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HBO’s Female Regression Analysis: Girls and Veep
American pop culture teems with characters afraid of adult responsibilities.
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A Superhero for the Ladies
The Avengers is wildly successful in part because it acknowledges women have brains—and are watching.
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Reading Tolstoy in London
My friend Layrsa escaped Soviet privation, from Siberia to the Ukraine, to build a new life abroad. It's still a work in progress.
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Blogging Sisterhood
How feminist blogs saved my life.
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In Search of Stripper Solidarity
Can professional dancers find workplace justice?
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War and Popcorn
Serious war films are going extinct as Hollywood cranks out childish fantasies about heroism and violence.
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A Civil Solution to Labor’s Problems
The key to reviving U.S. workers' fortunes may be as simple as amending the Civil Rights Act.
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Will Sanity Prevail on CBS?
It’s style versus substance for morning news shows. Guess which one is winning.
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The Bungled Hunt for 9/11’s Mastermind: KSM
It took Washington 10 years to capture Kahlid Sheikh Mohammed, who will soon be charged with murdering 2,976 people. A new book reveals his shadowy story.
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Rubes’ Gold in Sacks
The very public resignation of a Goldman Sachs executive exposes what most already knew: The firm is morally bankrupt.
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