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Diseased Bag of Crumbling Bones or Presidential Candidate? The Concern Trolling of Hillary Clinton
Clinton is caught in the unwinnable trap of needing to avoid the appearance of being overemotional while also not looking cold, and it’s landed her square in the crosshairs of the conspiracy theory factory.
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Talking With Ezra Furman, Champion of Sincere Body-Positive Dance Jams
The gender-fluid musician thinks deeply about feelings, feminism, and saxophone riffs.
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There's A Lot to Like About Jill Soloway's "I Love Dick"
With an excellent cast and excellent creative talent behind the scenes, I Love Dick seems like it’s headed for success, regardless of how closely (or not) it resembles its original inspiration.
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One Angry Man: Amy Schumer's Kurt Metzger Problem
Schumer can hang out with Metzger on her own time, but if we want to watch her show without abetting rape culture, Schumer needs to provide us with a show that doesn’t have Kurt Metzger in it.
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Magical Thinking: The Media’s Disturbing Portrayal of Katinka Hosszu’s Relationship with Her Husband and Coach
NBC sports commentators have been criticized for several other gaffes in the past few days that all display a traditional and conservative approach to gender and relationships.
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Safe Passage: Access to Abortion in India
By constantly focusing on sex-selective abortions and being careless with language and imagery, Indian media has reinforced existing stigma around abortion in general.
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A Fate Better than Death: Communities Unite to Fight Maternal Mortality in Assam
Safety during pregnancy and childbirth is an essential human right.
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Between a Boss and a Hard Place: Why More Women are Freelancing
Big corporations and startups alike have realized that it’s cheaper and easier to subcontract labor than to employ people.
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Radical Revisioning: A Q&A with Author and Pagan Priestess Lasara Firefox Allen
Jailbreaking the Goddess addresses the many women who don’t feel represented in the more well-known, threefold maiden/mother/crone model.
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San Francisco Art Exhibit "The Black Woman is God" turns the historic devaluation of Black women on its head.
The need for this particular exhibit extends far, far beyond this current moment.
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