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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.

Hannah Gadsby in "Hannah Gadsby: Nanette" (Ben King)

Hannah Gadsby’s “Nanette”: The stunning Netflix special that made Louis C.K.’s comedy irrelevant

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"Queer Eye;" "RBG;" "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (Netflix/Magnolia Pictures/Focus Features)

A feel-good cheat sheet to survive 2018: Life-affirming TV, movies, podcasts and more

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(Reuters/Fred Thornhill)

Is there real hope for prison reform? Nonviolent offenders and the “Kim Kardashian moment”

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"Squeezed" by Alissa Quart (Harper Collins/Ann Fox)

Middle class shame is real: “Squeezed” author Alissa Quart on why the American dream is crumbling

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Robert De Niro at the 72nd annual Tony Awards (AP/Michael Zorn)

Your rage at Trump is justified: Don’t let scolds like the New York Times shame you for it

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(Getty/AntonioGuillem)

Here’s why Tinder makes you happy — until it makes you miserable

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Fred Rogers with Francois Scarborough Clemmons from his show Mr. Rogers Neighborhood in the film, "Won't You Be My Neighbor?" (John Beale)

Mister Rogers was actually a badass: New film “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” shows his tough side

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Mallory Hagan (Valenci Adair)

Former Miss America Mallory Hagan opens up about running for Congress

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"Days of Awe: Stories" by A. M. Homes (Marion Ettlinger/Penguin Random House)

A.M. Homes, too, has met this guy at a reading: “I don’t read books by women”

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Evan Peters in "American Animals" (The Orchard)

“American Animals” could change how we tell true crime stories

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Anthony Bourdain; Kate Spade (Getty/Angela Weiss/AP/Evan Agostini)

After the deaths of Kate Spade and Anthony Bourdain: Suicide is a beast for survivors, too

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Kate Spade (Getty/Theo Wargo)

Against attention scolding: Stop policing people’s so-called distractions

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Miss America of 1943 Jean Bartel, center, poses with finalists of the Miss America pageant in Atlantic City, N.J., Sept. 11, 1943. (AP Photo)

Miss America’s #MeToo reboot: Can a former beauty pageant really evolve?

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Rachel Maddow (Getty/MacMillan)

In “Dear Rachel Maddow,” the MSNBC anchor becomes a fictional teen’s muse

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Anna Faris; Samantha Bee; Sally Field (Getty Images)

Let’s not normalize the c-word: Why the “worst word” you can call a woman matters

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Sarah Huckabee Sanders (YouTube/The White House)

Don’t cry for me, Sarah Huckabee Sanders

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H. Jon Benjamin (AP/Fox/Salon)

“Archer” and “Bob’s Burgers” star H. Jon Benjamin is more than just a pretty voice

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(Getty/ilbusca)

Season of the witch: How the word, and the concept, made a big 2018 comeback

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Jessica Walter, Will Arnett, Jeffrey Tambor in "Arrested Development" (Netflix/Saeed Adyani)

Jeffrey Tambors are everywhere: Screaming colleagues, your genius card has been revoked

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Laura Dern in "The Tale" (Kyle Kaplan/HBO)

It took Jennifer Fox 35 years to be ready to make “The Tale,” an intimate portrait of abuse

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Melissa Francis (Getty/Mike Coppola)

Fox News’ Melissa Francis on #MeToo in media and why “you cannot just have one news source”

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Crime scene tape is stretched across the front of Santa Fe High School. 17-year-old student Dimitrios Pagourtzis entered the school with a shotgun and a pistol and opened fire, killing at least 10 people. (Getty/Scott Olson)

No, girls and women don’t “provoke” mass murderers

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Prince Harry And Meghan Markle (Getty/Chris Jackson)

Go ahead and enjoy the royal wedding: It’s not a fairy tale — but it is perfect

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Boying Up: How to Be Brave, Bold and Brilliant by Mayim Bialik (AP/Damian Dovarganes/Penguin Random House)

Mayim Bialik on raising kids right: “Stop dismissing things as ‘boys will be boys'”

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