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Two Stories
Two stories with a few things in common. Namely, women + captivity + the Arab Spring. image: http://www.thestranger.com The Stranger has an interview with Dorothy Parvaz, an American/ Canadian/Iranian...
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I Met a Republican
Last night, I was out for a co-worker’s birthday party, and I got to talking with an acquaintance I’ll call Nate. Thanks to the bar TVs playing CNN instead of the Bulls and a handful of beers, we...
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Sunday Scraps 57
1. GEOGRAPHY: Lovely essay by Ciara Flynn at Thought Catalog about the lure of a geographic change when you’re looking to jumpstart your life. 2. CULTURE: Should you check your email? Here’s a...
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Guest Post: “Do good journalists report the news or do they make fun of others?”
It’s been a week of awesome guests here at Rosie Says. Ryan on the Slaughter work-life balance article, Alex’ international edition of So What Do You Do Exactly, and now frequent guest-poster Sara on...
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Sunday Scraps 100
1. GAYS: In the 2010 census, one county in the US reported 0 gay people. None. Zilch. Nada. Explore Franklin County with CNN and find out if the census is true. Hint: Doubtful. 2. SCOTUS: A little...
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Sunday Scraps 107
1. GENDER: Dude writes for Quartz about adding a Mr. to his gender-neutral name and suddenly having doors open. Kind of a duh piece, but reassuring nonetheless. 2. BOOKS: Highly useful and equally...
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Complicated Feelings about Tourism, Harassment, Gender, Other Buzzwords
I have been thinking about this essay [trigger warning] about a white woman traveling in India a lot. Have you read it yet? It’s making the rounds, but because I share her alma mater, it’s been...
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Talkin’ Harassment & India on the Radio
Yesterday morning I joined Molly Adams, Brian Babylon, and Siri Bulusu on Vocalo’s morning program to discuss last week’s brouhaha about the CNN iReport article on India and harassment culture....
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Obesity is a problem, yes, so is body-shaming.
This week for Role/Reboot I wrote about Maria Kang (aka “What’s Your Excuse?” fitness mom), this phenomenal piece by a Karen Hitchcock, “Fat City,” and the challenge of holding two seemingly competing...
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