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Queens of Infamy: Isabella of France By Anne Thériault Feature Married off at age 12, Isabella put up with her husband’s shenanigans over decades. Eventually, the She-Wolf of France had had enough.
Stranger Things: A Reading List of Unsolved Mysteries By Lisa Bubert Feature Tales of odd phenomena stoke our imagination even as they tease us.
The Women Who Built Grunge By Lisa Whittington-Hill Feature Bands like L7 and Heavens to Betsy were instrumental to the birth of the grunge scene, but for decades were treated like novelties and sex objects. Thirty years later, it’s time to reassess their legacy.
Love Song to Costco By Yuxi Lin Feature “In the great halls of Costco, two of our greatest fears are assuaged — that of not having enough, and that of not being enough.”
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