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Why Does This Halloween Costume Cost $900?

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Wonder Woman Is Not Your Only Superhero Option For Halloween

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Think Your Fam’s Dysfunctional? These Clans Have You Beat For Sure

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The Kardashians’ Origin Story Is Not What You Thought

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15 Back-To-School Movies That Will Transport You Straight To Home...

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The Centuries-Long Legacy Of Your Fancy $20 Lunch Salad

It’s one o’clock on a Thursday in Manhattan’s financial district, and Wall Street is out to lunch. Literally: This upwardly mobile workforce subset i

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The Color Red, My Mother, & Me

My mom adds a red lip to blue jeans and an old chambray button-up and looks like a movie star on a low-key visit to a flyover state. She is effortless Fren

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Amanda Carpenter On Our Broken Political System & Why We Love It ...

Amanda Carpenter on gaslighting's political history, the difference between Trump and Nixon, and how our politics and media alike encourage Trump's lies.

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Gender. Power. Complicity. Complexity.

How much blame do women deserve for #MeToo?

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What Does Consent Mean When Saying "No" Has Consequences?

Women can distinguish the line between predation and flirtation. Suggesting that they're the same thing is it's own nefarious strain of sexism.

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The Evolution Of The Public Apology, From Harvey Weinstein To Rig...

You have to admit they’re getting better. And by “they” I mean the apologies currently on tour through the headlines and social media sphere, a choru

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These Are The Gifts You Should Buy The Music Lovers In Your Life

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The True Beauty Of Gigi Gorgeous

The May morning of the MTV Movie Awards, Gigi Gorgeous sat in the dining room of her girlfriend’s Toluca Lake mansion, sipping Red Bull from a paper cup.

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These Are Our Favorite Books Of 2017 — So Far

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4 Veterans Open Up About What It's Really Like To Be Tra...

In honor of Veteran's Day, four transgender members of the American Armed Forces open up about their service and the proposed trans ban.

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The Worst Kind Of Tragedy Is The One We Saw Coming

Today, the “unthinkable” happened once again. More than 20 people are dead, and many more injured, after a gunman walked into a small baptist church in

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How The Women Of The KKK Helped Architect A Hate Movement

In her new book, prize-winning historian Linda Gordon digs into the legacy of women in the KKK.

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Meet Feminism's Official Period Warrior

Three years ago, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf didn't know what menstrual equity meant. Now she's on the front lines of that fight. What's more: She's winning.

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Monica Lewinsky's Latest Anti-Bullying PSA Will Break Your Heart

For reasons largely self-evident, Monica Lewinsky has lost count of the number of times she’s been harassed or bullied.

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"What Happens To A Society That Cannot Grieve Together?"

It would start with hearts and prayers from public figures, rote reactions spread through a vast digital web; followed by emojis, bespoke hashtags, and Fac

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Battle Of The Sexes Is The Feminist Blockbuster We Need ...

As of this month, "battle of the sexes" is no longer just a moment in tennis history or a platitude trotted out to describe any variety of gender-based fri

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Emma Stone On Battle Of The Sexes & Why You Don't Have T...

“One of the great lessons that Billie Jean taught me is that you don’t have to be perfect to be brave. You can still be figuring things out; you can st

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Ellen Pao On How The Google Memo Is Just The Tip Of The Toxic Tec...

It was a “dark time” in her life, Pao recently reflected on a phone call with Refinery29: one in which her days were managed down to the minute and she

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Feminism's 1970s Flagship Faded From View — But In 2017 It's Back...

Not long after that first big march down Fifth Avenue commemorating the 19th Amendment, August 26 was officially dubbed Women’s Equality Day. But true eq

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Are You The Cool Girl Or The Princess? Neither — & That's The Pro...

But "the girl" is not something that Chocano will abide without a fight, which is exactly why she's written the book on why it's time for the trope to reti

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'Til Trump Do Us Part: The Relationship Deal Breaker We Never Saw...

We felt it during primary season, when Bernie and Hillary drove a wedge between the progressively minded and romantically involved; we felt it during the c

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If You're Fluent In Emoji, Does That Technically Make You Bilingual?

"Vision can be more powerful, in terms of understanding and perceiving something than having to decode language. From that perspective, visual glyphs — a

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The Career Success Secret You Haven't Tried Yet: Get Slammed By T...

It’s a weird week when POTUS doesn’t have some lowbrow clap back for a woman he perceives to have threatened his machismo: That’s just America in 201

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Senators Cory Booker & Elizabeth Warren Demand "Dignity" For Wome...

"We are a nation whose most cherished principles and ideals involve having liberty and justice for all, holding dear the concept of equal justice under the

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Gabourey Sidibe Gets Real With R29: "I've Always Felt Like An Oil...

“Y’all know you’re really white, right?” Gabourey Sidibe asks, looking out at the crowd of people who have turned up for the world premiere of her

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