These stories offer a glimpse into the weird world of “professionalism,” how young women are expected to adapt to rapidly changing, innately biased work environments.
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The Good, the Bad, and the Highly Personal: A Reading List About Haircuts
Six stories about our relationships with our hair.
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Resolving to Read, Write, and Travel More in 2016
The things Emily is reading to help her with her 2016 resolutions for reading, writing, and traveling.
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Resolving to Read, Write, and Travel More in 2016
The things Emily is reading to help her with her 2016 resolutions for reading, writing, and traveling.
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Sci-Fi Is for Everyone: Six Stories About Marginalized Groups in Science Fiction
Genre literature has power. Mainstream science fiction, historically, has a representation problem. (Why are there no black people in the future? Or, better yet, why is there only one black person in the future?! Did LGBTQ people disappear, too?) Where does that leave us?
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Sci-Fi Is for Everyone: Six Stories About Marginalized Groups in Science Fiction
Genre literature has power. Mainstream science fiction, historically, has a representation problem. (Why are there no black people in the future? Or, better yet, why is there only one black person in the future?! Did LGBTQ people disappear, too?) Where does that leave us?
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Women Who Travel Alone: A Reading List
Here are six stories about women who travel alone.
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Women Who Travel Alone: A Reading List
Here are six stories about women who travel alone.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
'Orange is the New Black' is Back: A Reading List on the Representation of Prison
Now that we’ve all had a chance to finish watching Orange is the New Black (who am I kidding — we all binge watched it in a day or two, right?), I thought I’d share four pieces that clarify and critique the way prison is represented on the show. The first two pieces cover season one, for […]
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'Orange is the New Black' is Back: A Reading List on the Representation of Prison
Now that we’ve all had a chance to finish watching Orange is the New Black (who am I kidding — we all binge watched it in a day or two, right?), I thought I’d share four pieces that clarify and critique the way prison is represented on the show. The first two pieces cover season one, for […]