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5 New Mysteries By Women That Will Spook You This Halloween Season
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(Books)
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... al fiction, and now, mystery. Branded as Rear Window meets Get Out, Cole tackles gentrification in her latest, When No One is Watching. Sydney Green’s Brooklyn neighborhood is changing, and not for the bett ...
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Created on 23 October 2020
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The Women's Prize Excludes Akwaeke Emezi With Transphobic Requirements
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(Books)
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Akwaeke Emezi made history when their debut novel, Freshwater, was nominated for the Women’s Prize for Fiction in 2019. The 33-year-old is also a video artist and essayist. They received critical acclaim ...
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Created on 05 October 2020
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"The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue" Is The Time Travel Novel We All Need To Escape Reality Right Now
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(Books)
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... ends, and what not even a curse can erase. These themes make this fairy tale of sorts as relatable as any other piece of contemporary fiction. (4/5)
By Molly Horan
THE INVISIBLE LIFE OF ADDIE LARUE ...
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Created on 05 October 2020
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Week Of Women: BLACKPINK, Emily in Paris, Save Yourselves!
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(Entertainment)
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... nonfiction, and historical fiction in Witch Hunt, a story about witch hunts throughout history and how the archetype of the witch has changed over time. Out now.
Earthlings: A Novel by Sayaka Murata ...
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Created on 01 October 2020
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Beverly Glenn-Copeland's "Transmissions" Is Perfect For Both Lifelong Fans And Newcomers
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(Music)
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... a 16-year hiatus, he released his cult classic masterpiece Keyboard Fantasies—a verdant, transcendental opus that combines nature, spirituality, and science-fiction with a Roland TR-707 drum machine and ...
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Created on 24 September 2020
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What's The Deal With "Cuties"
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(Movies)
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... ed with white men’s opinions on the fictional narrative of a preteen girl and I’m not thrilled by it.
If anything, Cuties shows how refusing to talk to young girls about sex, the dangers of social med ...
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Created on 23 September 2020
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Gender Kills: CA Wildfire Due to a Gender Reveal Mishap Reveals the Urgency of Giving Indigenous People Land Rights
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(Living)
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... who lived there for centuries knew what the fuck they were talking about? Imagine that.
— Alex Barry (@AFictionalGuy) August 24, 2020
Bill Tripp the director of natural resources and environmenta ...
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Created on 22 September 2020
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Lisa Jewell's "Invisible Girl" Is a Compelling, Dark, and Sharp Exploration of Toxic Masculinity
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(Books)
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Toxic masculinity takes center stage in Lisa Jewell’s latest domestic thriller, Invisible Girl. Driving the narrative are three very different individuals: Saffyre, Cate, and Owen. Saffyre is a 17-year-old ...
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Created on 21 September 2020
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Set Your Spooktober Off Right With These Queer And Women-Centered Virtual Literary Events
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(Books)
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... r publications. Sarah Gerard is a writer of fiction and nonfiction. She has written popular essay collection Sunshine State (Harper Perennial, 2017) and novels Binary Star (2015) and True Love (2020). Cli ...
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Created on 16 September 2020
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Week Of Women: SZA, Janelle Monáe, Caitlin Moran
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(Entertainment)
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Need a fresh book, song, or movie recommendation? This week, there's something for everyone. Read on for our picks, including new music by mxmtoon and Carly Rae Jepsen, a new biopic, and some nonfictio ...
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Created on 10 September 2020
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Comedian And Writer Greg Mania Unpacks His New Memoir, “Born To Be Public”: BUST Interview
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(Books)
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... symptoms has been something that I have found very helpful.
I grew up loving memoir and nonfiction because of exactly what you’re saying in this idea of putting a name to something previously unnamed. ...
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Created on 28 August 2020
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The “Reclaim Her Name” Project is Republishing 25 Books You Didn’t Know Were Written by Women
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(Books)
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... laureate, Robert Southey. This is a tactic that women novelists are still using today.
However, this year, the Women’s Prize for Fiction has teamed up with the Baileys to make these hidden literary ...
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Created on 13 August 2020
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13.
A Tampon Commercial Was Pulled From The Air (For A Ridiculous Reason)
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(Feminism)
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... and came to the conclusion that 42 percent of tampon users were not inserting it correctly. The number jumps higher to 58 percent in the age bracket of 18- to 24-year-olds.
The ad features a fictional ...
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Created on 13 August 2020
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Lilly Wachowski Confirms "The Matrix" Was Meant to be Trans Allegory, Character Switch Was Trans
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(Entertainment)
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... ovies saved my life,' because when you talk about transformation, specifically in the world of science fiction, which is just about imagination and world-building. The idea of the seemingly impossible becomi ...
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Created on 10 August 2020
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Curtis Sittenfeld's "Rodham" Introduces Readers To A Brand-New Hillary Clinton
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(Books)
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... that—what if she hadn’t married him in the first place? Rodham begins as a fictionalized biography. Hillary graduates from Wellesley, heads to law school, and finds herself in a passionate relationship ...
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Created on 06 August 2020
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“The Bold Type’s” Aisha Dee Speaks Out on Show’s Diversity Issues Behind the Camera and New Season’s Problematic Narrative
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(Entertainment)
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... romantic relationships and career paths at the fictional Scarlet Magazine. As a biracial woman, Dee was also very open with her experiences growing up in Australia, “in very white, very conservative spaces”. ...
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Created on 17 July 2020
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17.
Book Besties Ann Friedman and Aminatou Sow Reveal 6 Titles They’ve Shared Throughout Their Friendship
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(Books)
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Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado
Ann sent this to book to Aminatou because it was the perfect blend of horror, science fiction, and fairy tales, and she knew Aminatou would ...
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Created on 15 July 2020
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Liana Liberato Talks Horror, Women Serial Killers, and "The Beach House": BUST Interview
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(Movies)
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... pigeon-holed into this one crime of passion place, and so I feel like—whether it was fiction or nonfiction—it would be really cool to play a female serial killer. The Beach House is streaming now on ...
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Created on 13 July 2020
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Aisha Dee Of “The Bold Type” Talks The Power of Female Friendships And Her New EP: BUST Interview
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(Entertainment)
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... topics that affect all women. Kat is the head of the Social Media department for the fictional Scarlet Magazine and is a bold young woman who is always outspoken against injustice. Throughout the course ...
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Created on 13 July 2020
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We Know The Schuyler Sisters — Now, Meet The Other Real-Life Women Behind "Hamilton"
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(Movies)
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The family and I watched Hamilton last night, and today I can’t stop thinking about Sally Hemmings. What are your book recommendations for reading about Hemmings—biography or historical fiction?
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Created on 10 July 2020
