Showing results for: mental illness (page 43)
American crime: Maybe Omar Mateen used “radical Islam” as an excuse, but his heinous actions are all too familiar
Andrew O'Hehir
Even if the Orlando shooter embraced the ideology of ISIS, the pattern of his atrocity is distinctively American
Call the Orlando massacre a hate crime: This was an attack on the LGBT community—and that matters
Nico Lang
We can't repeat mistakes of the past and erase LGBT victims from the story of this atrocity
9 things everyone should know about Ramadan
Robin Scher
An estimated 1.6 billion Muslims are observing their religion's most sacred month. A primer for the uninitiated
Carrie Fisher’s glorious new incarnation: Advice columnist
Mary Elizabeth Williams
"Tell me your story, I'll tell you mine"
“UnReal” and the broadening of prestige TV: Will the Emmys reward excellence if it doesn’t look like “House of Cards” or “Mad Men?”
Nico Lang
The Emmys still want to favor familiar male antihero dramas, even as TV explodes with different genres and stories
Killing with kindness: “Lady Dynamite” and “Kimmy Schmidt” prove nice women can be funny and complex, too
Arielle Bernstein
In the boisterous cocktail of sex, swagger & self-deprecation that defines so much comedy today, these 2 stand out
The religious right’s policing of sex robs pleasure from the underprivileged
Valerie Tarico
If conservative Christians truly had their way, most of humanity would be celibate
Abortion rights at stake: Purvi Patel and the fate of pregnant women in Indiana
Eesha Pandit
The first woman to be convicted for having an illegal abortion is facing 20 years in prison
Worst personal essay ever? xoJane scrapes the bottom of the hate-read barrel
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Just in time for Mental Health Awareness month, the Time, Inc. outlet exploits a tragedy for outrage clicks
Price of calling women crazy: Military women who speak out about sexual assault are being branded with “personality disorder” and let go
Amanda Marcotte
Noxious stereotypes about women being nuts and liars are being used to silence military women who report rape
“Lady Dynamite” upends prestige comedy: Maria Bamford’s brilliant new Netflix show is unlike anything you’ve seen
Sonia Saraiya
Bamford and "Arrested Development" creator Mitch Hurwitz join forces—and cement Netflix as a comedy powerhouse
Mitch Hurwitz digs deep on “Lady Dynamite” — and gives “Arrested Development” details: “We’re ready to go at a moment’s notice”
Sonia Saraiya
Salon talks to Hurwitz about Maria Bamford's comic genius, Trump fans, "Making a Murderer" and the Bluths
Failing Sinead O’Connor: The ugly spectacle of mocking celebrities in crisis
Annie Zaleski
We don't know how to talk productively about disability and mental health, and in times like this it really shows
Stop these Caitlyn Jenner rumors: Spreading gossip on transgender people’s struggles endangers lives
Nico Lang
By focusing on sensational "detransitioning" whispers, we overlook the very real issues facing trans people today
“Crisis pregnancy centers are just plain a–holes”: Samantha Bee and Patton Oswalt expose fake abortion clinics
Antoaneta Roussi
Oswalt starred as Orson Welles in a parody of "F for Fake," warning of the tricks by the pregnancy centers
Gene Simmons’ Prince apology: What he gets wrong—and right—about addiction
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Simmons walked back his insensitive remarks about Prince's death, but his anger isn't unreasonable
Will the Trump-Clinton Taco Bowl be the ugliest election ever? Maybe not—but it could be close
Andrew O'Hehir
Jefferson called John Adams a hermaphrodite; Hoover said Al Smith would dig a tunnel to Rome. Step up, Donald!
I’ve become my hoarder mother: How my kids turned me into a pathological packrat
Judy Batalion
Mom's compulsions -- and messes -- were traumatizing and I vowed not to have them. Then I had kids
“Are there no workhouses?”: Meet the nasty House Republican whose bill would make poor kids starve
Jeff Bryant
Todd Rokita's bill is called the "Improving Child Nutrition and Education Act." Naturally, it does neither
Cruz’s spanking fetish: Ted Cruz’s authoritarian streak comes out when he urges spanking a child to silence dissent
Amanda Marcotte
A Cruz crowd loved him suggesting spanking a child heckler, because authoritarianism isn't just a Trump thing
Why we can’t reform our cops: Race, guns and the failure to police the police
Malcolm K. Sparrow
Police kill an average of three people per day. It does not have to be this way, yet never seems to change
Not anyone’s “crazy bitch”: Smashing the “Fatal Attraction” clichés of the “female breakdown”
Nico Lang
A new wave of complex female characters are pushing back against the misogyny of the "bunny boiler"
“Obviously, we all die”: On rejecting the cult of positivity and embracing the joy of darkness
Kim Brooks
Authors Kim Brooks and Ethan Canin on writing, unhappiness, and why it's a terrible time to be a kid—and a parent
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