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Your Oxford Comments
.@emmaogreen I'm a major fan of the #OxfordComma too. Here is a bus stop ad from NZ.https…
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When Teaching Girls Karate Doesn’t Stop Sexual Assault
An earlier reader, who anonymously shared her story, pushes back on the suggestion that karate could offer a solution for…
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Talking to Teenagers About Sexual Assault
In response to our callout, several parents of teenage boys wrote in, sharing their experiences—and offering their best advice for…
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The Big Stories This Week: The Orlando Shooting, The Death of Jo Cox, and More
The Orlando Shooting A shooting at Pulse, a gay nightclub in Orlando, Fla., left 49 dead—making it (arguably…
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Teaching Kids Consent
The Stanford case left many feeling horrified—not least among them parents, who struggled to grasp the reality of “that could’ve…
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Talking to Your Kids About Rape as a Survivor
An anonymous reader shares her story: I was raped while I was in college, so I'm 1…
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The Big Stories This Week: Clinton Becomes the Presumptive Nominee, the Stanford Rape Case, and More
It’s Her Party “Hillary Clinton’s victory in the Democratic presidential primary may have been inevitable, but damned if…
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Orbital View: Oceans Edition
It’s World Oceans Day, giving the astronauts circling above us (or those back here on planet Earth) the perfect opportunity…
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‘Welcome to Brand Iceland’
Ahh those lights. @thisisiceland @Icelandair #AuroraBorealis #mystopover @nature @CanonUKandIE @Sigma_Photo pic.twitter.com/PTIKXSIUPm — Blake Parker (@Bparkerphoto_…
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The Big Stories This Week: Dog Days of Summer, ‘Internet’ Gets Lowercased, and More
I, Internet So long, Internet. Several publications and news outlets—ourselves included—moved away from the word’s uppercase styling. “Now…
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It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Bernie Sanders
Our readers, like us, are disappointed to learn that Bernie Sanders will not be skydiving into his rally in California…
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Discussing the Gender Politics of Legos
Last week, Adrienne explored recent efforts by toy giant Lego to reach young girls. For example: In…
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Female Atlantic Writers From the '70s
See ya later, ‘60s. We’re on the next stop of our tour of nonfiction pieces by female authors in our…
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The Big Stories This Week: Obama in Hiroshima, Lego Debates, and More
The Politics of Saying Sorry This week, Obama visited Hiroshima—the Japanese city on which the U.S. launched…
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'They Loudly Announced My Prowess'
High-heel haters gonna hate. But below are a few (more) pro-heels arguments from readers. I love this one from Allyssa…
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Can School Dress Codes Help Curb Gang Violence?
I want to follow up on something that jumped out at me from our collection of dress code rules: the…
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Looking Back at Amnesty Under Reagan
Our video team recently posted a short documentary featuring the story of Marisol Conde-Hernandez, an undocumented immigrant currently studying at…
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The Big Stories This Week: Trump Psychology, the Worst Congress Ever, and More
“A Psychological Portrait of the Man” What drives the Donald? Our latest magazine cover story offers a look…
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Does Facebook Need to Be Fair?
In this video, Rob outlines all the ways Facebook *could* rig an election. Among them: manipulating the newsfeed algorithm, blacklisting…
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The High-Heel Haters
Many emails are coming in from my reader callout tied to Megan’s feature on the future of high heels, “Arch…
