The ultimate cancer taboo: Sometimes it kills you
We keep talking about battles, warriors, miracles and hope. Meanwhile, those with metastatic cancers are ignored
Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:11 PM UTC 17Life Cancer, Breast cancer
Life Cancer, Breast cancer
The most racist commercial of all time?
UPDATED: Critics call a Mountain Dew ad racist -- but the joke could be on them VIDEO
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 4:10 PM UTCLife Video, Advertising, Odd Future
Yahoo blows it again
A new expanded leave policy doesn't cover real life -- especially for a company that has banned working from home
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 8:37 PM UTC 28Life Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, Motherhood
Stop mocking Adam Holland
A radio station faces an $18 million lawsuit for using a photo of a boy with Down syndrome for its "Retarded News"
Tuesday, Apr 30, 2013 3:04 PM UTC 32Life Going Viral, down syndrome
Rapists should not get custody
A shocking number of states allow custody rights to men who impregnate their victims. One state is saying "enough"
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 8:35 PM UTC 31Life Rape, Rape Culture
Feminism didn’t kill men’s rights advocate Earl Silverman
Earl Silverman had his demons, and his pain must be taken seriously. But feminism isn't responsible for his death
Monday, Apr 29, 2013 2:55 PM UTC 260Life Earl Silverman
Dear famous actresses: Your looks scare me
What have you all done to yourselves? I've loved you for decades, but your plastic features are freaking me out
Friday, Apr 26, 2013 8:04 PM UTC 83Entertainment Body Wars, plastic surgery
Hyundai’s shocking ad: You can’t kill yourself in our car
The car maker apologizes for a horribly tasteless ad -- but no one wants to take responsibility for it
Friday, Apr 26, 2013 2:50 PM UTC 39Life Hyundai, Advertising, ford, Suicide
Is there too much breast cancer “awareness”?
Yes, the world is a pinker place. But an author (and survivor) says we're squandering time, money and resources
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 6:59 PM UTC 38Life Breast cancer, Cancer
GOP official’s Facebook status: She’s “hot enough to almost make me register Democrat”
A New Mexico official gets suspended for sexist social media activity -- during a meeting. It's just the beginning
Thursday, Apr 25, 2013 4:44 PM UTC 36Life Steve Kush, Facebook, Twitter
What really happened to Sunil Tripathi?
UPDATED: As a body is discovered in Providence, we're reminded of the human cost of the despicable need to be first VIDEO
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 8:28 PM UTCLife Video, Sunil Tripathi, Reddit
Postal Service to Lance Armstrong: Pay up!
The USPS claims disgraced cyclist "unjustly enriched" himself. But why did they sponsor him in the first place?
Wednesday, Apr 24, 2013 2:57 PM UTC 22Life Lance Armstrong, Tour de France
From Reese to A.J. Clemente, stupidity keeps going viral
Attention clueless anchormen, sorority girls and Oscar winners: Your careers are at stake when you screw up
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 7:58 PM UTC 23Life Going Viral, Funny Or Die
Are female-friendly gyms sexist?
A Londoner sues over women-only hours and gets called a jerk and a "limey nutsack." But he might have a fair point
Tuesday, Apr 23, 2013 3:07 PM UTC 26Life Body Wars, Sexism, Feminism
Boy Scouts: Still wrong on LGBT rights
The gay-averse organization takes halting, condescending steps toward equality -- and fails yet again
Monday, Apr 22, 2013 6:55 PM UTC 49Life Boy Scouts, LGBT, LGBT Rights
Amanda Palmer’s trollish Dzhokhar poem
The Internet's abuzz about the singer's poem. But what's offensive isn't the verse, it's making a tragedy about her
Monday, Apr 22, 2013 3:59 PM UTC 36Entertainment Amanda Palmer
Testing is killing learning
As public school children sit down to take standardized tests, educators explain why they don't work
Thursday, Apr 18, 2013 3:40 PM UTC 48Life Race to the Top
Gay marriage advances in France — and so does hate
Same-sex marriage is approved, yes -- but amid an ugly backlash. Might something similar happen here?
Friday, Apr 12, 2013 9:30 PM UTC 33Life LGBT, Same-sex marriage
Gabrielle Reece: I choose to serve my husband
The volleyball star knows what's "truly" feminine. It's a strange definition
Friday, Apr 12, 2013 7:03 PM UTC 167Life Gabby Reece, Laird Hamilton
Rape lyrics cost Rick Ross a Reebok deal
Reebok dumps Rick Ross for lyrics "misinterpreted" about sexual assault. Is this setting a dangerous precedent?
Friday, Apr 12, 2013 2:56 PM UTC 31Business rick ross, reebok, Rape
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Mary Elizabeth Williams is a staff writer for Salon. She's written for The New York Times, Time Out, The New York Observer, and more, and is the author of "Gimme Shelter: My Three Years Searching for the American Dream."
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