On Being a Woman and a Voter in 2016

I CAST MY FIRST BALLOT in November 2008. At the time, I had a lot of anxieties about the significance of my vote and its…
Read onI CAST MY FIRST BALLOT in November 2008. At the time, I had a lot of anxieties about the significance of my vote and its…
Read onWELCOME BACK to WTFriday, our weekly round-up of the week’s news that’ll make you wish that recurring daydream you have of being a cat was…
Read onSHORTLY AFTER the couple announced their split in May 2016, Tyga reportedly leaked video of Kylie Jenner on his website. At least one Twitter user claimed to…
Read onNEWS BROKE earlier this morning that a shooting had occurred at University of California, Los Angeles. According to sources at the university, the shooting took…
Read onIN THE WORLD OF INTERNET SENSATIONALISM, website xoJane has carved out a niche with its gross-out stories and shocking personal essays from young women. It’s a…
Read onNORTH CAROLINA used to be known for its beach towns and… well, honestly, just its beach towns. Now, it’s also known as a state that’s officially hostile…
Read on“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…
Read onIN A FEW SHORT YEARS, online harassment has gone from relative obscurity — in privileged circles — to a newsworthy phenomenon. A flurry of recent…
Read onADMITTEDLY, we don’t watch much FOX News here at Lady Clever. The kind of race-baiting, fear-mongering, biased “reporting” the network engages in — placing zero…
Read onIN AN ARTICLE discussing multi-million dollar advances for debut authors, Knopf editor Claudia Herr told Entertainment Weekly that Stephanie Danler “would have [been] paid … the same money” for Sweetbitter, even…
Read onLET’S GET ONE THING STRAIGHT: women voters decide elections. Thrown behind the biggest issues of our day, with ballots to back it up, our voting…
Read onSOME 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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