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Photo Credit Illustration by John Whitlock, Photographs From Getty Images SO far the gender revolution has been a one-sided effort. Women have entered previously male precincts of economic and political life, and for the most part they have succeeded. They can lead companies, fly fighter jets, even run for president. But along the way something…
“These girls have to deal with men in their lives every day…they don’t listen to them, they don’t even ask them what they want. All we have to do is ask them what they want. And when they tell you, it’s a beautiful thing, man. We’re like healers or something.” — Donald Glover in Magic Mike XXL There’s…
Source: Social Consciousness “I think I do it to distract myself.” I was telling a friend about my newly acquired habit of picking the split ends from my waist-length hair. “From what?” “Anger.” I thought about it. “I’m angry all the time.” “With who?” My eyes darted around the room. I was scared to admit…
This essay, which is featured in our forthcoming Winter issue, was originally given as a lecture during the 2015 Tin House Summer Writers’ Workshop. It was met with enthusiastic applause. Some Exposition fff Until recently I was a professor at a private liberal arts university in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, a little town located at the exact point…
Time for your weekly edition of the Deadspin Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. Today, we’re covering farting, pizza, golf, TV decades, and more. Your letters: Phil: I saw a proud parent post a picture of their child on Facebook the other day with no shirt on (female child). This made me…
By Susannah Hutcheson, Regular ContributorNovember 21, 2015 image via epykliving.co.uz Dear you, Yes, I’m talking to you. You with the crazy-curly hair, you with the bump on your nose, you with the legs scattered with marks from running around outside like crazy when you were a kid. I’m talking to you with the 4.0 GPA,…
Dancer Piotr Stanczk in The Winter’s Tale. Photo by Karolina Kuras. The recent opening of The Winter’s Tale at the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto was preceded by an announcement that the performance would be dedicated to the victims of the Paris attacks, which had occurred just one night before. The National…
Learning how to act like a lady online is hard. Revealing swimsuits and underwear are okay, unless you happen to be plus-sized. Breastfeeding wasn’t okay to show, but now it is. Body hair is acceptable for men, but not so much for women. Even if you’re fully clothed, you could still be censored if it’s…
Sean Rad, the 29-year-old co-founder and CEO of Tinder, wants me to believe he’s a “romantic”, who is “ready to settle down” and have “lots of children”. In fact, the last woman he shared a bedroom with was his mother, Fariba, when he took her to Rome recently — although he nearly fled after seeing all her…
Back in college, while my friends mostly held down jobs in retail, worked at restaurants, or picked up random gigs through temp agencies, I worked as a nanny. And while a lot of those friends hated their jobs, I was kind of obsessed with mine. I spent my days and evenings with two fiercely smart,…