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1. SPORTS: If, a week ago, you had asked me whether college athletes should be paid, I would have said hell to the no. Then I read this incredibly long but amazing piece from The Atlantic and did a...
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Why “No Means No” Is Too Low a Bar
The Good Men Project is doing a package on sexual assault and rape this week. Let’s all knock on some wood that I can’t contribute to this conversation with personal anecdotes. Does that mean I stayed...
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Sunday Scraps 31
1. STEVE: There are a ton of great profiles this week of Steve Jobs. Rather than read those, spend 15 minutes listening to his 2005 commencement speech to Stanford University. 2. FEMINISM: This is the...
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Priorities?
Pretty much sums up my feelings about Penn State right now: I didn’t used to have a poor impression of Penn State. I know some pretty cool people that went there, and I’m perfectly confident that there...
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Identify Your Ick Factor
Is your “ick factor” keeping you from advancing in your job? Do you disgust people on a regular basis? Have you noticed that your colleagues involuntarily shudder when you walk by? Does everybody avoid...
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Oh, for the love of education
Meet Virginia Foxx. Sadly, I couldn’t find a porn star who shared her name, and trust me, I looked. Come on, internet, help a sister out! Congresswoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) Virginia Foxx is a...
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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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So What Do You Do Exactly? Think Tank Edition
Hearty welcome to Michaela, today’s interviewee in the ongoing jobs series, So What Do You Do Exactly? Michaela works at a think tank in D.C., doing think-tanky things. Actually, a big portion of this...
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Perfect Storm: Versailles, Tiny House, Concord and DeLillo
If I’m not careful, this post will come off as nothing more than a fawning review of Lauren Greenfield’s new documentary The Queen of Versailles. For you Chicagoans, it’s at The Music Box and you...
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On XOJane today
Hey y’all, happy pre-Thanksgiving! Are your offices quiet? Are your thoughts on pie and next-day turkey sandwiches? Are you dreading obnoxious relatives or looking forward to the rare chance to play...
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