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10 most awesome drug scenes in movie history
Tony O'Neill
A chronological list of the 10 most notable drug scenes in cinematic history, meticulously rated for realism
“I’m not someone who operates in the shadows”: An abortion provider on stigma, safety and “coming out” about her job
Jenny Kutner
Dr. Stacy De-Lin tells Salon about the legal obstacles she faces at work -- and the ones she avoids living in NYC
Why acknowledging white privilege is not surrendering to “white guilt”
Andrew O'Hehir
Recognizing the historic burden of whiteness is not self-abasement or lame apology. It's the pathway to freedom
Don’t do it, Hillary! Joining forces with neocons could doom Democrats
Paul Rosenberg
Clinton's Iraq vote kept her from the presidency in 2008. Staying hawkish could harm the party for decades. Ask LBJ
Will “The Simpsons” ever be good again?
Daniel D'Addario
The FXX marathon makes us miss the things we loved about a great show -- but those things may be gone forever
Lifehacker promotes wedding bands as newest form of anti-rape technology, gets sexual assault prevention totally wrong
Jenny Kutner
Telling women to objectify themselves and take responsibility for their own assaults is still not a "lifehack"
California gets it right on sexual assault and abortion coverage
Jenny Kutner
Affirmative consent and mandated insurance coverage shouldn't be unique. We should follow California's lead
The dark side of Snapchat: How the image-sharing app brought out the worst in humanity
Mary Elizabeth Williams
As a raft of Snapchat-related scandals have proved, you clearly can't just make your bad behavior disappear forever
Meet the sex-obsessed Christian group trying to launch a crusade against television
Amanda Marcotte
Spoiler: They really hate Miley Cyrus
NFL’s pathetic low point: Why it’s embarrassing itself over pot, domestic violence and homophobia
Katie McDonough
When it comes to sexuality, gender and morality, America's most popular pro sport is stuck decades in the past
“The Conformist”: An unsettling political masterpiece returns
Andrew O'Hehir
Bernardo Bertolucci's twisted drama of the Fascist era shaped Coppola and Scorsese, and retains a potent allure
Nev Schulman of “Catfish”: “I’m addicted to social media”
Daniel D'Addario
The filmmaker on his new book, "In Real Life," body issues and his own experience getting catfished
Let’s talk about sex (more): Education, conversation is the way to help prevent sexual assault
Katie McDonough
There's no single solution to America's sexual assault crisis, but teaching kids about sex is one place to start
The king of trolls: How one fiendish comedian created a twisted Twitter art form
Laura Miller
It's one of the web's top aggravations--and the most sophisticated trolling ever invented. Welcome to "schrabbing"
Zara’s boggling blunder: Why can’t fashion designers resist the siren song of Holocaust iconography?
Erin Keane
Zara -- creator of baby shirts that look like concentration camp uniforms -- isn't the first to make such a mistake
Chelsea Handler’s final late-night episode perfectly captured all the worst of Chelsea Handler
Daniel D'Addario
Toothless celebrity chumminess alternated with taking on easy targets and, yknow, a dash of casual racism
Bill O’Reilly’s latest idiotic defense of white privilege
Joanna Rothkopf
While attempting to disprove the idea of white privilege, O'Reilly accidentally demonstrates it perfectly
Watch Lois Lowry and Jeff Bridges explain what a dystopia is to Stephen Colbert
Prachi Gupta
They really get to the big questions of life, man
Jonathan Franzen interviews Daniel Kehlmann: “Germans and humor: It’s a complex problem! Detecting humor is not our strong side”
Jonathan Franzen
Jonathan Franzen talks with Daniel Kehlmann, whose new novel, "F," is deeply philosophical and very, very funny
Do you feel uncomfortable, yet? Here’s what would happen if geeky girls acted like geeky guys
Sarah Gray
Pretty awkward, right?
Sofia Vergara’s spin at the Emmys: A subversive stunt or just a woman on a rotating platform?
Katie McDonough
Vergara isn't the problem, Hollywood's shameful lack of diversity is. So let's think beyond the pedestal
The lost art of the public apology: How “shake it off” became the default celebrity response to scandal
Erin Keane
Henry Rollins says he's deeply sorry for his comments about suicide. Why do such apologies seem so rare?
Stephen Colbert isn’t sorry for only having “one woman” writer
Prachi Gupta
If only Colbert would discuss gender equality not just in his GOP-bashing, but in criticisms of his own show, too
Tackling the terrible sexism in video games: Women are portrayed as sexual playthings or victims of violence
Sarah Gray
Women are now the majority of gamers. Can the industry catch up and start treating them as equals?
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