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Posted on September 29, 2017 September 19, 2018

How To Survive A White Workplace As A Person Of Color

Dakota Kim
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Dakota Kim
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Society+Politics
Tagged
Business, racism, society-politics, tips, workplace

Vent. Fight the fight good. Take care of yourself. And, if need be, GTFO. Read more

Posted on September 28, 2017 September 10, 2018

Who Gets To Have A ‘Good Death’?

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Written by
Tessa Love
Posted in
Society+Politics
Tagged
blacklivesmatter, death-positive, Police Brutality, racism, society-politics

A good death is often a privileged one. The bad deaths — violent, patterned deaths — are disproportionately experienced by the marginalized. Read more

Posted on September 27, 2017 October 12, 2018

The Kinky Power Of Cold Hard Cash

Tina Horn
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Tina Horn
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Lust+Liaisons
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cash, feminism, kink, lust-liaisons, money

The latest from Tina Horn’s sex podcast, ‘Why Are People Into That?!’ explores the online world of findomming, where cash pig submissives are treated like human ATMs. Read more

Posted on September 26, 2017 September 19, 2018

Bad Advice On Staying With A Trump Supporter For The Great Sex

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The Establishment
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Wit+Whimsy
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Bad Advice, donald trump, humor, sex, wit-whimsy

Welcome to our latest Bad Advice column! Stay tuned every Tuesday for more terrible guidance based on actual letters. Read more

Posted on September 25, 2017 September 19, 2018

Writer Of The Week: Anne Theriault

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Arts+Creators
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arts-creators, publishing, writer-of-the-week, writing

‘I don’t think I would be able to process thoughts or feelings without writing.’ Read more

Posted on September 25, 2017 September 19, 2018

Violent Misogyny Was Normal Long Before Trump

Imran Siddiquee
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Imran Siddiquee
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Society+Politics
Tagged
donald trump, hillary-clinton, memes, Misogyny, society-politics

It doesn’t take much to paint Trump as a monster — he does that work for you. What’s harder is for men to actually admit how utterly recognizable his attitudes are. Read more

Posted on September 24, 2017 September 19, 2018

This Striking Feature Of Manila Makes It An Emblematic Global City

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The Establishment
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Society+Politics
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cities, economics, inequality, Poverty, urbanism

The world’s largest cities have large ‘informal’ populations that are squeezed for local and global profits. Read more

Posted on September 23, 2017 December 11, 2018

3 Signs Gentrification Is Inevitably Coming To Your Neighborhood

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Society+Politics
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blacklivesmatter, economy, gentrification, housing, inequality

Long-term residents reflect on losing their communities to rising rents and cultural whitewashing. Read more

Posted on September 22, 2017 October 9, 2018

‘You Can Go As Far As You Like In My Great Big Oldsmobile!’

Katie Tandy
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Katie Tandy
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Wit+Whimsy
Tagged
cartoon, Sexism, videos, vintage-video, wit-whimsy

In this 1932 commercial one lucky dame gets to be the Queen of a Gas Machine. (And the recipient of manifold gropings!) Read more

Posted on September 22, 2017 September 19, 2018

What Can Laughter Do For Social Justice?

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Stephanie Newman
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Brain+Body
Tagged
brain-body, feminism, laughter, Psychology, social-justice

Basic human biology makes humor an effective tool to fight oppression. Read more

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