This year has been full of surprises. Many governments put important decisions in the hands of their people, and the ballots revealed the conservative nature of the majority.
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Podcasts have become one of the most popular forms of entertainment and education. There is a podcast for every interest, and they’re a great way to pass time, learn something new, and just relax. Here are eight smart picks covering all kinds of topics, from literature to technology to race; you’re sure to find something to get hooked on.
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Eurocentric standards of beauty invade the lives of people all over the world in much the same way the colonizers did, pillaging self-worth, identity, and free will.
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Jennifer Siebel Newsom, creator of the 2011 documentary Miss Representation, which delved into the objectification of women in media, turned her focus to masculinity in The Mask You Live In.
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THE LAST WEEK OF JUNE was a big week for women in the Supreme Court, with three rulings directly affecting women’s rights and safety. The…
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DAYS AFTER the gay nightclub mass shooting in Orlando, the House of Representatives refused to vote on a critical amendment that would afford protections to…
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AS OF June 7th’s presidential primaries, Hillary Clinton is now actually the inevitable Democratic presidential nominee. That this is historic is not debatable; she’s the…
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A RECENT STUDY of tweets sent in the UK found that half of the abusive tweets with the words “slut” or “whore” in them were…
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“MEN ARE JUST DIFFERENT.” This phrase has a way of popping up in nearly every conversation I have about relationship problems – everything from being…
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“I DON’T WANT to lean in, okay? I want to lie down.” – Ali Wong I’m obsessed with stand-up comedy, but it’s kind of a…
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SOME OF US have different rules for ourselves than for others. We may hold ourselves to higher standards of conduct and accomplishment. We may consider…
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A SLEW OF RECENT BILLS have proposed making it illegal for people to use bathrooms that don’t align with the gender they were assigned at…
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