I keep seeing these posters when I'm waiting for the subway. And I keep being tempted to write on them: "Totally unrealistic standards of beauty....
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As I stood at the checkout counter of my local Fairway supermarket today, I made two very important discoveries. The first is that Fairway carries...
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In last Friday’s Times, a member of the Middlebury class of 2012, an eighteen-year-old rising sophomore, wrote about her struggle with anorexia...
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A few days ago, during a job interview, I had a question thrown at me that I’ve come to dread answering in many circles. What, my potential boss...
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Yesterday, I wrote about how to combat the unpleasant trend of using the term “rape” to describe a particularly bad experience. I argued...
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“I was forced to watch High School Musical 2 last night,” my friend Will told me this afternoon as we sat in the theatre together, waiting...
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Today, Friday, is the final day of the G8 Summit in L’Aquila, Italy. On the agenda for the high-profile annual gathering were a number of...
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There are some stories that are so heartbreaking, so horrifying, that it’s difficult to know how to even begin telling them. The story of Marwa...
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