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The Truth Will Not Be Circulated: Fake News and Incarcerated Parents
Fake news succeeds because it disempowers readers by expecting them to believe everything they see, to react to headlines and share articles without ever having read them.
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Pressure Makes Perfect: Donna Freitas Examines the Friction Between Public Identity and Personal Authenticity with Mixed Results
Frietas hits all the hot topics of the day—selfies, sexting, bullying, love-hate relationships with smartphones—but seems to be writing for an audience of technology estranged adults.
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Ones to Watch: 5 African Webseries Created by Black Feminists
Young Black South African creators are dipping into our histories, cultures, and languages to tell new stories that connect us to each other in exciting and innovative ways.
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Tuning In : How a New Generation is Schooling Itself on Sexuality
In a society where the quality of sex education in schools is hodgepodge at best and shifts depending on political whims, YouTube is a dynamic, democratic space for discussions of gender and sexuality.
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New Music Monday: Miss Geo
Boston techno trio Miss Geo makes a strong case for the argument that new technologies actually mean new and different ways to connect.
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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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Trolls Target Leslie Jones of "Ghostbusters" With Racist Abuse
Why won’t Twitter do more to protect their users from harassment?
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Debugging Bias: Busting the Myth of Neutral Technology
We must recognize that the engine of the tech revolution—the assumption of inherent neutrality—is faulty.
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Wendy Davis Launches a New Political Group for Young Activists: "Deeds, Not Words"
The former Texas senator talks with us about celebrating the political power of young women.
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As a Fan, Yacht’s Misguided Sex Tape Hoax Hurts
The band pretended to be victims of a sex tape leak to get publicity. Yikes.
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