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Mary Elizabeth Williams is a senior writer for Salon. She's written for the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and more, and is the author of "A Series of Catastrophes & Miracles: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer." She has a certification in conflict resolution and is working on her doctoral degree in medical humanities.

"Eight Crazy Nights" (Columbia Pictures)

What’s the worst holiday movie ever made?

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Paul Ryan (AP/Susan Walsh)

Will history forgive Paul Ryan?

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Michelle Obama (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

Michelle Obama is right about leaning in — and about marriage

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Get the lead out: Pencils are garbage

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Salon’s reader comments of the week: “I’ve embraced my atheism”

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Marc Lamont Hill (Getty/Bennett Raglin)

Should a person be fired for their off-hours comments?

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Do you have a full closet, and nothing to wear?

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Donald Trump; Robert Mueller (Getty/Saul Loeb/Alex Wong/Salon)

Will Trump make it to a full four-year term?

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An exterior view of the GM Lordstown Plant on November 26, 2018 in Lordstown, Ohio (Getty/Jeff Swensen)

Can the US auto industry bounce back again?

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Have you walked away from religion?

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Give the joy of a dead woman’s sweater: The case for buying secondhand holiday gifts

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A Cal Fire firefighter monitors a burning home as the Camp Fire moves through the area on November 9, 2018 in Magalia, California. (Getty/Justin Sullivan)

Does your family still think climate change is fake news?

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Forget tradition: Why not have a happy non-holiday instead?

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Bill Clinton (AP/Marcy Nighswander)

Would you vote for a candidate who’s unfaithful?

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Why haven’t your kids had a flu shot this year?

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"Seduction: Sex, Lies, and Stardom in Howard Hughes's Hollywood" by Karina Longworth (Harper Collins/Emily Berl)

“The casting couch is real”: Author Karina Longworth on Hollywood’s long history of power abuse

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Monica Lewinsky and her stepmother, Barbara Lewinsky push through a large crowd of media as they leave a Santa Monica, Calif., restaurant Thursday Feb. 5, 1998 (AP/Nick Ut)

Salon’s reader comments of the week: “I’m not ashamed to be disturbed by bigotry”

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After all their recent scandals, do you still trust Facebook?

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Do you think Trump will finish out his term?

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Tell us: Thanksgiving doorbuster or a Xmas Eve procrastinator?

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Tim Blake Nelson as Buster Scruggs in "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs" (Netflix)

Tim Blake Nelson, Coen Brothers muse, “never expected to have a career as a film actor”

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Tell us: Did your pet change your life for better — or worse?

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"Fed Up: Emotional Labor, Women, and the Way Forward" by Gemma Hartley (Erin Edge/Harper Collins)

When women can’t quit the emotional labor habit: “It’s hard to give up that gold star”

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Terry O'Quinn in "Patriot" (Jessica Forde)

Terry O’Quinn, in touch with his tears: “A Doritos commercial with a dog in it” made him cry

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