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What Does Alice Sebold Owe Anthony Broadwater?

There is a long, rich history in America of white women falsely accusing Black men of rape—a history that exists far beyond the bounds of the legal sphere.

Zeba Blay

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Cuomo Brothers’ Downfall Reveals a Gross Bro Code Among Powerful Media Men

The internet birthed a new kind of guy yesterday: the Brother Guy. He’s not great.

Danielle Tcholakian

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The Policing of Native American Pregnancies Has to Stop

“I didn’t drink because I’m Native," said Melissa Rose, an Akwesasne Mohawk midwife. "I drank to survive colonialism."

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This Survivor Comedy Duo Wants You to Know ‘Rape Victims Are Horny Too’

“People a lot of times ask me if I’m a comedian because of trauma—no, actually. I'm funny because I'm funny," Kelly Bachman says.

Videos

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The Case That Could End Abortion

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Girlfriends Was Ahead of Its Time

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Light-Skinned Privilege in Real Housewives of Potomac

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Living Single Was Revolutionary Black Television

Advice

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Goodbye Shade Court, For Real This Time

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If Ever In Doubt, Let Aretha Franklin Be Your Shade Guide

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Diddy and Queen Elizabeth Have Some Shady Tendencies in Common

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I Am Late, But Let's Talk About Taylor Swift Shading Katy Perry

Books

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Emily Ratajkowski Reckons with Her Objectification

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He Was a Minotaur; She Was a Human Girl. They Rock Each Other's World

Kelly Faircloth

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The Ambivalence of Desire

Tracy Clark-Flory

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'And We Are Free': The Power of Tarana Burke's Memoir

Covid-19

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'We Really Had No Choice But to Send Him': A Mom Confronts the Anxiety of Preschool

Tracy Clark-Flory

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'Just Like Treading Water': One Mom on the Stress of Managing Virtual School and Full-Time Work

Tracy Clark-Flory

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A Daycare Provider With Two Teenagers Feels the Weight of the Pandemic

Tracy Clark-Flory

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Two Kids, a Broken Leg, and a Husband 'Doing Absolutely Everything'

Tracy Clark-Flory

Dudes

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Cuomo Brothers’ Downfall Reveals a Gross Bro Code Among Powerful Media Men

Danielle Tcholakian

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Here's Some Rich People Drama To Tide You Over Until Succession Returns

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Olympic Skateboarder Aurelien Giraud Is Welcome to Grind This Rail

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Hello, Is This Building Actually Called Penis?

Features

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What Does Alice Sebold Owe Anthony Broadwater?

Zeba Blay

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This Survivor Comedy Duo Wants You to Know ‘Rape Victims Are Horny Too’

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The Policing of Native American Pregnancies Has to Stop

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Abortion in the Surveillance State

Feminism

I Have Finally Solved the 2-Year-Old Mystery About Who Stole My Office Chair (True Crime)

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd

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What's a Killer Supposed to Look Like?

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An Organization Made Up of the Rich and Powerful Can't Defend Women Against the Rich and Powerful

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The New Post-MeToo Defensive Strategy

History

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The Trailblazing Women Who Created Television as We Know It

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The Forgotten Women Reporters Who Changed the Face of Journalism

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How Octavia Butler, the Person, Created Octavia Butler, the Writer

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The Life and Legacy of Ida B. Wells, As Told by Her Great-Granddaughter

Justice

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MeToo Doesn't Seem to Have Changed the Way New York Prosecutes Sexual Assault

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'I’m Hoping It Won’t Decimate My Income': Tumblr's Porn Ban Is Yet Another Setback for Sex Workers

Tracy Clark-Flory

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What the Hell Are 'Female-Presenting Nipples'?

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Porn Agent from Netflix's Hot Girls Wanted Accused of Exploitation

Tracy Clark-Flory

Packages

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My Weird Obsession With the Dark Underbelly of Amusement Parks

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The Cursed History of the Sexy Green M&M

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My Forever Crush Will Always Be the Public Swimming Pool

Inside the Desperate, Dedicated World of Discontinued Snack Obsessives

Relationships

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The Expensive Labor of Ensuring My Dog Outlives Me

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Forget a Family Dinner (at First)

Kathryn Jezer-Morton

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Let's Stop Obsessively Hydrating Our Children

Kathryn Jezer-Morton

Sprees

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Designer Shoe Warehouse, Lonely Shopping, and the Promise of a New Me

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Reveling in the Mundane

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Chained to the Algorithm

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Urban Prepping for the Coronavirus at the Drugstore

Themed Week

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Please Leave the Lights On When You Watch This Terrifying Story About a Ghost Baby!

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A Eulogy for Co-Living, the Tech World's Awkward Suburban Dream

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The Uncanny, Fluorescent World of the Costco Influencer

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Forty Years of Queering the Suburbs

Time Killers

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TikTok Teens Are Repeating Your Early 2000s Fashion Mistakes. It's Fine

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Who Is Child Rapper Jack Harlow and Why Must I Know This?

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Through the Bathroom's Looking Glass

Angelica Frey

The Aspirational Lure of the Guest Room

Helena Fitzgerald

Unwrapping The Beef

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Unwrapping the Beef

Tabitha Brown Came for Wendy Williams's Neck With the Full Power of Prayer

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Unwrapping the Beef

Two HGTV Stars, Bad Rehabs, and One Long, Messy Legal Drama

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Unwrapping the Beef

The Emerging Beef Between the Texas Bee Lady and the Beekeeping Critic Who Argues She's an Influencer Hoax

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