Chelsea Manning's Instagram Is the Best Thing Online
selectall
May 18, 2017
After seven years in a military prison, and out of brutalizing solitary confinement following multiple suicide attempts, pardoned whistle-blower Chelsea Manning finally walked out of prison today. And then she did what free, normal people do everywhere: She posted to Instagram.
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Young Women Aren't Closing the Great American Gender-Pay Gap
Bloomberg
April 4, 2017
Earnings have grown less equal over the last decade.
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China's hottest new boy band is actually made up of five androgynous girls — Quartz
Qz
March 31, 2017
Earlier this month, China's social network giant Tencent held a series of music events called "Husband Exhibition" at Chinese universities. The idea was to showcase new pop stars who appear on the company's online streaming site; the term "husband" is how China's female fans refer to male pop stars
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Judge Orders NYPD to Disclose Surveillance of Black Lives Matter Protesters
the root
February 9, 2017
A judge has ordered the New York Police Department to disclose documents and video revealing the surveillance of Black Lives Matter protesters at the city’s Grand Central Terminal in 2014 and 2015.
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The Local Roots Behind the Music of The Women's March
washingtoncitypaper.com
January 28, 2017
How longtime D.C. music icon Toshi Reagon helped put together the musical program of the historic Women's March on Washington.
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Watch a nightclub shooting in virtual reality? For Rose Troche, painful subjects make for powerful art
LA Times
January 28, 2017
Director Rose Troche takes on the eerily familiar theme of a mass shooting for her latest virtual-reality project at the Sundance Film Festival.
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Trump Calls Madonna Disgusting for March Remarks
Vulture
January 27, 2017
But remember that he spent several years trying to scam her into a date.
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6-Year-Old Girl's Gendered Beliefs About Intelligence
The Atlantic
January 27, 2017
They’re more likely to avoid games meant for “really, really smart” children.
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Compassion for Melania is Misguided — But it Isn’t Wrong
NY Mag
January 27, 2017
Melania doesn’t need your help, but someone else might.
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Woman in Viral Photo From Women’s March to White Female Allies: ‘Listen to a Black Woman’
the root
January 25, 2017
Angela Peoples did not come to the Women’s March on Washington to play. “White Women Voted for Trump.”
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Thanks to Trump, Scientists Are Going To Run For Office
The Atlantic
January 25, 2017
And they’ve got help.
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Constance Wu Says Casey Affleck’s Potential Oscar Win 'Will Be a Nod to Trump's'
jezebel
January 25, 2017
Constance Wu, who is “mom” on ABC’s delightful Fresh Off the Boat and in our hearts, had a lot to say about Casey Affleck’s Oscar nomination ...
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One Day at a Time's Coming Out Storyline Is a Breath of Fresh Air
E! News
January 9, 2017
Showrunner Gloria Calderon Kellet breaks down the decision to tell a Latino LGBT story on the new Netflix series
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'Sister Wives' Daughter Mariah Comes Out: ‘I’m Gay'
Us Weekly
January 9, 2017
Sister Wives’ Kody and Meri Brown’s daughter Mariah came out to her parents in the latest episode of the TLC show — read more
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The next wave of trans bathroom bills will be even worse: Inside Virginia’s nightmare anti-LGBT legislation
Salon.com
January 9, 2017
Virginia bathroom bill is a cut-and-paste job of the most discriminatory elements of previous legislative efforts
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A new LGBT community center opens in St. Louis, providing comfort, acceptance amid uncertain future
stltoday.com
January 9, 2017
Jane Wilson and Cassie Taylor spent Sunday afternoon on a couch in the library of a new community center run by Pride St. Louis.
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2017 is shaping up to be a banner year for anti-LGBT discrimination
LA Times
January 9, 2017
If you thought 2016 was a nasty, brutish year for LGBT rights across the country, 2017 is already shaping up to be much, much worse.
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Katherine Johnson, the NASA Mathematician Who Advanced Human Rights with a Slide Rule and Pencil
Vanity Fair
December 17, 2016
NASA chief Charles Bolden recalls the historic trajectory of the “human computer” who played a key role in the Apollo 11 moon landing, and as a female African-American in the 1960s, shattered stereotypes in the process.
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Sarah Paulson Is Not Here For Your Concerns About Cat Fights While Filming Ocean's 8
jezebel
December 14, 2016
The light of my life Sarah Paulson is in the upcoming Ocean’s 11 reboot Ocean’s 8 along with Rihanna, Anne Hathaway, Cate Blanchett and more of your faves. And, to answer a very dumb question, she certainly isn’t worried ...
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