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2020 election

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news

Extra! Extra!: What The 2020 Election Says About America

We reflect on what the 2020 election says about America, what the ultraconservative majority in the Supreme Court has been up to, plus the pandemic and political situations unfolding around…

the team —

Nov 13, 2020

longform journalism

Things I Read That I Love

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literature

Things I Read That I Love #314: There Were Many Days In Which Several People Were Typing

Topics include Far Right literature, the Spelling Bee game, influencers traveling during COVID, the pandemic DIY boom, the Folgers Incest Ad, Lean Cuisine, recovery, faking illness on GoFundMe and truly…

Riese —

Nov 13, 2020

hey did you see that comment friday

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community

The Comment Awards are Sandwiched in a Corner with Kristen Stewart

“So the woman who kills Terminators in her spare time is afraid to tell her parents she’s dating Kristen Stewart?”

Darcy —

Nov 13, 2020

dinosaurs

film

I Watched the Wrong Lesbian Dinosaur Movie, But It Was Really Good

“Littlefoot, in true queer fashion, has a lot of mommy issues. (This, of course, is a common theme in other popular lesbian movies such as Carol and Frozen 2.)”

Heather Hogan —

Nov 13, 2020

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link roundup

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society + culture

Also.Also.Also: This One Goes Out to the Nerds Who Learned to Masturbate From Books!

The Squad is keeping it real about the fashion limitations of working class women of color in the halls of Congress, President Obama on not “abandoning the possibility of America,”…

Carmen Phillips —

Nov 12, 2020

2020 election

politics + activism

Our Time to Shyne: WeHo’s First Woman of Color Councilwoman, Sepi Shyne, as Interviewed by Her Wife

Sepi Shyne is the first out LGBTQ+ Iranian-American elected anywhere in the world, the first woman of color ever elected to the City Council and cements the first female majority…

Ashlei Shyne —

Nov 12, 2020

#blacklivesmatter

fatness

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society + culture

Wild, Fat, Queer and Black: How I Became Free In The Mountains And Never Left

If you have ever met a mountain, you know that can’t nobody really own a mountain because they are too majestic, too strong, too beautiful to be tamed or owned.…

shea wesley martin —

Nov 12, 2020

Asian American

chronic illness

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first person

The Angsty Buddhist: Chronic Pain & Trying Not To Be A White Yoga Lady

I’ve been told I should try to reclaim my ancestral healing practices, and this is something I would like to do. When I try to learn about Chinese things, it…

L —

Nov 12, 2020