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I fell in love with A.E. Osworth’s writing the first time I read it. I came across an essay of theirs and read it over and over and over again, and then

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LGBTQ+

Elliot Page Could Embody Trans Joy. Why Isn’t That Story Be...

When Elliot Page came out as transgender in December 2020, he set the internet ablaze. There was plenty of hatred, as there is whenever trans people exist

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News

Biden Promised To Prioritize Women’s Rights. Here’s T...

President Joe Biden is showing just how seriously he takes the issue of gender equality. In an announcement this week, his administration plans to take a s

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News

Did Biden Just Destroy Our Hopes Of Student Debt Forgiveness? It&...

During a CNN Town Hall on Tuesday night, President Joe Biden made his position on student loan forgiveness incredibly clear. Despite a push by members of t

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Wellness

Serena Williams Is The GOAT. Why Is That So Hard For Some People ...

Over 15 years into her career, Serena Williams still dominates on the tennis court. She has won 23 Grand Slam titles (each one at least three times), 72 Wo

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Wellness

After Countless High-Profile Abuse Scandals, Gymnastics Is Enteri...

Elite women’s gymnastics has always been a somewhat niche sport. Most people didn’t think about it much, except during the Summer Olympics when

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News

Dalit Women In India Are Facing A Sexual Violence Epidemic — & Fi...

On September 14, 2020, 19-year-old Manisha Valmiki was raped in Uttar Pradesh, a northern state in India. She had her tongue cut, and spine broken during t

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News

Nancy Pelosi’s Recent Stock Purchase Raises Important Ethic...

Nancy Pelosi made some stock purchases last month that are raising eyebrows — and questions — about the ethics of Congresspeople buying and selling sto

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News

Biden Is Already Trying To Protect Trans Rights — & He Woke Up Al...

On Biden’s first day in office, he signed an executive order promising to uphold federal protections for LGBTQ+ Americans. It was an important move, even

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Coronavirus

Here’s How Biden Plans To Use The Defense Production Act To...

In the 24 hours since Joe Biden was sworn in as President of the United States, he has already rolled out a plethora of policy changes: rejoining the Paris

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Donald Trump

Trump Actually Made One Last Pardon Before Leaving Office — As A ...

After pardoning over 70 people on the final day of his presidency, including Lil Wayne and Steve Bannon, Donald Trump added one more at the eleventh hour.

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News

Meet Amanda Gorman, The 22-Year-Old Poet Laureate Who Stunned At ...

At the heels of President Joe Biden’s inauguration, many are commemorating one of the most notable changing of the guards in history. Though former Presi

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News

Who Did Trump Pardon On His Last Day In Office? Not Who You’...

On Donald Trump’s last day as president, he announced 73 pardons and granted 70 other people clemency — a long-awaited list that people knew was coming

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News

Here’s What Would Happen If The 25th Amendment Is Invoked

Update: Although the House approved the resolution to move forward with the 25th amendment, Vice President Mike Pence has dismissed the idea. Pence was giv

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Books & Art

Torrey Peters Isn’t Going To Be Distracted

Torrey Peters’ debut novel, Detransition, Baby, reads like a traditional, expertly done bourgeois domestic novel — but, with a trans woman at its cente

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News

Karlie Kloss Said She “Tried” To Confront Jared & Iva...

All eyes have been on the Trump family after a mob of the president’s supporters breached the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday. First Lady Melania Trump’s lon

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News

No, Antifa Didn’t Do This — Right Wing Extremists Planned T...

Just as quickly as we saw MAGA-ites terrorizing the U.S. Capitol Wednesday, Trump supporters from around the country began pointing fingers away from the t

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News

Trump Told Them To Stand By. Today, The Proud Boys Are Storming T...

On Wednesday, supporters of President Donald Trump violently descended on the nation’s capital for their “Stop The Steal” protest. The planned event

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2020 Election

The Senate Is Now Blue. How Soon Can We Get That $2,000 Stimulus ...

All eyes were on Georgia Tuesday night, and the United States woke up to the news that the Democrats were poised to take both seats in the runoff election:

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News

And Now For The Season Finale Of 2020, The Squirrels Are Attackin...

Just as we are about to put 2020 behind us, reports of overly aggressive squirrels — yes, squirrels — are here to remind us that the year’s not quite

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News

What Excuse Does The Justice Department Have For Not Charging Tam...

On Tuesday, the United States Justice Department announced they would not be pursuing criminal charges against the two officers involved in the 2014 fatal

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True Crime

2020 Was Full Of High Profile Crimes By The Rich, The Powerful & ...

This year has been a circus when it comes to power and corruption — starting with Trump’s impeachment and ending in Trump’s futile attempt to

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News

Brandon Bernard Was Imprisoned When He Was 18. Yesterday, He Was ...

Update: On Thursday evening, Brandon Bernard was executed by the federal government after the Supreme Court denied yet another request for delay. According

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News

Casey Goodson’s Mother Finally Speaks Out: “My Son Wa...

Casey Goodson Jr., a 23-year-old Black man, was shot and killed by a sheriff’s deputy in Columbus, Ohio last week. Now, for the first time, his mother is

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News

While Rudy Giuliani’s COVID Symptoms Are “Pretty Much...

It’s been a wild year (err, month) for one person on Team Trump — the man who has inspired a thousand memes. Just days after the public was made aw

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Entertainment News

A Volunteer At Carole Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue Sanctuary Alm...

On Thursday, a regular volunteer at Carole Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue sanctuary was seriously injured when she was bit while feeding a tiger named Kimba. Th

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News

Lock Her Up? Why Ivanka Trump Might Be Going From D.C. To Jail

This week, Senior Advisor and First Daughter Ivanka Trump was deposed as part of an investigation by the Washington, D.C. attorney general’s office into

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