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Actress harassed by Internet horde for speaking up about Gamergate
Sarah Gray
Felicia Day worried she'd be targeted if she spoke about Gamergate. Her fears came true
The student I couldn’t reach
Michael Copperman
Each day I taught, a knot of dread formed in my stomach. I never changed him, but by the end, I understood better
Feminists can twerk too: What Annie Lennox misunderstands about Beyoncé
Tracy Clark-Flory
In a discussion about Beyoncé's brand of activism, Lennox told NPR "twerking isn't feminism." I beg to differ
Lena Dunham: “We want change, we are change, so we have to vote”
Sarah Gray
Dunham concluded her book tour for "Not That Kind of Girl" last night in Brooklyn with Zadie Smith and others
Reagan aide: South should secede and create a new anti-gay country — called Reagan!
Luke Brinker
Douglas MacKinnon doesn't like where America is headed. His solution? A whole new country!
Meet the “pro-life” activist who cried (in a sad way!) when millions of people got health insurance
Katie McDonough
SBA List president Marjorie Dannenfelser supports a "culture of life." Unless you're poor and uninsured, that is
CrossFit is a cult: Why so many of its defenders are so defensive
Cliff Weathers
Several outlets have questioned its culture and safety. More worrisome is its proponents' response to criticism
“Who do you report to when your rapist is the police?”
Tasasha Henderson
This cop is charged with raping eight black women. And while it's chronically underreported, he's not the only one
Never-before-published Isaac Asimov essay reveals the secret to true creativity
Sarah Gray
Asimov wrote an at once poignant and instructive answer to "How do people get new ideas?"
Chris Kluwe: “I hope you all, every #Gamergater, picks up a debilitating case of genital warts”
Sarah Gray
#Gamergaters get the takedown they deserve
Renee Zellweger’s face is the elephant in the room
Mary Elizabeth Williams
How do we talk about it when a celebrity changes so dramatically?
Conservative think tank to women: Stop being so worried about roofies, drink less alcohol
Jenny Kutner
The American Enterprise Institute almost had a moment of clarity -- then they went back to issuing rape apologia
Monica Lewinsky can’t stop the problem of cyberbullying
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The "Patient Zero" of online humiliation offers her experience, but little advice
The gospel of Ephron: What Amy Poehler and Lena Dunham’s books have in common
Lydia Kiesling
How did the female celebrity memoir turn into feminist self-help?
RIP “mansplaining”: The Internet ruined one of our most useful terms
Benjamin Hart
At this point, the term is actually inflaming the online gender wars instead of clarifying them
FKA Twigs is the only person who should be allowed to wear Google Glass
Sarah Gray
Glassholes may be terrible, but this video is beautiful
America’s locker room culture: What sports shares with our most powerful institutions
Katie McDonough
The "Friday Night Lights" author takes on locker room mentality, and gets at something crucial about male privilege
Why this Iranian-born writer fears for America’s soul
Laura Miller
The author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran" believes that the U.S. is abandoning its art and literature at its peril
My dad, the pornographer: How “Deep Throat” forever changed my childhood
Kristin Battista-Frazee
I had a quiet suburban adolescence until Dad was busted on federal obscenity charges for distributing "Deep Throat"
What HBO can learn from Netflix
Ben Branstetter
Making HBO Go a standalone Web feature is a no-brainer, but its offerings may ultimately be too slim to compete
What we really talk about when we talk about religion
Sean McElwee
In every heated conversation about faith and violence, there's one thing that everybody gets wrong
Thomas Frank: Paul Krugman’s sloppy, wet kiss
Thomas Frank
Krugman's ode to Obama in Rolling Stone seems like the work of someone who hasn't read Krugman the last six years
Thurston Moore: Sonic Youth “wasn’t really surprising anymore”
Stephen Deusner
Sonic Youth founder talks legacy, why artists can't expect to get rich, Brooklyn -- and his great new solo album
The emptying of New York City
Henry Grabar
Nearly 1 million fewer people live in Manhattan now than a century ago. One reason: It got richer
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