She was a Mormon homemaker who just wanted to take part in the economic world. Then…
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I Was a Teen Troll Against Incels on 4Chan
If you had asked the average person what an online troll or 4chan user in 2012…
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Unlearning Toxic Taboos With Carmen Electra’s Stripper Workout Video
In the teen movies of the 2000s, the kids always seemed to be drinking at house…
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Stress Balls Are a Sign of Our Overworked Culture
The predominant tack of mainstream work culture has been to offload as many responsibilities as possible…
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‘MasterChef Junior’ Is a Cooking Show About Generational Wealth
I’ve loved shitty TV since I was in elementary school. As a kid growing up in…
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I Became a ‘Closeted Socialist’ After My Family Fled Communism
It is 2007 and I am 10 years old when my father takes me to an…
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When I Realized ‘Showgirls’ Was a Work of High Art
I still don’t entirely understand the brief teenage phase I had in the mid-1990s, seeking out…
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When Network TV Censored ‘Do the Right Thing’
During every uprising, there are these questions raised about its value; a version of the shouting…
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How I Got Radicalized: When ‘ER’s’ Dramatic Health Insurance Battles Became My Reality
When I was nine years old, I was riding a horse in my suburban town’s Fourth…
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How I Got Radicalized: When I Realized I Couldn’t Afford to Live In a Haunted House
It was the Summer of Covid and my partner and I decided the timing was perfect…
Continue ReadingWhen Niurka Marcos Ruled the Spanish-Language Tabloids
“Baby, let me tell you, the most mind-blowing sex I’ve ever had is with myself,” sneers…
Continue ReadingWhen Lucy Liu Used a Riding Crop to Seize the Means of Production
For an East Asian American girl of a certain age, there is everyone else, and then…
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