Culture

Daenerys Targaryen: A Cautionary Tale for Feminists 1
- Culture
- May 14, 2019
This article contains spoilers for Game of Thrones Season Eight. Hands up if you’ve ever encountered some variant of the phrase “Yass, Queen! Slay!” “Slaying,” a term usually applied to bold, powerful, unapologetically ambitious feminist icons like Beyoncé and Rihanna, describes the activities of an independent woman who takes what she wants in life no
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‘Trans’ Four-Year-Old: Sacrifice of the Innocent?0
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- May 14, 2019
The High Court of the United Kingdom has decreed that social services cannot remove a four-year-old boy who identifies as a girl from a couple who have let “him” transition after sending the child to school in a girl’s uniform. The unnamed council had argued that the anonymous couple had “acted in a precipitate manner in relation
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The Cost of Female Empowerment 0
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- May 14, 2019
The 2018 election achieved the height of female empowerment as women of all backgrounds gained seats in the nation’s legislatures. Young mothers made up a sizeable chunk of this group. In the U.S. Congress, the number of young moms “nearly doubled” with the influx of the new recruits. But Congress isn’t the only governing body
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Friends Don’t Let Friends Marry the Wrong Person 0
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- May 13, 2019
In recent weeks, royal media coverage has focused on the birth of baby Archie Harrison, son of Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex. That means the British tabloids are taking a short break from their other favorite topic: the alleged feud between Prince Harry and his older brother Prince William. If the tabloids are
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Are Yoga and Mindfulness in Schools Religious?0
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- May 13, 2019
The number of U.S. children age four to 17 practicing yoga rose from 2.3 percent to 8.4 percent — or from 1.3 million to 4.9 million — between 2007 and 2017, federal data show. The number of children meditating rose to 3.1 million during the same period. The rise is due in part to more yoga
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Playing With Fire: Are We Witnessing the Death of Europe?0
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- May 13, 2019
In the wake of the fire at Notre Dame cathedral, some online commentators speculated that arsonists might have sparked the blaze, hinting at Islamists or radical secularists. Others immediately launched a furious counterattack, accusing these writers of religious bigotry and racism by their rush to judgment. To a point, I would agree with these critics.
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