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Conan and Holley
I’m Olympics obsessed, of course. So many things I love in one place, ancient history and inane traditions, global unity and bizarre nationalistic fervor, and the appreciation of bodies for pure...
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Monday Scraps 69
1. AMERICANA: Max Fisher at The Atlantic interviews new visitors to the U.S. about what surprises them most. Grocery stores and nursing homes, apparently. 2. RACE: If you read one thing on this list...
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Sunday Scraps 70
1. LOUIE: My fictional love affair with Louis CK continues with this AV Club interview about his fan-friendly ticketing system, comedy innovation, etc. 2. GENDER: Another good, complex piece from the...
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Last Thoughts on the Olympics
True Confession: Contrary to the title of this post, these will probably not be my last thoughts on the Olympics. I think about them a lot. Katniss reps District 12 This is our first Olympics since...
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Sunday Scraps 71
1. GLOBAL SEXUALITY: New York Times report on the global domination of Cosmo and how cover to cover, mag to mag, the content shifts to accommodate cultural norms from Kazakhstan to Singapore. 2....
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Sunday Scraps 72
1. ZOE: British Olympian Zoe Smith strikes back at body haters in an extremely articulate and extremely badass blog post. 2. RACE: Nicole Moore at the Huffington Post addresses the recent announcement...
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Sunday Scraps 74
1. WRITING: Junot Diaz has a new book. The Atlantic wonders if Diaz, whose characters are consistently horrible to women, can write a sexist character without writing a sexist book. 2. SPORTS: With...
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S(M)onday Scraps 103
1. HISTORY: Imagine you’re 23 and you’re heading off to WWII as a nurse. What do you pack? Slate‘s new history blog has got you covered with a real recommended packing list. Don’t forget your homemade...
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“If you’re feeling attacked, it probably means you’re having your privilege...
If you haven’t spent much time with the Batty Mamzelle essay “This is what I mean when I say ‘White Feminist’”, you should. If it hasn’t entered the canon of intersectional third wave feminist texts,...
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The ESPN Body Issue & #HuskyTwitter
Last week for Role/Reboot I wrote about the annual ESPN The Magazine’s “Body Issue”, which features naked portraits of lots of people who can do some crazy powerful/graceful/coordinated shit with their...
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