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What we missed

By Samhita | Published: May 8, 2012
The great children’s book author Maurice Sendak has passed away at 83. Here is a great clip of him doing an interview with Stephen Colbert (must watch). And a video of Obama reading Where the Wild Things Are to a group of children at the White House. His stuff mattered. A great piece from Jessica on [...]
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What we missed

By Samhita | Published: April 30, 2012
Stephen King says he’ll pay more in taxes and other rich people should too. Dan Savage learned that fighting facts with fiction, or rather, highlighting Christian hypocrisy, makes you a bully. In light of VAWA reauthorization–let’s not forget the role the economy has on domestic violence rates. On the relationship of homophobia and being gay. [...]
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What We Missed

By Jos | Published: April 27, 2012
A complete guide to hipster racism. aka racism. Definitely a form of racism I need to work to unlearn. (Also, this is not actually a complete guide, but an introduction to some of the more obvious examples of a problem people of color have been calling out for a while.) Amanda Hess on building alternatives [...]
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What We Missed

By Jos | Published: April 25, 2012
Four African men school us about Hollywood stereotypes. On Maryland’s approach to trying to prevent domestic homicide. Newt Gingrich is dropping out of the presidential race. Wait, he was still running?
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What we missed

By Samhita | Published: April 23, 2012
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality of HHS has a new report out highlighting significant disparities in access to healthcare for trans people. The study writes, “Too often, policymakers, service providers, the media, and society at large have dismissed or discounted the needs of transgender and gender non-conforming people in their communities, and a paucity [...]
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