In this epic, seven-part feature, Scott Farwell tells the story of Carol Blevins, a heroin addict and “Aryan Princess featherwood” (property of a gang member) who became the FBI’s most important confidential informant in a massive, six-year investigation into the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas — an organized crime syndicate responsible for over 100 murders and […]
Krista Stevens
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
She Got Hacked So You Don’t Have To
At GQ, Sarah Jeong willingly got “spearphished,” a sophisticated email hack that uses your trust against you.
Posted inHistory, Nonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
The Revolution Will Be Handmade!
Knitting and sewing circles have long been the perfect environments for women to organize.
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I Got Hacked So You Don’t Have To
It happened to John Podesta. It happened to Paul Manafort’s daughter: a type of computer hack called “spearphishing.” Spearphishing differs from typically clumsy mass-mail attempts to gain your online credentials. Social engineers target you alone — masquerading as someone you know — using your natural proclivity to trust against you to gain access to your […]
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Letters to My Molester: Unraveling a Decade of Childhood Abuse
Karen Durrie examines the feelings of complicity that encouraged her to correspond with her attacker.
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Read and Destroy
Karen Durrie was ten years old when her mother’s boyfriend began to molest her. At the Globe and Mail, Durrie examines the years of abuse and the fear, shame, and feelings of complicity that not only kept her silent, but encouraged her to correspond with her attacker.
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Stitch by Stitch: A Brief History of Knitting and Activism
At one time, women’s education included critical training in needle arts like sewing and knitting, which were “not only necessary skills but also political tools for the women involved in resisting authority.” At PBS, Corinne Segal reports on pussy hats and brain hats as just two examples in a long line of hand-made symbols where […]
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‘But Islam Does Not Forbid Love’: How Young Muslims Define ‘Halal Dating’
Today’s young Muslims are finding ways to develop romantic relationships and while observing Islamic beliefs forbidding pre-marital sex.
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How Young Muslims Define “Halal Dating” For Themselves
“Young Muslims find a middle ground for fostering romantic relationships between what is permissible and what is forbidden.”
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When Alzheimer’s Disease Relieves Us of the Pain in Our Past
For Maria Browning’s mother, Alzheimer’s Disease has dimmed old torments.