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The Longer the Race, the Smaller the Gender Gap

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The Longer the Race, the Smaller the Gender Gap. Studies show that women have greater potential the longer the distance. So why do we see that the longer the distance, the fewer amount of women competing? In 2007, Paula Radcliffe won the New York City Marathon less than ten months after giving birth. Competitor.com’s “. 8221; says that the physical advantages women have over men kick in when an event is “. 8220;women might compete against men most successfully in events lasting several hours, where overh...

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The White Man March: Does the White Male Need a Movement?

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The White Man March: Does the White Male Need a Movement? Fearing repercussions from public assembly, through fringe forums and crudely constructed websites, white male nationalists organized the first of a series of “White Man Marches” on March 15 in major cities across the country. Called “of course” a success by organizer Kyle Hunt, a handful of white men picketed and attracted major news sources-largely for satiric fodder. Overall, the public reaction was belittling. 8217; or an advocacy group for pe...

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Watching Friends Recover From Addiction on Facebook

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Watching Friends Recover From Addiction on Facebook. Social media can be a support system for people struggling to give up heroin—and a window into what the drug has cost them. See my latest at The Atlantic. Transgender Models are Rocking High Fashion, but is that Good for Girls? Warning: Graphic. Instagram's Secret Society of Suicidal Teenagers. Krista Heflin, the YouTube Star Who is Calling for Female Domination. Lena Dunham Admits Sexual Advances Toward Her Younger Sister, and the World Oddly Shrugs.

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Krista Heflin, the YouTube Star Who is Calling for Female Domination

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Krista Heflin, the YouTube Star Who is Calling for Female Domination. Krista Heflin is a blonde, Southern college student; she drinks Keystone Light, oozes over cats and laughs at her own jokes. In her red and zebra print bedroom, she talks candidly about her high school friends and busy college schedule. And how she wants to systematically decrease the population of men to. Krista Heflin. Screenshot from YouTube.com/FemitheistDivine. It’s Not Personal. It’s true: the. US Department of Justice. Today, sh...

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Warning: Graphic. Instagram's Secret Society of Suicidal Teenagers

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Warning: Graphic. Instagram's Secret Society of Suicidal Teenagers. There are hordes of teenage girls posting photos of their arms and thighs shredded and maimed on Instagram, marketing them with a paragraph of hashtags like #selfhate, #selfharm and #suicidal. There are over one million posts with the hashtags #suicide, #suicidal and #suicidalthoughts-each. Most users in this self-harm "community" tag their photos with variations of the hashtag #secretsociety123, which alone has around. On that website,".

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Redheads are (Sheepishly) Organizing a Civil Rights Movement

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Redheads are (Sheepishly) Organizing a Civil Rights Movement. Redheads are starting a movement to combat the everyday discrimination they face. But instead of a shot heard round the world, their revolution is starting out with a giggle. A shot from the REDHOT exhibition at the BOSI gallery in NYC. Thomas Knights. Now, with movements raising awareness of the blatant discrimination of redheads, "gingers" are, if sheepishly, starting to stand up for themselves. 8220;They do have a place in society. The red ...

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New Cab Service for, by Women Stalling Because of Lack of Female Drivers

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New Cab Service for, by Women Stalling Because of Lack of Female Drivers. Scary cab driver. Photo Credit. 8220;You know I can give you a ride for free if you want…” he started suggestively, looking me straight in the eye. I froze. We were driving down back streets to avoid tolls, and I didn’t know the area. 8220;I’ll even pick you up the day you come back. I’ll be at the terminal waiting for you. Come on, I have girls do it all the time.". Why was I so naive to be talking so candidly with this man? Accor...

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Transgender Models are Rocking High Fashion, but is that Good for Girls?

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Transgender Models are Rocking High Fashion, but is that Good for Girls? Andrej Pejic, male. Photo from DailyMail.co.uk. Last October, male model Shane Lapper made national news when he came out as transgender and switched to modeling as. A woman. This January, Barneys unveiled its. Featuring 17 transgender models. In February, Elite Model. Rn a boy, got over 50,000 signatures on a Change.org. To Victoria's Secret to have her be the first transgender Angel. When there is an. Rachel Levine, Chief of the D...

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The UK is Putting Women at the Forefront of the Fight Against Religious Extremism

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The UK is Putting Women at the Forefront of the Fight Against Religious Extremism. The United Kingdom has been in the center of controversy surrounding the spread of Islam in Europe for decades: from the Salman Rushdie affair to Malala Yousafzai’s tragedy, the country has at once fostered dissidents of Islamic nations and at the same time absorbed. Massive swaths of immigration. And at a time when Islamic extremism is rife, the UK has turned to women to help combat violent ideologies. At the end of the d...

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Lena Dunham Admits Sexual Advances Toward Her Younger Sister, and the World Oddly Shrugs

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Lena Dunham Admits Sexual Advances Toward Her Younger Sister, and the World Oddly Shrugs. In her new book. Not That Kind of Girl. Lena Dunham wrote about being sexually curious about her younger sister, but when “right-wingers” pointed it out, she accused them of “twisting [her] words.” And in an affront to the movement to open the conversation about female sexuality that Dunham herself spearheads, all feminist media has remained quiet. Lena and Grace Dunham. Photo Credit. The innocent white girl? Grace ...