May 2013
22 posts
“The future is bigger than our imaginations. It’s unimaginable, and then it comes...”
– Rebecca Solnit, “The Case for Hope”
A single company owns the exclusive patent on the... →
In the wake of Angelina Jolie’s well-intention exhortation for “every woman” to explore their risk of breast cancer, one company stands to make a staggering profit.
“Who in the newsroom will speak up the next time there’s a story that produces...”
– Farai Chideya, “How to Fix Journalism’s Class and Color Crisis”
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“Why won’t anyone have an adult conversation with me about what war is about?...”
– Recent US veteran on his struggle to find support in recovering from the psychic wounds of war.
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“What of her actions qualifies Shakur as a terrorist? Even if you believe she is...”
– Mychal Denzel Smith, Assata Shakur Is Not a Terrorist
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jessica valenti: Elizabeth Smart and Abstinence... →
jessicavalenti:
If anyone is still holding on to the idea that abstinence only education isn’t all that bad, check out this quote from kidnapping and rape victim Elizabeth Smart:
Smart said she “felt so dirty and so filthy” after she was raped by her captor, and she understands why someone wouldn’t run…
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“If female sexuality is muted compared to that of men, then why must men the...”
– Primatologist Barbara Smuts, quoted in Jessica Valenti’s latest column “From Soy to Sex: Why ‘Natural’ Often Means Bad for Women”
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April 2013
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“There was something familiar about Rana Plaza, owned by another slick-looking,...”
– Elizabeth Cline on what she found when she traveled undercover as a garment buyer to Dhaka, Bangladesh. The Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed on April 24 leaving at least 390 dead.
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: If Jill Abramson were a man... →
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She’s a source of widespread frustration and anxiety who is demoralizing, uncaring, morale-draining, and very unpopular. He demands excellence and relevance.
She is difficult to work with, unreasonable, impossible, stubborn. He has a strong vision and insists on seeing it carried out.
She is AWOL and disengaged. He attended Sundance and SXSW.
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“Last week, I wrote here at The Nation about how important it is for survivors of...”
– Chloe Angyal, “Chrissy Amphlett’s Pleasure Anthem”
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“As a planet, we share one climate. We share one atmosphere. And the industrial...”
– Aura Bogado, “With Climate Change, a Bad Deal Gets Even Worse for the Global South”
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“Let’s imagine that instead of sending a handful of investigators from the ATF...”
– Richard Kim, “Boston, West, Newtown: For Whom the Bells Toll, For Whom the Alarms Ring”
Live Updates on the Boston Marathon Bombing | The... →
[View the story “Live Updates on the Boston Marathon Bombing” on Storify]
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Under Mayor Bloomberg: inequality widened, rents... →
Bloomberg by the numbers.
“What kind of world do we live in when young men are so proud of violating...”
– “In Rape Tragedies, the Shame Is Ours,” my latest at The Nation (via jessicavalenti)
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Gun Control Bill Getting Weaker By the Hour →
Changes in language and poison pill amendments could throw gun control off the tracks.
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What Dr. Kermit Gosnell's Horror Show Tells Us... →
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