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Violence, Sex, And Coming Of Age: Why Everyone Is Talking About This One Summer  

The first graphic novel to win a Caldeott gives children the chance to be adults, and adults the chance to be kids.

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I Don't Care About Bruce Jenner's Alleged Transition—Let's All Go Back To Bed

Bruce Jenner gets to live out his dream. The rest of us go back to the shuffle and shaking, hoping to shrug off this waking nightmare.

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Dispatches From A Third Culture Kid

I'm a "third culture kid"—“a person who has spent developmental years outside the parents’ culture . . . while not having full ownership in any.”

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Newsflash: The Original Ghostbusters Was Totally Sexist

A Ghostbusters with a female cast is a thorough violation of the spirit of the original. And that's a good thing.

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Finally Swimming In A Sea Of Truth: After Super Bowl XLIX, I Realize I Am A Left Shark

I’ve been flopping my finlike appendages around, ungracefully out of sync with the rest of society since I was in utero.

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The Glory And Burden Of High School "Promposals"

In case the extremism of our current engagement culture isn't enough, we've gone ahead and upped the ante. Welcome to The Promposal.

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The #LikeAGirl Maxi Pad Super Bowl Commercial Isn't Helping The Feminist Cause, You Guys

Because #hittinglikeagirl and #runninglikeagirl are the least of our problems, people.

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Life Reimagined: On The Erosion Of Reproductive Rights In America

The discussion needs to shift from one of legality to one of reducing abortions.

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