With bots, fake news, and an angry right-wing flank, Twitter is crashing against the limits of ideological neutrality.
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Leaving a Good Man Is Hard To Do
When women end relationships, it seems like the emotion we most acutely feel is the guilt of having pushed it away.
Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Science & Nature, Story
A Beast for the Ages
Why do we love (and fear, and kill) polar bears with so much intensity?
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Eight Things You Need to Know About Me and the Beach
A white woman came up to my mother, leaned in close and said, “We whites have to stick together against the Asian invasion.” My mother was ecstatic. “She liked me! They like me here!”
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The Rub of Rough Sex
Chelsea G. Summers considers the ways in which outwardly ‘progressive’ men like former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman use kink as a cover for abuse.
Posted inBooks, First Chapters, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
How to Stay Married After Your Baby is Born, or, I’m not Divorced Yet
An excerpt of ‘Now My Heart is Full,’ Laura June’s memoir, about the challenges new parenthood placed on her and her husband — and their marriage.
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Bridget Jones’s Staggeringly Outdated Diary
Nineties relationship books had some serious issues, man.
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Mind the Dog’s Feet
After a trip to Durban, Chibundu Onuzo discovers that Nigerians are not always popular with South Africans, and that where some black South Africans see a history of oppression, Nigerians see opportunity.
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Smooth Spaces, Fuzzy Lives
The border of Northern Ireland was one Rachel Andrews thought she could never cross. Then it began to dissolve.
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What Ever Happened To the Truth?
Michiko Kakutani is interested in how the distinction between fact and fiction has blurred — and how this makes us all complicit.