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They Lost the Abortion Vote, So Now They’re Coming for the Pills

I’m trying to occasionally write about current events and not just theory or history. - Professor Meredith

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That was the sales pitch. That was the respe...

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If Removing the Impalement Scenes Ruins the Game for You, We Need to Talk

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You Look Like Stevie Nicks in '75

A few days ago, someone responded to one of my posts about sexism in the twentieth century with a meme.

The meme contrasted Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks.

Taylor Swift, according to the meme, writes “whiny songs about all her exes.”

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The Past Is Not Dead. It’s Under Active Renovation.

A few days ago, the Smithsonian American Women’s History Museum launched a project called Unhidden Heroines. Using augmented reality, visitors standing on the National Mall can point their phones at locations around Washington and see histo...

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1970s: “Innocence Is Sexier Than You Think” - Primary Source Tea

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Some vintage ads whisper their sexism.

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    Memoirist & cultural essayist. GenX word nerd. I write out loud. Co-host & booker: The Daily Whatever Show. Fine feminist. Loves storytelling, karaoke, ectomorphs, her two teens, and Oxford commas. Loathes the RHCP.

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