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Close to Home: Donna Freitas on the Stalking Professor Who Irrevocably Changed Her Life
“It’s just a relief not to be alone with it anymore.”
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“Four Weddings” Is Still a Pop Culture Starting Point for Sign Language
It helps not to think of a signed language, a written language, and a spoken one as being in any way connected to each other at all, but to recognize them as distinct, each one a living, breathing entity.
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In Hot Water: “The Kitchen” Is a Comic-Book Adaptation Whose Diversity Feels Forced
The film pushes a shallow image of female unity, flattening the complex characters from the comic into easily readable types.
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Very Online: The Chicken Sandwich Debacle Shows How Brands Co-Opt Black Twitter
Popeyes didn’t notice the opportunity to be found in responding to the Chick-fil-A tweet—until Black Twitter did.
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BitchTapes: Anti-Fascist Heavy Metal Tunes
Metal is too good for Nazis and there are a growing number of artists who agree.
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Hot Mic: Priyanka Chopra’s Selectively Woke Stardom Is a Strategic—and Risky—Decision
Diasporas and communities of color often feel that we must pedestalize even the least bit of representation that comes our way.
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What Do We Do with “Good Boys?”
“The internet really flattens a lot of conversations that require a lot of nuance.”
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Stop Steaming Your Vagina and Other Wisdom from Dr. Jen Gunter
The Vagina Bible: The Vulva and the Vagina: Separating the Myth from the Medicine tackles every old wives’ tale you heard as a teen.
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Weapons of Mass Distraction: The Bikini Turned Sexuality into a Threat
From the moment it debuted, the bikini was a scandal.
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Cruel Bummer: “Lover” Is an Odd Litmus Test for Taylor Swift’s Politics
Taylor Swift is turning 30 in December, so it’s no surprise that she’s released an album that feels more authentic and honest than her previous two.
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