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people of color

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Spike Lee Goes Off at Sundance

“They know nothing about black people…and they’re going to give me notes about what a 13 year-old boy and girl are doing in Red Hook? Fuck no!”

Brittani —

Jan 26, 2012

lesbians they didn't teach you about in history class

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lgbt history

Jeanne Baret Did It Like a Dude

Laura’s Team Pick: How the first woman to sail around the world did it as a man.

Laura —

Jan 26, 2012

feminism

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book features

Who Runs the Literary World? These Girls!

Rachel’s Team Pick: Trying to make a list of only 10 badass women writers is really hard.

Rachel —

Jan 24, 2012

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comedy

“How to Write Like a Funny Woman” Says Be Present, Make Strong Choices

Lizz’s Team Pick: Tip #2: Play to the top of your intelligence. “I am trying to write a book. The book begins with me as a college student, a nineteen-year-old…

Lizz —

Jan 23, 2012

notebooks

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school

Muji: Look at This F*cking Notebook

Go ahead girl, put yo poetry in it.

phoenix —

Jan 23, 2012

immigrant

race

politics + activism

“I Am UndocuQueer” Shares the Stories of Undocumented Queers, Wants to Hear Yours

Comic book style drawings of queers and quotes in curvy font provide a face and a narrative for queers who live under governments trying to squash their rights, build fences…

gabby —

Jan 21, 2012

photography

racism

lgbt history

The Loving Story: New Look at Couple Who Challenged Law Against Interracial Marriage, Won

Photographs from a new exhibition on Mildred and Richard Loving, who fought for their right to live as a married couple in Virginia despite being of different races and henceforth…

Riese —

Jan 20, 2012

body image

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