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“This Is the Glittering Fringe”: On Drag Inclusivity at the Rosemont
‘“The drag here is messy, not vanilla,’ one regular tells me over the din. He sips his drink and settles on a word. ‘Genuine.'”
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Recalling the Making of ‘Go,’ 20 Years Later
Director Doug Liman and screenwriter John August look back on the production of their indie film Go, 20 years after its release.
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Confessions of a Clinical Therapy Trainee
What do you do when it’s your first day on the job and the patient can’t stop crying?
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Busting Broncos and the Patriarchy
After nearly a century of being denied the opportunity, women are riding bucking broncos in American rodeo once again, and regaining the respect they deserve.
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How Do You Move a Warhol? Really, Really Carefully
We’re gonna need more bubble wrap.
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If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
Let’s grab a waffle and challenge the global hegemony of U.S. culture.
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‘Intelligent Education’ and China’s Grand AI Experiment
Seven schools in China have installed facial recognition technology in classrooms to monitor — and score — their students. At The Disconnect, Yujie Xue reports on this “intelligent education” initiative.
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Welcome to Sinaloa, Home of Chiltepín
Your favorite Mexican shrimp dish isn’t about the shrimp at all: “People think the star of the dish is the shrimp, but really it’s the chile.”
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The Terror of Being Awake
“I thought, ‘This is it, this is how I’m going to die, right here on the table, and my family will never know what my last few hours were like because no one’s even noticing what’s going on.’”