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Pop Culture and GIFs as Political Satire
Crisis in Syria. Government shutdown. Republican civil war. Traditional media outlets such as the New York Times, NPR or CNN have...
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Nov 1, 20133 min read


Supply Side Part II: Getting Women to Pursue Computer Science
A couple weeks ago, I mocked Twitter CEO Dick Costolo for citing a “supply-side problem” recruiting female employees (and, crucially,...
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Oct 29, 20134 min read


Domestic Violence Costs More Than You Think
Type any sentence involving “women” into Google and see what you find. According to a set of UN Women ads, it’s not pretty. Women...
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Oct 23, 20136 min read


Victim-Blaming, From Maryville to a College Near You
I wasn’t inclined to like Emily Yoffe’s recent Slate column, entitled “College Women: Stop Getting Drunk.” (No one gets between me and my...
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Oct 22, 20134 min read


Fitting Into the Right Box: Multiracial America on the Rise
As swimmer Michael Phelps knows, one of the highest priorities of food corporations is maintaining their squeaky clean mainstream appeal....
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Oct 18, 20134 min read


The Supply-Side Fallacy: Women, Entrepreneurship, and Catering to the Real Audience
Twitter, my preferred source for weird Pokémon quotes, Marxist sex tips, and pictures of baby animals, made headlines last week for...
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Oct 15, 20134 min read


Grand Theft Auto’s Bad Shake
Violence in gaming has always been an issue of concern to parents and politicians, from the old days of Mortal Kombat—where players...
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Oct 12, 20136 min read


More Than Blood: California’s Progressive Renegotiation of Family
With the stay of effect on gay marriages overturned on June 18 and flexible legislation around the definition of family enacted last...
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Oct 9, 20133 min read


What Miley Cyrus Says About Us
Here we are, a month removed from the VMA performance that shook a nation. Before Miley Cyrus did her infamous phallic-foam-finger dance,...
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Oct 8, 20133 min read


Shutting Down the Conscience Clause
In a move that surprises no one ever, House Republicans added a last minute measure to the spending bill before the government shutdown...
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Oct 2, 20133 min read


Make Revenge Porn Illegal Already
Anonymous 6442 says: Bitch. Is retarded and a slut so if you into that then here you guys. That’s one of the tamest captions on MyEx.com....
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Oct 1, 20133 min read


Basic Freedoms: Why Chelsea Manning’s Transition Matters
In the midst of a monumental trial fixed in the public eye, Bradley Manning’s recent transition to Chelsea Manning blew through the US...
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Sep 30, 20133 min read


“Keep the Government out of My Vagina” Says Right Wing Group
Below is the newest ad encouraging American youth to “opt out” of Obamacare, courtesy of OptOut.org. It depicts an unnerving caricature...
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Sep 24, 20132 min read


I Am Here for Me, Too
This is a guest column written by Kevin Carty. Originally posted on Feminists-at-Large on 28 August, 2013. For anyone who’s spent at...
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Sep 21, 20137 min read


Harvard Business School’s Gender Initiative: Too Little Too Late
Reading the New York Times piece on gender relations at Harvard Business School should be encouraging, but I don’t blame you if it...
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Sep 20, 20134 min read


Stacey Rambold and America’s Rape Problem
Summer is on its way out, and its departure comes not only with fading light, but with a sense of resignation in the sentencing of...
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Sep 15, 20135 min read


Seeing ‘La Dolce Vita’ Across the Pond
In a well-known stream of consciousness on the series premiere of The Newsroom, fictitious news anchor Will McAvoy expounds on everything...
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Sep 4, 20135 min read


Same-Sex Mystery
As the U.S. Supreme Court considers two prominent cases with monumental implications for same-sex marriage, legislatures in several...
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May 4, 20135 min read


Why So Syrious? Black Humor Amid Horror in Syria
Two years ago, chaos broke loose when Syrian protesters began demonstrating their deep discontent with President Bashar al-Assad’s rule....
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Apr 11, 20136 min read


Rob Portman and Gay Marriage in 2016
Senator Rob Portman, Republican from Ohio, came out last week in support of same-sex marriage. Portman, who had previously opposed gay...
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Mar 18, 20133 min read
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