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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.

Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, July 25, 2016. (Reuters/Mike Segar)

Michelle Obama’s dignified restraint: “When they go low, we go high” are words to live by

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Sweet escapes: Pop culture rescues to combat election-year depression

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Tim Kaine (Reuters/Brian Snyder)

Stop fretting about Tim Kaine’s abortion record — the personal isn’t always political

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Pat McCrory (Reuters/Chris Keane)

NBA teaches North Carolina a lesson: Gov. Pat McCrory learns that bigotry has consequences

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Self-care isn’t apathy: You don’t have to watch the whole Trump horror show

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Michelle Obama on "The Late Late Show with James Corden" (CBS)

Michelle Obama, American perfection: FLOTUS kills on Corden’s carpool karaoke, of course

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Ben Carson speaks at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, July 19, 2016. (Reuters/Aaron P. Bernstein)

Ben Carson thinks trans people are “absurd” — and he’s not alone in the GOP

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Gary Marshall (AP/Matt Sayles)

Garry Marshall, feminist role model: He told stories about funny, feisty, independent women

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Michelle Obama; Melania Trump (Reuters/Mike Segar)

Yes, plagiarism is a big deal: Melania Trump’s stolen words show how cynical Trump’s campaign is

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Leslie Jones (AP/Jordan Strauss)

Leslie Jones run off Twitter by swarm of racist trolls — and Twitter’s response is all too predictable

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Track Palin, pictured in 2008. (AP/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Track Palin gets plea deal in domestic violence case

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Taylor Swift; Kim Kardashian (Reuters/Mike Segar)

Kim Kardashian won this round of the Taylor Swift-Kanye West feud

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Calvin Harris, Taylor Swift, Tom Hiddleston (Reuters/Danny Moloshok/Jonathan Ernst)

I can’t bear to watch HiddleSwift: The public spectacle of love-tweet-delete is just too much

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Mick Jagger (Reuters/Henry Romero)

Mick Jagger’s having a baby again, because he’s Mick Jagger

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Amy Schumer (Reuters/Danny Moloshok)

Amy Schumer’s “not good” sexual experience is a familiar tale to other women

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Sania Mirza (AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Sania Mirza doesn’t need to “settle down”: “No matter how many Wimbledons we win” women are still asked about motherhood and marriage

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Jessi Klein (Robyn Von Swank)

Jessi Klein really wants you to get the epidural: “There’s pressure on all women that’s absurd”

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Child marriage is finally illegal in Virginia — and other states may be on their way

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Joe Walsh (AP/Carolyn Kaster/Salon)

Conservative media and pundits can’t wait to turn Dallas police shootings into “war”

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Jonah Lehrer (Simon & Schuster/Leah Lehrer)

Jonah Lehrer is back: Does a disgraced writer deserve another shot at nonfiction?

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Oscar Pistorius leaves the court after his sentence hearing at the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria, South Africa, July 6, 2016. (Reuters/Marco Longari)

Pistorius sentencing’s shameful truth: Justice is different for “promising” male athletes

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Renee Zellweger (AP/Star Max)

Is it “sexist” to talk about Renee Zellweger’s face?

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Eugenie Bouchard (AP/Alastair Grant)

Wimbledon’s most controversial figure this year is a dress

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FILE - In this Sept. 6, 2014, file photo, actress Leslie Jones poses at the "Top Five" premiere at the Princess of Wales Theatre during the Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto. Jones, of the upcoming all-female version of "Ghostbusters," took to Twitter to defend her role as a member of the paranormal-fighting group who appears in footage released this week to be an employee of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. (Photo by Arthur Mola/Invision/AP, File) (Arthur Mola/invision/ap)

Dressing Leslie Jones is a privilege: Designers, it’s your loss if you pass her up

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