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Boaters

For the longest time, I intensely disliked the word naturalized. It made me feel as if my family’s very existence was unnatural, and would only change once they became citizens. I looked up…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1416 words)

How Things Fell Apart

In an excerpt from his long-awaited memoir, the inventor of the post-colonial African novel in English discusses his origins as a writer and the seeds of revolt against the British Empire. Image…
LENGTH: 35 minutes (8948 words)

Working Girl by Kate Bolick

It isn’t easy to even think about Edna St. Vincent Millay’s body of work without also thinking about her—well—actual body. This is entirely her doing. Born in Maine in…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 12, 2013
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2273 words)

Islamophobia and Its Discontents

Thirty years ago, no one outside the halls of academe had heard of Islamophobia. Yet today it is virtually impossible to open a newspaper without encountering either the term or an argument against…
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2412 words)
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The Longest Hunger Strike

American courts recognize rights to refuse life-saving treatment. So why won’t the State of Connecticut let William Coleman die?Image courtesy of Gregor FischerThey came for him on October 23,…
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5406 words)

Meet The Hero Of The Marriage Equality Movement

Posted Jan 10, 2013 11:00pm EST Edith Windsor walks through the lobby of the large Fifth Avenue apartment building just north of Washington Square Park where she has lived for nearly 40 years.…
SOURCE:BuzzFeed
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3149 words)

Trickle-Down Feminism

If you read what is popularly known as the feminist press, you’ll notice a focus on the “glass ceiling” that excludes much else. Feminist writers are found celebrating the…
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3646 words)

Pussy Riot: will Vladimir Putin regret taking on Russia's cool women punks?

For two very full, very long days in Moscow, I have talked constantly to people about Pussy Riot. About how, back in February, three young women from a feminist punk-rock band sang a song in Moscow's…
PUBLISHED: July 29, 2012
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4225 words)

read his legacy of award-winning work

Anthony Shadid, a prize-winning foreign correspondent, died at the age of 43 in Syria, while reporting for the New York Times. A beloved and brilliant writer, Shadid spent his two-decade career…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 16, 2012
LENGTH: 1 minutes (340 words)
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