Artist Reveals Lewinsky Nod in Clinton Portrait
NYMag
March 2, 2015
It’s a reminder of America’s original blue-dress-related trauma.
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Scenes from Daily Life Inside ISIS-Controlled Mosul
vanityfair.com
February 27, 2015
Molly Crabapple sketches a source’s descriptions and images of life in Mosul, an Iraqi city transformed under militant control.
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FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality
WIRED
February 27, 2015
I am proposing the FCC use its Title II authority to implement and enforce open internet protections, banning paid prioritization, and the blocking and throttling of lawful content and services.
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ISIS Destroys Mosul Museum Collection and Ancient Assyrian Statues [UPDATED]
hyperallergic.com
February 27, 2015
A video released on Thursday by ISIS shows members of the terrorist organization destroying ancient Assyrian artifacts at Mosul Museum. Archaeologists told the UK’s Channel 4 that many if not all of the sculptures shown being smashed at the Mosul Museum are in fact replicas of the originals.. snap.
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Happy National Adjunct Walkout Day
gawker
February 25, 2015
If you find your college classroom un-taught today, do not be alarmed: it's for a good cause.
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Down and dirty fairy tales: How this rediscovered stash of darker-than-Grimm stories destroys our Prince Charming myths
Salon.com
February 25, 2015
The translator of a newly discovered trove of 150-year-old tales on the gender-bending surprises found there
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Season of the witch: why young women are flocking to the ancient craft | World news
The Guardian
February 25, 2015
Rapper Azealia Banks brought witchcraft back into the mainstream by tweeting ‘I’m really a witch’. But women in the US have been harnessing its power for decades as a ‘spiritual but not religious’ way to express feminist ambitions
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What Happened When a Handsome, White Actor Shed a Tear Over 'Glory'
The Root
February 24, 2015
Actor Chris Pine cried over the John Legend-Common performance, and suddenly civil rights has a new “hero.”
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Feminist writers are so besieged by online abuse that some have begun to retire
The Washington Post
February 24, 2015
This is a strange, contradictory moment for feminism.
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The Academy’s Dirty Secret
slate
February 23, 2015
An astonishingly small number of elite universities produce an overwhelming number of America’s professors.
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I read only non-white authors for 12 months. What I learned surprised me | Sunili Govinnage | Comment is free
The Guardian
February 23, 2015
Reading science fiction, chick lit and fantasy novels by writers of colour for a year brought home to me just how white my reading world was
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When Arty Music Videos Rip Off Artists
hyperallergic.com
February 20, 2015
Another day, another artist's work is put to commercial use without permission. The latest victim is New York–based photographer Asger Carlsen, who took to Instagram to point out a startling similarity between a piece from his 2010 series Wrong and
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This Is the Conversation We Need to Be Having About the Female Libido Pill
Mic
February 20, 2015
There is no such thing as female Viagra.
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The Best of Haruki Murakami’s Advice Column
Vulture
February 20, 2015
Listen to Ray Charles and spend your time wiping your tears.
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A Letter From Jack White to the Media
jezebel.com
February 16, 2015
Poor Jack White just can't catch a break with the media, it seems: first, his tour rider was leaked by the University of Oklahoma's student newspaper, where it was revealed he likes a very specific type of guacamole; then, NPR took a gentle ribbing to the ride ...
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3 Science-Backed Tips for Better Online Dating
Science of Us
February 16, 2015
Here comes some research to make your experience of swiping and messaging less depressing.
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Why Did WNYC Delete Its Podcast on the Male 'Expert' on Women in Tech?
gizmodo.com
February 13, 2015
An episode of NPR's On the Media podcast TLDR was unceremoniously removed from the On the Media website today, and people are not at all happy. Rightly so.
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FBI Director, Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist
New York Times
February 13, 2015
The F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, delivered an unusually candid speech on Thursday about the difficult relationship between the police and African-Americans...
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Want to Know How Your Relationship Is Going? Take a Look At Your Apartment
Mic
February 12, 2015
The answers may be all around you.
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