I PROMISED MYSELF THAT I WOULD STAY ON TRACK, that I wouldn’t let being away from home and plucked out of my daily routine derail me. Along with my workout clothes and running shoes, I also packed a three-week supply of protein powder to help me stick to my healthy-eating plan and stave off temptation.
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ON JULY 12, Bernie Sanders endorsed Hillary Clinton as the Democratic presidential candidate. The endorsement provoked outrage in Sanders supporters, many of whom vowed to write in the candidate’s name at the polls in November.
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It’s been ten years since Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston split and Brangelina rose from the ashes, but media coverage of Aniston’s life and relationships continues to draw on the circumstances surrounding her high-profile breakup. In a recent Huffington Post op-ed, Jennifer Aniston proved she’s all of us, and we need more of it.
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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 STIGMA SURROUNDING PEOPLE with sexually-transmitted diseases has never been stronger. This is especially true when talking about herpes, though it may fall on the…
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“WE MUST NOT confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof, and that conviction depends upon evidence and due process…
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MY FRIENDS IN THE LGBT COMMUNITY of Tallahassee, Florida frequently ask about my life in Los Angeles. I lived there during most of my adulthood,…
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AFTER the UN’s Millennium Development Goals for equality were left unfulfilled in 2015, UN Women created a roadmap to 2030, along which 17 new goals…
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JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT Iceland couldn’t get any cooler, women across the nation join forces, en masse, in a social media movement designed to eradicate cattiness…
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“DEMOCRATS DON’T CARE about fighting Zika.” That’s the message headlines are spouting in the wake of a failed bill — bearing the clumsy title…
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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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FEEL FOR IT WHAT YOU WILL, but if you’re somewhere between the ages of 20 and 200, you are either embarking, on board, or (hopefully)…
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