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Bristol and Levi: Family values role models
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The rise of the digital wet nurse
Yes, breast milk is awesome stuff. But isn't asking another woman to lactate for your child kind of ... weird?
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“On the Outskirts of Normal”: White mom, black daughter in small-town Texas
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“Video Slut”: The mother of the ’80s music video
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A Southern songstress with a brass pair
Elizabeth Cook sings about mullets, hipsters, sleeping with drunks and how "it takes balls to be a woman"
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Come on, let Bristol Palin have some fun
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Friday, May 7, 2010 9:14 PM UTC 94Life Bristol Palin, Teenagers
Courtney Love has the last laugh
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Tuesday, Apr 27, 2010 1:01 PM UTC 19Life Courtney Love, Music
Death to “the ‘Juno’ Effect”
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Saturday, Apr 10, 2010 12:30 AM UTC 35Life Pregnancy, Broadsheet, Teenagers
Clean up this Wall Street mess, woman
Pundits wonder if females could have saved the economy. But is this about gender equality, or crying for Mommy?
Wednesday, Mar 24, 2010 11:01 AM UTC 26Life Wall Street, Broadsheet, Feminism
“Girl Power”: Riot grrrl revolution
A new book pays homage to the '90s punk rockers whose brazen attitude changed the course of women in music
Monday, Feb 22, 2010 2:01 AM UTC 20Life Feminism, Nonfiction
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Who needs family court when you’ve got Rambo?
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