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Strong Opinions Loosely Held
Strong Opinions Loosely Held
Why Is Being 40, Single and Childfree So Radical?
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Elisa Kreisinger
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Books & Art
Author Piper Weiss Reflects On Her Teenage Obsession
Piper Weiss grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. She went to an elite prep school. She took private tennis lessons. Her coach, Gary Wilensky was
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When Ladies Get Paid Became Ladies Get Sued
Claire Wasserman just wanted to provide women with a space to air their grievances about being a woman in the workplace. So she started the organization
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Why Is Bitcoin So Bro-y?
Bitcoin: the most annoying subculture to exist yet somehow it elicits FOMO. I realized I had missed the bandwagon when I overheard a double date of 70+
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Fashion
Russian Fashion Influencers, Fake News and Instagram
When Refinery29's Senior Features Writer, Connie Wang received an email from the Kiev Fashion Resistance back in February she was... intrigued. ""I
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Elisa Kreisinger
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Zoe Saldana On Raising Her Kids In A Gender Neutral Home
Zoe Saldana is busy. She just launched Bese, a Latinx-focused digital media company focused on creating content for millennial and Gen Z audiences. I
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Some Advice For The Next Generation Of Female Workers
Every year around this time, inspirational commencement speeches fill our feeds. This year, Mindy Kaling will speak at Dartmouth. MIT is hosting Sheryl
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Elisa Kreisinger
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Why Girls Excel At School But Not In The Working World
Did you excel academically your whole life, only to feel like the world shift beneath your feet once you entered adulthood? There’s a reason for that:
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Movies
Avengers: Infinity War
Gets Ginsburned At The Box Office
Sure, Avengers: Infinity War conquered the box office the past few weeks, but right behind it was a documentary about the life and career of an unlikely
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Elisa Kreisinger
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This Is Why Tan France Refused To Shoot
Queer Eye
Can I admit something? Up until a few months ago, I thought hate and bigotry was a conservative thing. I thought this mostly because of conservative’s
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Elisa Kreisinger
US News
We Have A Few Questions About Melania Trump's "Be Best"
The White House just wanted a nice photo op in the Rose Garden when it trotted out Melania Trump to announce her new Be Best program on Monday
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Entertainment
What It’s Really Like To Be A Kanye West Fan Right Now
Anyone who knows me knows what an intense, unabashed Kanye West fan I am. So they might’ve found it odd that in the past couple of weeks, I’ve been
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Work & Money
Amy Emmerich's Advice For Young Women On 50/50 Day
In honor of 50/50 day, a day of action dedicated to creating a more gender-balanced world in every field (including at home!), I sat down with Refinery29
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One Of The Most Successful Women In Comedy Comes Out Of The Write...
Have you seen Charmed? Murphy Brown? Late Night with David Letterman? NCIS? The Simpsons? Monk? The Muppets? Sabrina the Teenage Witch? Did you read
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Find a Best Friend Who Talks About You the Way Allana Harkin Talk...
What’s it like to work with your BFF on a weekly comedy show during the Donald Trump presidency where the news changes every hour? Allana Harkin
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Emma Gray Guides Girls Through The Resistance
Have you been feeling overwhelmed by the news cycle? How about the endless push alerts? Feel like you've licked your last stamp on letters to your
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Books & Art
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How Self-Help Author Lauren Zander Wants To Eradicate Lying
This week on The Ladies Room, I talk with life coach Lauren Handel Zander. Lauren is the author of Maybe It's You: Cut the Crap. Face Your Fears. Love
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People
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Last week, current Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan—a well-known anti-Semite—gave a speech where he said “the powerful Jews are my enemy”
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One Comedian's Experience On A Female-Run TV Show Post-Time&...
You may recognize Nicole Drespel from her roles on female-led comedies like Broad City and 30 Rock. But she's also a prominent writer in rooms filled
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Politics
How Much Was Hope Hicks Making Before She Resigned From The White...
As the news made the rounds that White House communications director Hope Hicks was resigning from her position as White House communications director,
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This Journalist Was The First To Ask Why No One Cared About Nassa...
It’s been less than a month since Larry Nassar, the former USA Gymnastics team doctor, was sentenced 40 to 175 years in prison, but it seems we’re
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The Sneaky Little Problem With "Cause Marketing" We Never Talk About
There are lots of awesome products and services that say they donate a portion of their profits to a feel-good cause. When I see that, it makes me feel
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Right now, some men are angry and fragile. According to the Precarious Manhood Theory (yes, that’s the actual name of the theory), when men don’t feel
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I'm So Tired Of Seeing THIS Ridiculous Stock Image Of Women ...
Here's some good news for 2017: The most popular image of a woman is no longer the one of her laughing into a salad bowl. In the search for stock
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Politics
Why Birth Control Is SO Important—& It's Not Just About Sex
How is it that in 2017, we have total control over what our bodies look like but not what our bodies do? Oh right. Because the majority of our elected
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