ON JANUARY 1, 1989, a woman in Los Angeles called 911, saying she’d been badly beaten by her husband and was in fear for her…
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IN Daily Rituals: How Artists Work, Mason Currey attributes the following to writer W.H Auden: “The Hitlers of the world work at night; no honest…
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IN AUGUST the New York Times compared a shot of the Ferguson protests and police violence to a picture taken by photographer Danny Lyon of…
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Note: A previous version of this post claimed that Chi Omega is a sorority at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, when it is in…
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THE SAME few movies inevitably appear on lists and in discussions about empowering female roles in Hollywood — Uma Thurman in Kill Bill, Jodie Foster in…
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PLAYBOY ENTERPRISE gave birth to an all-American sex symbol: the woman in bunny ears, a bow tie and tail, a degrading costume by today’s standards, and…
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WELCOME to So Pasted, LadyClever.com’s weekly roundup of all the news that’s fit to reprint. Build of Rights: This week, New York state Senator Kirsten Gillibrand shared…
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LAST YEAR Miley Cyrus claimed to be “one of the biggest feminists in the world” and this year, at the MTV VMAs, Beyoncé arguably became…
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LOOK. We didn’t think it would be that hard in theory: create a fantasy football team of players, who could yes, still win, but who…
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MAYBE it’s that the lyrics are so tired and basic that I’m having a hard time being inspired, moved towards the cause, but I’m only a…
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I HAVE to say, I’m still kind of hoping that this nail polish that detects the presence of drugs in your drink apparently created by a…
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SEVEN WEEKS ago Israel said it was going after Hamas’ ability to fire rockets. On Tuesday night, after an embittered and bloody battle, a cease-fire…
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