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We need a war on bad sex — and the feminist pushback won’t be changed by James Deen controversy

Amanda Marcotte
James Deen is accused of rape, but that won't change the feminist fight to make porn--and sex--hotter for women

Let’s talk about the penis: From South Korea’s Penis Park to the Washington Monument, the phallus is everywhere

Carrie Weisman
History and mythology are rich with phallic symbolism -- and then there's pornography. Here are some highlights

Hillary Clinton isn’t a Rodham anymore: Women still can’t win in the fight over married and maiden names

Erin Coulehan
The AP changed its style after Clinton's campaign dropped her maiden name. Will it up her so-called "likability?"

America’s white working class apocalypse: What’s really driving its rapid demise

Barbara Ehrenreich
America now has a longevity gap to match its income gap. Here's how an entire demographic slid into the abyss

America’s real-life dystopia: Wal-Mart is straight out of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley

Aaron R. Hanlon
An amazing new piece details life as a Wal-Mart worker -- and how monitored its employees are at all times

Ted Cruz’s plan to conquer America: How the senator from wing-nut nation could win the GOP nomination

Heather Digby Parton
The Tea Party favorite has quietly been building momentum. If Trump falls, he could be one to grab the ball and run

GOP insiders’ Donald Trump freakout is totally warranted: Why his success is a Republican reckoning

Conor Lynch
Even if he doesn't win—and he very well still could—Trump foretells a frightening new era for conservatives

“Chi-Raq”: Spike Lee’s blistering, outrageous satirical assault on a society consumed by violence

Andrew O'Hehir
"No peace, no p**sy!" In a delirious, heartbreaking Aristophanes update, Spike Lee blames us all for gun violence

What “Jessica Jones” lost in the move to TV: We’d rather watch a woman be abused than heal

Eli Keel
The comic "Alias" is about recovering from trauma—but in the acclaimed Netflix adaptation, it hasn't stopped

David Brooks has lost it: His bizarre “Hamilton”-infused climate change column is the worst yet

Scott Timberg
The NYTimes columnist's #Ham4Ham riff on the Paris climate meeting must've seemed like a good idea at the time

White killers go to Burger King: Race, Planned Parenthood and our diseased white privilege

Chauncey DeVega
White shooters live and maybe get a Whopper on the way to jail. Black suspects don't get the same royal treatment

Wing-nuts are impervious to tragedy: Why the Planned Parenthood shooting won’t curb their insanity

Heather Digby Parton
Extremist GOPers have been demanding a crusade against reproductive health—and they simply won't stop

It’s worse than Fox News: The media is ignoring domestic terrorism — and has been for years

Eric Boehlert
The Planned Parenthood shootings are horrific, but they're anything but new. Why can't the press connect the dots?

5 reasons why anxiety is so difficult to cope with (and what you can do about it)

Melanie Greenberg
If we aren't careful, we can makes things worse. Here are some effective ways to keep your emotions under control

When “The Office” is Wal-Mart: “Superstore” tackles workplace comedy with an eye on the minimum wage

Sonia Saraiya
NBC's promising new comedy focuses on Amy and Jonah, two young workers at a discount mega-store in Middle America

Alcohol and the teen brain: There’s evidence binge drinking is dangerous for the adolescent brain — but guess what substance gets the bad rap

Kali Holloway
Studies show drinking harms young brains, in contrast with marijuana, which poses little threat to teen neurology

More like Reagan than FDR: I’m a millennial and I’ll never vote for Hillary Clinton

Walker Bragman
I never thought I'd be encouraging people to not vote for the Democratic nominee for president. But I am

Fox News host hijacks American history: Inside the deceptive & Islamophobic revisionism of Brian Kilmeade

Matthew Pulver
According to Brian Kilmeade, American history is one long war against Islam. Only problem: He's dead wrong

Stoya’s James Deen bombshell: The porn star’s shocking revelation could change how we talk about consent

Mary Elizabeth Williams
Sick of seeing Deen hailed as a feminist hero, Stoya spoke out against her former partner and co-star

11 ways to test if libertarians are hypocrites

R.J. Eskow
The most effective ways to expose their contradictions and faulty logic

Porn on demand, dating apps and nonstop Internet commerce: Technology is ruining our sex lives

Winsome Brown
Now that we watch porn on phones and swipe right for love, it's no wonder men act like entitled customers in bed

Katniss is a hero for boys, too: My 11-year-old sons need more books and films like “The Hunger Games” series

Graham Shelby
After my triplets read the first "Hunger Games" book, their dormant archery set came out of the garage

Spare us the religious babble: In Paris and the GOP, the faith-deranged are who we need to be saved from

Jeffrey Tayler
Glib talk about God from preachers and politicians is not needed. Better to separate church and state for real

Growing up in Sonic Youth

Richard Edson
Before the sold-out shows and painful splits, we were just kids in the East Village finding our sound and ourselves
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