JHUMPA LAHIRI describes her relationship to Italian as a love affair: “When you’re in love, you want to live forever… Reading in Italian arouses a…
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KANSAS STATE SENATOR MITCH HOLMES made waves when his dress code for testifiers surfaced online. Republican Holmes wrote his 11-point guide for individuals who testify before…
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SAD BUT TRUE: feminist businesses are becoming as rare as unicorns. Sure, we have Girlbosses and female CEOs who like to Lean In, but down…
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MONDAY’S 2016 IOWA DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS ended in its closest result since the 1970s: Hillary Clinton, 49.9%; Bernie Sanders, 49.6%. Both camps declared it a win,…
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IN JANUARY, news broke that South African mayor Dudu Mazibuko has implemented the “Maiden’s Bursary Award,” an educational scholarship given to girls who pass a…
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“HEY SEXY.” The unsolicited greeting — half jeer, half mumble — cuts through the morning air and sends a rivulet of revulsion slithering down your…
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IF YOU’VE NEVER HEARD OF “WHITE WOMAN FEMINISM,” there’s a little encounter that happened recently (which you might have heard about) that facilitates a conversation…
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THIS MONTH SAW TWO BIG ENDORSEMENTS FOR THE CLINTON campaign, and two big disappointments for the Sanders campaign. Planned Parenthood is endorsing a candidate in…
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THE WAR ON WOMEN IS FAR FROM OVER. Not surprisingly, 2015 was worse than 2014 for women’s rights to healthcare. That’s according to the Population…
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INITIALLY, this was going to be a generic (and let’s be real, maybe, slightly high-horsey) thinkpiece about the sometimes controversial and misconstrued symbolism of hijab, a veil…
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IF SOMEONE ASKED YOU what “the boyfriend loophole” was, would your first guess be that it had to do with gun ownership? Earlier this month,…
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YOU MAY HAVE HEARD of this little movie that came out earlier this year: Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Ring any bells? The latest installment in…
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