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Exclusive First Look At Carrie Mesrobian's Perfectly Good White Boy

The critically acclaimed author of Sex & Violence shares an advance passage from her upcoming book.

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UN Finds Climate Change Disproportionately Affects Women

Following the largest climate-change demonstration in history, the UN Climate Summit could spurn an overdue examination of the Earth's pending demise.

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Assemblage: Fiction from Luna Luna

She leans in over the pedestal sink, turns the cold water spigot off, and peers at the half of her face that remains. Her face has been torn in two.

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Tilting In Our Favor: Pinball May Be The Most Inclusive Gaming Space For Women

Other gaming communities could learn a thing or two from the surprisingly (mostly) welcoming world of pinball.

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The Problem With The White House's 'It's On Us' Campaign Against Sexual Assault

There's a lot to admire about the Obama administration's new campaign. But something about it isn't quite right.

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High On History: Cronuts Be Damned—Are We Living In A Dessert Dark Age?

Growing up in ruralish-surburbanish Middle America, my restaurant experiences consisted largely of Applebee’s and its many iterations.

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Teenage Coders Create New Video Game To Combat Menstruation Taboo

Highschoolers Sophie Hauser and Andrea Gonzale ask us to consider why periods freak us out so much as a society with their new game Tampon Run.

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Here's A Bunch Of Hard-working Americans Making Less Than A Blunt Roller For Waka Flocka Flame

In a rags to riches dream come true for every stoner, rapper Waka Flocka Flame has offered $50,000 for someone to roll his blunts.

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