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While Women’s Soccer Fights Inequality in Court, Sexism Remains Rampant in...
Last Friday, citing the Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Right’s Act, the US women’s soccer team filed an “institutionalized gender discrimination” lawsuit against the US Soccer Federation—and...
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The Scandals Shaking K-Pop and a Reckoning Over How South Korea Regards Women
A total of four Korean entertainers have abruptly retired from the industry this week, in a widening scandal linking the glossy world of K-pop with a series of seedy sex crimes. The biggest...
View ArticleMeet Q, The Electronic Assistant That’s Challenging The Gender Binary
For the last couple of years, the smart devices we’re increasingly leaving in charge of our lives have given us pause on a number of occasions. Like when Alexa started laughing at people for no reason...
View ArticleKrispy Kreme Family Reckons With Nazi Past
This week, the decision by one of Germany’s wealthiest families to go public about their Nazi history was greeted with both shock and admiration around the globe. Of their own volition, the Reimann...
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A Woman Just Had Four Bees Removed From Her Eyeball And We Have Questions
A 29-year-old woman in Taiwan took herself to the hospital this week, complaining of a swollen eye, after tending to a family member’s grave. “What could that be?” she probably wondered, casually....
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4 Free Things to Do This Weekend in the Bay Area
Looking for things to do this weekend in the Bay Area? Look no further. Here are four (free!) ideas: Cherry Blossom Festival Cherry blossom in SF’s Japantown (Alyssa Jeong Perry/KQED) Over 220,000...
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How to Watch Childish Gambino and Rihanna’s Film ‘Guava Island’
Guava Island, Childish Gambino‘s long-awaited new project, has finally arrived. Hot off a headlining Coachella performance Friday night, Guava Island is the proverbial cherry on top of Donald Glover’s...
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A Short History of Dogs (In Honor Of This 4,500 Year Old Cutie)
Because Scottish people definitely have their priorities in order, Historic Environment Scotland (the organization responsible for maintaining many of the castles and landmarks there) recently...
View ArticleThe Obamas Head To Netflix With Seven New Projects
NEW YORK (AP) — Barack and Michelle Obama on Tuesday unveiled a slate of projects they are preparing for Netflix, a year after the former president and first lady signed a deal with the streaming...
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Teen Suicide Spiked After Debut Of Netflix’s ’13 Reasons Why,’ Study Says
When Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why was released two years ago, depicting the life of a teenager who decided to take her own life, educators and psychologists warned the program could lead to copycat...
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Bring On The Camp: Met Gala Exhibition Explores Camp In Fashion
Louis XIV and Oscar Wilde, meet Björk and Lady Gaga. What quality do they share, across the centuries? An innate sense of camp—the aesthetic that’s being celebrated in the new fashion mega-exhibit at...
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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s Baby Boy Is Here And Breaking Traditions...
One of the greatest conspiracy theories in the history of the United Kingdom is the one that posits that Queen Elizabeth II is, in fact, a reptilian humanoid. The rumor was best explained by David Icke...
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Documentary ‘5B’ Introduces The Heroes Of SF General’s First Dedicated AIDs Ward
Today, antiretroviral medicines allow people with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, to live long, productive lives. But at the onset of the AIDS epidemic in the early 1980s, the disease was considered a...
View ArticleScott Adams Tried to Exploit Gilroy—But He’s Not the First to See Profit in...
For the vast majority of people, news of the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting was shocking, confusing and, especially for locals, deeply upsetting. For Scott Adams, Dilbert comic strip creator,...
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