Time magazine chooses as its Person of the Year those who’ve spoken up against sexual predators — and as runner-up, a sexual predator.
Sari Botton
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TIME Person of the Year 2017: The Silence-Breakers
In a round-up cover story, Time Magazine recognizes various women and a few men in media and other fields who had the courage this year to speak out about the sexual abuse, harassment and discrimination they endured from men in power. Unfortunately, the magazine undermined the impact of naming the “silence-breakers” of the #MeToo moment […]
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My Experience at Charlie Rose Went Beyond Sexism
A personal essay in which writer and producer Rebecca Carroll catalogs her experiences with not only sexism, by racism as well, as the only black woman on Charlie Rose’s staff in the late 90s.
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When to (Not) Have Kids
At a bleak moment in human history, these essays explore the case for not reproducing.
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The Joys and Sorrows of Watching My Own Birth
A personal essay in which Shelby Vittek reflects on the bittersweet experience of watching the video of herself being born — and her now-divorced mom and dad becoming parents — again and again.
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Assertiveness Training
A personal essay in which Susan Sheu considers her estrangement from her conservative mom, who tried to teach her to stand up and be heard in a male-dominated world — but not to be too unladylike about it.
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Every Parent Wants to Protect Their Child. I Never Got the Chance.
In a heartbreaking reported essay, Jen Gann writes about raising a son who suffers from incurable cystic fibrosis that will likely lead to his early death, the midwife practice that neglected to warn her that she and her husband were carriers, and the likelihood that she and her husband would have chosen to terminate the […]
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Ushering My Father to a (Mostly) Good Death
A personal essay in which Karen Brown recalls conspiring with her father in his final weeks to find some humor in the pain.
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The Uncounted
A multi-media investigative report on the vast discrepancy between the actual number of Iraqi civilians killed by American-led coalition airstrikes against ISIS, and the number the coalition itself reports. In addition to uncovering likely truer math — for instance, while the coalition says 1 in 157 air strikes have killed civilians, reporters Azmat Khan and […]
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Giving Thanks, Silently
Nina Coomes recalls her family’s Thanksgiving vows of silence at a Catholic retreat center in Illinois.