saying that BA has, on numerous occasions, shut down articles relating to black culture for not being “trendy” enough or otherwise was discriminatory towards black employees. (Also, the repeated use of “uprisings” instead of “protests” seems a little suspicious.)

An article from Eater criticized the role BA played in the appropriating and whitewashing of many cultures’ ingredients and cuisines (gochujang, Aleppo pepper, and sumac seem to be some of BA’s favorite ingredients) that had become prevalent in food media in recent years.

While it’s a fairly minor offense in comparison, it may also be worth bringing up the time Rapoport accidentally called Priya Krishna “Sohla,” the name of his other Indian employee.

Monday, June 8th

Food writer Tammie Teclemariam posted a screencap of an Instagram post made by Rapoport’s wife, which depicted the two of them donning Puerto Rican stereotypes as Halloween costumes, brownface and all.

Many were quick to declare their outrage and demand that Rapoport either resign or be fired. Meanwhile, Sohla El-Waylly, one of the leading stars of the Youtube channel, was one of the first BA employees to speak up, and disclosed that this kind of behavior was just the tip of the iceberg. She said that BIPOC workers have been paid disproportionately for their work, including not being paid a per-video commission that the white stars of the Youtube channel receive.

Molly Baz, one of the aforementioned white stars, announced that she would no longer make videos for BA until all of El-Waylly’s demands were met. One by one, their white coworkers chimed in in agreement.

Former staff photographer Alex Lau also wrote an extensive tweet thread about his experiences at BA, including how he had futilely tried to fix the system from within.

By the end of Monday, Adam Rapoport had resigned from his position as Editor-in-Chief.

Tuesday, June 9th

Since Rapoport’s official resignation did little to fix many of the systemic problems in place at BA, many began to turn their attention to other senior members of the staff.

Some came for Andrew Knowlton, the Restaurant Editor, for behaviors such as gaslighting an employee for trying to bring up racist practices in the offices.

Others called out Matthew Duckor, a VP at Conde Nast and BA’s former “Head of Video” (Did a 3 year old come up with that job title?), for a series of old racist and homophobic tweets. He tried to apologize by saying that he was young and didn’t know any better at the time, but many were quick to point out that he was, at the youngest, 20, aka for all intents and purposes An Adult when he wrote those tweets.

Tammie Teclemariam returned to ask current and former BA employees to DM her information about Duckor that they didn’t want to go public with themselves, ranging from his hand in the aforementioned pay disparity to making inappropriate comments towards women.

Teclemariam also did even more social media muckraking and found that Drinks Editor Alex Delany had once decorated a cake to look like a Confederate flag, while others found things like a Vine where he says the f-slur and some questionable comments about women on this Tumblr. He later deleted his Tumblr and Twitter, and issued a cookie-cutter apology on his Instagram.

She also vague-tweeted that Brad Leone, one of the most beloved stars of the Youtube channel, is “possibly not a great guy,” but later added, “don’t fret.” At that point, some began to accuse her of just trying to stir the pot.

Ultimately, Matt Hunziker, director and camera operator for Leone’s show, reported that the higher ups were ignoring the situation regarding the pay disparity, and that they were not “learning and growing.”

Wednesday, June 10th

By this point, journalists were able to do more thorough investigations and put together exposés that were more than a blurb about an accusation followed by a nut graph.

Business Insider published an article where they interviewed 14 current and former BIPOC employees of Bon Appetit. In addition to information already discussed above, it also described events such as an incident where several BIPOC staffers were told they weren’t allowed the test kitchen. (Carla Lalli Music, the Food Director at the time, would later defend her stance in the affair on Twitter.) Ryan Walker-Hartshorn, a black woman who served as Rapoport’s personal assistant, recalled that she would often spend her day doing menial tasks like polishing her boss’s golf clubs or trying to teach his wife how to use Google Calendar. In another incident, Knolton called Rick Martinez a “one trick pony” for only developing Mexican recipes, which is what he was being forced to do so BA could tout “diversity” bonus points. Martinez would also say that the magazine under Rapoport’s tenure “went from old and irrelevant and white-washed content to young and trendy white-washed content." (Martinez would also upload a more graphic description of the treatment he received to his Instagram that same day.) Later that day, Business Insider would also report that Duckor had left the company.

Vice would liken Rapoport to Michael Scott from The Office, but noted that that kind of bumbling, endearingly insensitive bad boss archetype isn’t as charming in the real world where real employees are being affected. Parallels were also drawn between the Youtube channel and The Office itself, stating that the “quirky workplace” facade put on in the videos helped hide the more sinister practices that lurked beneath the surface, and that the notion that they were “one big family” often pressured BIPOC into doing more than their fair share for the greater good.

Jezebel showed email transcripts where Rapoport argued the semantics of having his costume be called “brownface” when he wasn’t wearing makeup, and had to be explained to, like a child, that the term refers to the racist caricature and not the literal act of putting brown makeup on one’s face. What a douche.

Bon Appetit published an official apology on their site, a whole two days after the controversy began. Many believed that their empty promises of “learning from their mistakes” were a day late and a dollar short.

Meanwhile, on Twitter, former BA writer Alyse Whitney said that senior editor Andy Baraghani had, on several occasions, used his influence to undermine her efforts. Whether this had to do with racism, sexism, or just Andy being petty is up for debate, but still constitutes as unprofessional behavior to say the least.

Thursday, June 11th

As interest in the story seemed to wane for many in the industry, Claire Saffitz, arguably the face of the Youtube channel, released another statement on her Instagram. She said that her relative silence was due to taking time to find the right words, and that the same-old promises to “learn and grow” that most had been giving felt empty and performative. Unlike many of her white coworkers, she directly apologized for being complicit in the toxic environment and for not using her status to try to leverage even pay for her BIPOC coworkers.

Another BA Youtube personality, Amiel Stanek, also released a statement in response to BA’s official press release, where he demanded Conde Nast to stop avoiding action by setting vague timelines for changes or making excuses for not giving BIPOC workers raises like “the money just isn’t there.”

Associate editor Christina Chaey also opened up about her experiences with being pushed into more and more videos to “diversify” them- all without compensation.

Friday, June 12th

The biggest scandal of the day was that, as Teclemariam predicted, Brad Leone is possibly not a great guy. A leaked screenshot of an Instagram DM showed him making callous, almost Trump-y comments regarding El-Waylly’s demand for better pay. He also allegedly said that if Delany were to be fired (as of that day he had been sent on leave), he would quit.

Saturday, June 13th

The New York Times published an article suggesting that the issues prevalent in BA’s management may go all the way to the top of Conde Nast. Highlights include Chief Executive Roger Lynch chastising the whistleblowers within the company for raising their concerns in such a public manner and an account of an incident where he gave his black assistant a guidebook on how to speak “proper” English.

The Sporkful released a special episode of their podcast containing interviews with several current and former BA BIPOC workers. Nikita Richardson divulged that after she was laid off, a story she had already done all the leg work for was picked up and credited to Amanda Shapiro, a white staff writer who is now acting Editor-in-Chief in lieu of Rapoport. Sohla El-Waylly confirmed that the self-congratulatory editorial Rapoport wrote in the wake of George Floyd’s death was the real beginning of the end, and that the racist photo was just the final straw. She also described a company-wide Zoom meeting held after the photo began to be spread around where Rapoport issued a half-hearted apology, and began talking about how he would “fix the brand” before El-Waylly demanded he resigned. Furthermore, she revealed that after her Instagram posts began circulating rapidly, Duckor had offered her a new contract with increased pay, but she is refusing to sign it until all BIPOC have received similar compensation. She also said that she had a hand in the wishy-washy statement that BA had published on Wednesday, and said that it originally had taken much firmer stances on the issues but their PR office made them tone it down. Also, she commented that Leone, for the most part, just seemed like she “genuinely think[s] [that he] just found out racism is real.” Ultimately, she was glad that the story was getting as much coverage as it was, since it made her feel that her voice was finally being heard.

Sunday, June 14th

Baraghani released a statement on Instagram apologizing for his behavior, saying that trying to achieve his personal goals in BA’s toxic, competitive environment made him lose sight of solidarity with his fellow BIPOC.

While that may seem like the end of the story for now, it’s important to note that, even with the resignation of two executives, nothing has truly been done to fix the systemic problems at hand.

#bon appetit #adam rapoport #matt duckor #alex delany #sohla el waylly #molly baz #carla lalli music #andy baraghani #brad leone #clair saffitz #amiel stanek #tw racism #tw homophobia #tw sexism

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guylty · 4 years

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I take it you have heard all the good news? UV is apparently in the can and will be shown in cinemas and on the BBC at an undisclosed point in the future. Personally, I am not sure whether the cinema is currently the best place for a filmed piece of theatre. And the BBC is regionally restricted. So neither option really feels particularly accessible to *me*. The only advantage of a BBC transmission is, that there might be fans with access who also have some other technical knowledge… *say no more*. Not to put a dampener onto things – I am thrilled that they have decided to film the play, preserve it for posterity, and that way give the public a (second) chance of seeing this particular interpretation of UV Richard Armitage strutting his stuff. But I am a little baffled that they are not thinking of any streaming options – *in this current situation that the world is in*. Is it because the recording was not organised through the theatre but through the producers? Because other theatres have proven that streamed plays are financially viable. Just a couple of days ago I watched the long-postponed play Three Kings with Andrew Scott in the Old Vic. It was so worth waiting for (after Scott had to cancel the original dates due to some minor but lengthy surgeries), and even though streaming does not even come close to the look and feel of sitting in a theatre, it was still a live performance. And it added some extra value in the sense that a filmed/streamed performance allows the cameras to come up so much closer than you would ever be able to see in a theatre. So it has its reason for being. (And in this case, Andrew Scott was of course absolutely stunning in a 1 hour monologue. A very Irish play, if you ask me, not just because the character is Irish and the actor speaks with his native Irish accent, but because the play was interwoven with moral themes of regret, forgiveness, guilt and love that struck me as particularly Catholic-Irish. The play was, of course, written specifically for Scott by his ex-partner, English actor/playwright Stephen Beresford.) Anyway, I am waffling on. Suffice to say I look forward to watching the play once again. If anything, it will finally provide a level playing field because frankly, it is getting a bit old, having to see the same people tweet their triumphant SD stories and selfies over and over.

Before we get to the round-up, though, I would like to welcome back my first love.

Well, hell-ooooh, Keanu!!! Where have you been all this time?

My first thought was – Keanu Reeves, ca. 25 years after this photo shoot:

I know. Keanu really was gorgeous. And had some nice flaws that made him look even better, like that massive scar from a ruptured spleen. Who would’ve thought that such a long middle-parting would come back in fashion? RA really rocks it, and while the thick mop wasn’t quite my cup of tea, I have to say I like this particular style. It looks really turn-of-the-century Russian to me, too, don’t ask me why. Something wild, romantic and full of pathos. I am wondering, though, whether the shrubbery and the hair were temporarily dyed? Looks very dark to me (although the Lo-Fi filter on Instagram tends to work wonders, too, right, Richard? 😉) Anyway, no complaint whatsoever. Perfect combo of early celebrity crush with current. I actually think that the #romanticherohair *needs* the shrubbery because otherwise that look on stubble would mass-destroy ovaries and curb birthrates for decades to come.

But I digress again. Finally, the round-up:

In case you wanted to know which scent RA has got on his dressing room table, astrovian has the answer

Astrovian is dominating the Richard Armitage tag again, so here is a post with some moving images from MZ

“Is there anything you’d like to tell me?” – um, if Guy asked me that, I’d probably have to confess my undying attraction to him. Gif set by riepu10

And once again, with some bright smile Adam Price, riepu10 again

The ultimate #romanticherohair gif set, compiled by mezzmerizedbyrichard. I can only say, watch at your own peril!

Interesting quote by Richard on his face, illustrated by mezzmerizedbyrichard

Missgraciemae with an audio book review that many of us would probably agree with

LOL, I must try that. Suggestion by buildarocketboys

You know those Getty Images of Richard that turned up last week and that we didn’t particularly like? Well, just in case I am linking here to richardarmitagefanpage who have got the images in larger format (than my mass screenshot) Warning – they don’t get any better just because of larger format… if anything, they get worse

I bet you would love to see Guy of Gisborne taking a bath. Right? Here’s your chance, thanks to mininottingham

And some What a Guy Wants by nfcomics

This cartoon of Thorin really caused some visions of Mr Darcy in me

Sorry, this is grossly outdated (March 2020), but I had to laugh out loud at it. Posted by vengealis. Gives new meaning to the term “King under the Mountain”

Lucky number 13. I’ll go back to staring at Keanu Armitage now.

Have a lovely weekend, all!

Sonja ❤

2020 Armitage Weekly Round-up #35 I take it you have heard all the good news? UV is apparently in the can and will be shown in cinemas and on the BBC at an undisclosed point in the future.

#Adam Price #Guy of Gisborne #Richard Armitage #Thorin Oakenshield

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hockeythighs · 7 years

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Hockey-Playing Trump Supporters: A Sourced List in Progress

This post is the actual list, unlike my previous post which, as I should have said more clearly, was meant more as a signal boost/information gathering sort of thing. Thanks to everyone who’s helped so far!

IMPORTANT: This list is still in progress, and will be updated consistently. Always trust the version of the post that you see when you click back to my blog, not older/outdated versions you might see from reblogs or comments. If you have newer/better info please send it to me here, at my sideblog, or on this anonymous SurveyMonkey poll, with links or screenshots included if at all possible. Thanks a million to @highstik , who gave me tons of great info, as well as everyone else who’s chipped in!

I have erred on the side of caution in putting people on this list. I don’t want this to be a witch hunt of people whose political beliefs are different from mine-- I think there’s a lot of space to disagree on political issues, but loudly supporting Donald Trump in spite of his racist, xenophobic, misogynist, Islamophobic, ableist views just because his policies will benefit you personally is not something that’s acceptable to me. However, to avoid casting the net too wide I’m not going to include people who have solely liked pro-Trump posts or followed pro-Trump people-- those are both things that people could do for a variety of reasons, and I think it’s risky to make assumptions about people’s political beliefs based on them. The same holds true for people whose spouses support Trump.

I’m also not going to include people who I can’t find receipts for on the main list-- if someone was cowed enough to delete pro-Trump stuff because of public outcry I have no way of knowing whether they had a genuine change of heart or they just didn’t want to deal with the fallout, so again I’m erring on the side of caution. Here’s the TL;DR version of the list of definite Trump supporters; links, sources, and borderline supporters/mythbusted supporters are below the cut.

TL;DR list, sorted alphabetically by last name: Logan Brown [OHL], Tony DeAngelo [AHL], Max Domi [ARI], Jack Eichel [BUF], Nathan Gerbe [SNL], Scott Hartnell [CBJ], Robin Lehner [BUF], Rebecca Russo [NWHL], Teemu Selanne, Kelli Stack [NWHL], James Wisniewski [AHL]

People I’ve seen on unsourced lists who I’m still researching (please send links if you have them!): Mark Arcobello, Laurent Broissoit, Alex Debrincat, Patrick Eaves, Alex Goligoski, Ryan Miller, Derek Ryan, Cam Talbot, James Van Riemsdyk

Active NHL Players

Max Domi [ARI]: "Game day socks [with Trump’s face on them]. Make America Great again." Check the second source for another family member saying that it was “a joke,” and that Tie and Max “don't know anything about politics nor do they care cuz we are Canadian.” His snapchat is also apparently pretty Trumpy according to one anon (x), (x)

Jack Eichel [BUF]: [RT] “I'm big on "to each his own" if you disagree that's completely fine.But whoever is President I respect and root for because he is our leader” (x), various gross likes

Scott Hartnell [CBJ]: “ Mr. Trump-your plane is landing in 45 mins in Columbus and some of the #CBJ fellas would love to meet ya!! #legend (x)

Eddie Lack [CAR]: I don’t have a great translation of it, but he basically said that he wouldn’t have wanted to vote for either candidate, but would have “leaned towards” voting for Trump (x)

Robin Lehner [BUF]: wore a goalie mask with Trump’s name/face on it, expressed support for his anti-immigrant policies (x), (x)

NWHL/CWHL:

Dru Burns, CWHL, Boston Blades: she retweets a lot of openly pro-Trump stuff on Twitter, like this (x)

Rebecca Russo, NWHL, NYRivs: wore a Trump shirt on Instagram (x)

Kelli Stack, NWHL, CTWhale: “First Lady Melania Trump sounds better than First Lady Bill Clinton,” blocked someone for calling her out (x)

Former Players/Non-NHL Men:

Logan Brown, OHL: [RT] “TODAY WE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN”, various awful likes (x)

Tony DeAngelo, AHL: “Tough time streaming it on the plane but it was nice to get to watch the inauguration! Loved it! #MAGA,” also his entire social media presence basically (x)

Nathan Gerbe, Swiss National League: “The people have spoken [US flag]” (x), MAGA sign on his dogs’ Instagram (x)

Brendan Lemieux, AHL: [RT] “TODAY WE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” (x)

Tyler Parsons, OHL: “TODAY WE MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN” (x)

Steve Racine, ECHL: posted this picture of himself with a cutout of Trump with the caption “Proud to be an American” (x)

Teemu Selanne: "Trump was the better option for America right now. He was the lesser of two evils." (x)

James Wisniewski, AHL: “Congrats, Mr. President!! Bring your broom cuz, it’s a mess!” (x) Players who may be quiet Trump supporters, or who don’t meet the threshold for the main list but may exceed your threshold for awfulness:

Brent Burns [SJS]: I said this list wouldn’t include people who are just following shitty people, and he hasn’t publicly tweeted about politics, but I’m making an exception for him because he follows basically no liberals and every horrible conservative in the book, including Trump, Kellyanne Conway, Tomi Lahren, Hannity, O’Reilly, Pence, and several others

Ian Cole [PIT]: has liked at least some shitty things on Twitter (one vaguely pro-Trump, the others just nasty conservative stuff), retweeted a mealy-mouthed “we should all respect the new president” thing but then deleted it (x) Erik Johnson [COL]: [RT] “FORD INVESTS IN AMERICA: Cancels 1.6B Mexico factory; $700M to Michigan”, liked a Trump tweet, follows Trump (x), (x)

Seth Jones [CBJ]: follows Trump and Tomi Lahren, and liked an IG post that said “I’m voting Trump/Pence” (x)

TJ Oshie [WSH]: from an interview with Modern Luxury DC, “Oshie has already played Trump National and Congressional Country Club. "I felt like a superfan, taking pictures at the clubhouse," he says, laughing.” (x) [Note: I moved Oshie down to this part of the list because that article is from November 2015, before Trump really ramped up the awfulness. Feel free to disagree!]

Tyler Seguin [DAL]: said he would like to have pizza with Donald Trump (to talk about Tom Brady???), but I’m sort of inclined to think it’s more because he’s a moron than because he holds any actual political opinions. Watch the vid and decide for yourself, I suppose. (x) He also follows Tomi Lahren on Twitter.

Alex Tuch: liked this post (x), follows Trump, dressed as a border patrol agent for Halloween

Ryan Whitney: “The 45th president in our nations history will be sworn into office and I will support him because he is our leader and I love our country.” (x), (x) People who have appeared on Tumblr pro-Trump lists for whom I’ve found no evidence or questionable/minimal evidence (e.g. following Trump with no other political indicators, liking but not sharing pro-Trump stuff): -Jordie Benn (liked an IG post that said “"Yesterday made history and so did I staying up until 3 am for politics. Our nation has spoken: President Donald J. Trump #MakeAmericaGreatAgain #Trump" (x)) -Nick Bonino -Robert Bortuzzo (follows Trump) -Tyler Bozak (liked Mark Cuban’s tweet that said "We all need to give President-Elect Trump a chance. Support the good. Lobby against what we disagree on. No one is bigger than us all." (x)) -Courtney Burke [NWHL] (liked some anti-Kaepernick/BLM stuff, but nothing explicitly Trumpy) -Andrew Copp (liked a transphobic Tomi Lahren tweet (x)) -Brandon Dubinsky (follows Trump) -Aaron Ekblad (follows Trump, stayed at a Trump Hotel? That’s all I got, folks) -Micheal Ferland -Thomas Greiss (liked but then unliked a post likening Hillary Clinton to Hitler, per this German news article (x)) -Noah Hanifin (is probably someone I disagree with on a fundamental level, but has kept politics in his likes) -Stephen Johns (follows Trump, one person told me he retweeted a pro-Trump election day thing but has since deleted it) -Seth Jones (follows Trump, Tomi Lahren) -Hillary Knight (I’m getting conflicting reports about her having liked/shared pro-Trump stuff, but if there was anything there she’s since deleted it, and she was also photographed with a pro-HRC thing, so make of it what you will) -Auston Matthews (liked Ryan Whitney’s "I'm big on "to each his own" if you disagree that's completely fine. But whoever is President I respect and root for because he is our leader” (x) ETA: more recently liked this post criticizing Trump’s immigration policies (x)) -James Neal (follows Trump) -Alex Nylander (liked this post (x)) -Brett Pesce (follows Tomi Lahren, FOX News) -Dylan Strome (followed but then unfollowed within a few days several Trumpy people on Twitter, according to one anon person) -Ryan Strome (follows Trump) - Matthew Tkachuk (Liked a tweet that said “there’s one Donald Trump viewpoint we can all agree with,” but the vid in question was Trump talking about Zoolander, so I don’t think this counts as a political statement)

#/#//#///#////#/////#trumpkoolaid #Donald Trump #US politics #blog maintenance

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New Post has been published on https://shovelnews.com/most-googled-2018-australia-were-a-stupid-country-junkee/

Most Googled 2018: Australia, We're A Stupid Country - Junkee

If, like us, you’re nearly exhausted by all the end of year lists and reviews from every single god damn app and internet site, fear not, as this latest one from Google is a little bit different.

Unlike Instagram’s for example, which focused on all the love spread across the world via the photo-based social media service, Google’s most searched trends for 2018 are not inspiring or heartwarming at all. They are in fact a snapshot of one of our nation’s foremost exports: stupidity.

2018 was a dumb as hell year in many ways and Australians are certainly not immune from the odd bout of idiocy (shout out to our politicians!) so whilst it shouldn’t be surprising that Aussies en masse googled “How to win Powerball” this year, it’s still mildly concerning.

As are “What is ball tampering” and “How to cook corn” to be honest, but nothing comes close to how gloriously embarrassing it is how many of you all Googled “What is ligma”.

LIGMA stands for Loose Internal Gene Mi-Asintits, FYI.

The aforementioned searches all rank in the top ten of their respective groupings, but in an overall sense, the biggest trends for Aussies in 2018 were a mix of sporting events, celebrity deaths and, of course, Meghan Markle.

Meghan is also responsible for the number one news-related search trend “Royal Wedding” with “Thai cave rescue” in second and the ultimately super spicy Wentworth by-election coming in third. Cop a look at those full lists below:

Overall

World Cup

Commonwealth Games

Meghan Markle

Avicii

Coinspot

Anthony Bourdain

US Open Tennis

Mac Miller

Bitcoin price

Black Panther

News events

Royal Wedding

Thai cave rescue

Wentworth by-election

My health record

Beaumont children

Hawaii volcano

California fires

Listeria

US midterm elections

Blood moon

As for individual celebs, oh look it’s Meghan Markle taking out top spot again alongside pop star Demi Lovato and dearly departed Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, no doubt due to the popularity of 2018 biopic Bohemian Rhapsody.

Specifically in regards to local “celebs” Barnaby Joyce’s year of stepping on rake after rake after rake was enough to catapult him to the number one most searched Aussie, with the triumvirate of evil completed with Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton in 2nd and 3rd.

Global figures

Meghan Markle

Demi Lovato

Freddie Mercury

Khloe Kardashian

Logan Paul

Tristan Thompson

Hailey Baldwin

Sylvester Stallone

Khabib

Travis Scott

Aussies

Barnaby Joyce

Scott Morrison

Peter Dutton

Billy Slater

Craig McLachlan

Vikki Campion

David Warner

Chopper Read

Nick Cummins

Andrew Gaff

Loss

Avicii

Anthony Bourdain

Mac Miller

xxxtentacion

Stan Lee

Kate Spade

Aretha Franklin

Burt Reynolds

Jessica Falkholt

Eurydice Dixon

Here’s the absolute best bit though mates, the thoroughly face-palm inducing “How to”s and “what is”s of Aussie Googlers. Unsurprisingly “How to opt out of my health record” was numero uno, after the disastrous rollout of the government’s online health data hub causing widespread privacy concerns.

Despite now generally being considered worthless and a huge mistake, Aussies galore were still keen to wrap their heads around the concept of bitcoin, with related searches featuring in a couple of the most popular queries. If you’re still curious on “How to buy bitcoin” here’s the proper answer: don’t.

Also, huge LOL to “why is my internet so slow” ranking near the top. Australia, Australia, this is you!

How to…?

How to opt out of my health record

How to watch World Cup in Australia

How to win Powerball

How to delete Instagram

Google Arts and Culture face match how to

How to buy bitcoin

How to lose weight fast

How to screenshot on iPhone X

How to delete Facebook

How to lose belly fat

What is…?

What is bitcoin

What is listeria

What is ligma

What is hazing

What is a mud room

What is the capital of California

What is open on Good Friday

What is Diwali

What is blockchain

What is ball tampering

Why is…?

Why is State of Origin on Sunday

Why is it called Good Friday

Why is Russia OAR

Why is Australia Day Jan 26

Why is Tim Cahill not playing tonight

Why is ANZAC Day important

Why is Australia Day celebrated

Why is my internet so slow

Why is Nick Cummins called the honey badger

Why is my poop green

Recipes

Keto recipes

Beef stroganoff recipes

Chicken curry recipes

Frittata recipes

Gnocchi recipes

Risotto recipes

Chicken soup recipes

Fried rice recipes

Omelette recipes

Beef stew recipes

“How to cook…?”

How to cook corned beef

How to cook eggplant

How to cook tofu

How to cook silverside

How to cook beetroot

How to cook rice in the microwave

How to cook corn

How to cook couscous

How to cook crayfish

How to cook barramundi

Well, there you go. Aussies had a very silly year. Thanks for being there for us Google!

Source: https://junkee.com/google-trends-2018/186754

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