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As A Female Journalist, Why Should It Matter What I Look Like? 

I've been called "seriously ugly" in the comments section of an opinion piece I wrote. But it's not me who's ugly; it's our culture.

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Andre Cymnone

Why Is Everyone So Scared Of Rock Music's Mixed-Race Roots?

The founder of the brilliant fyeahblackrockmusic Tumblr talks racial politics, Kelis, and . . . the Doobie Brothers?

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"Black Women's Lives Matter": A Chant Less Often Heard

Black women are insisting that our stories, too, become part of the national conversation around policing and safety.

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"Black Women's Lives Matter": A Chant Less Often Heard

Black women are insisting that our stories, too, become part of the national conversation around policing and safety.

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How Motherhood Changed My Feminism

l long prided myself on being a "strong, independent, beautiful, staunch feminist." But then I found out I was pregnant—and everything changed.

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How To Fall In Love In 6 Songs

The message is simple: you are pretty, and I love you. These songs draw the ire of my father, a physicist and classical musician.

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Michele Fiori

Nevada Lawmaker: "Hot Little Girls" Need Guns To Stop Rape

Also this week in "pantsuit politics": Rand Paul makes a ridiculous parody Hillary Clinton Pinterest page.

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Seahorse Man: Flash Fiction

He thought I was mad, but in an artistic way; I thought he was horny all the time, but in an artistic way.

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