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Article Shows How Scary Male Entitlement Is

How to talk to a woman wearing headphones. That seemingly innocuous subject took the Internet by storm in 2016, when pick-up artist (PUA) Dan Bacon, who styles himself as a “dating and relationship expert,” published a guide to hitting on headphone-clad women.

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Female Prison Populations Growing Faster Than Male

When we talk about prison reform, about closing the school-to-prison pipeline and shutting down for-profit facilities, we’re talking about men, specifically black men, who are wildly over-represented in the U.S. detention system.

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Women’s History: Ching Shih, China’s Dangerous Pirate

The story of Ching Shih — Zheng Shi in Mandarin — is a tale of love, betrayal, dodgy dealings with family and empire, plus a fair amount of prostitution — capped off with a lucrative retirement deal, and a legacy as one of the world’s bloodiest pirates.

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