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Sixteen Films to Inspire Discussions about Gender Equality

Sixteen Films to Inspire Discussions about Gender Equality

Finding yourself unexpectedly quarantined with a captive audience? Interested in seeding discussions about gender equality? Here is a…
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Peter Pruyn
Why Is SKY Castle So Popular?

Why Is SKY Castle So Popular?

From the award-winning K-drama Sky Castle to Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, these are why Koreans give us powerful narratives.
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Yong Yee Chong
Why Whoopi Goldberg Doesn’t Want Anyone to Complete Her

Why Whoopi Goldberg Doesn’t Want Anyone to Complete Her

She’s been married three times, but I think she is single at heart
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Bella DePaulo
The Double Standards of Single Life

The Double Standards of Single Life

What would happen if married people got the singles treatment?
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Bella DePaulo
Station Eleven

Station Eleven

After the apocalypse, what comfort can be found?
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Patsy Fergusson
Stories from the 1% in India: Women Who Stay Single for Life

Stories from the 1% in India: Women Who Stay Single for Life

What is it like to stay single for life in a place where 99% get married?
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Bella DePaulo
Men and Women Who Don’t Want Kids — and Get Judged for It

Men and Women Who Don’t Want Kids — and Get Judged for It

Not wanting kids: sometimes it’s complicated, and other times it really isn’t
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Bella DePaulo
No Spouse, No Kids, No Apologies

No Spouse, No Kids, No Apologies

Uncommon wisdom about staying single, not having kids, and the true meaning of selfishness, from Keturah Kendrick’s “No Thanks”
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Bella DePaulo
Watching Chekhov in Tehran

Watching Chekhov in Tehran

Outlining a Path for Women’s Liberation
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Rebecca Ruth Gould
SEVEN GREAT BOOKS OF 2020

SEVEN GREAT BOOKS OF 2020

Nary a business book, no self-help, not a single writing guidebook, not even a novel. Gee, whiz, Medium readers, can language do that?
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Evelyn Jean Pine
What We Gain When We Stop Obsessing About Romantic Partners

What We Gain When We Stop Obsessing About Romantic Partners

Briallen Hopper stands up for the people who get way less love than they deserve
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Bella DePaulo
‘There’s more future in the past than there is in the future’

‘There’s more future in the past than there is in the future’

Reviews on “Trumpet” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7”
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Rashmee Roshan Lall
Spinsters: That’s Who We Are and We Own It

Spinsters: That’s Who We Are and We Own It

Don’t try to shame contemporary single women. We’re not apologizing.
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Bella DePaulo
Single, Female, and Accomplished: What That’s Like in China

Single, Female, and Accomplished: What That’s Like in China

They are educated and remarkably successful, but they get called “leftover women”
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Bella DePaulo
Therapist Jennifer L. Taitz on Living Your Best Single Life

Therapist Jennifer L. Taitz on Living Your Best Single Life

I already know how to be happily single, but I still loved what she had to say
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Bella DePaulo
The Hunt for New Writers Continues

The Hunt for New Writers Continues

And in many cases, pays off bigly (gotta give him that one; fun word!)
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Patsy Fergusson
Book Club Pick: A Burning

Book Club Pick: A Burning

I finished this novel by Megha Majumdar in two nights
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Patsy Fergusson
Convenience Store Woman

Convenience Store Woman

Am I conveniently being the person everyone wants me to be?
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Yong Yee Chong
Breasts and Eggs

Breasts and Eggs

The voice of Mieko Kawakami pierces through the reproduction of gender norms
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Yong Yee Chong
What to Read in Quarantine

What to Read in Quarantine

Get the audio file of The Water Dancer
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Patsy Fergusson
Where’s Medium’s A&E Pub?

Where’s Medium’s A&E Pub?

I want to read about books and movies here
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Patsy Fergusson
I Read “The Apology” So You Don’t Have To

I Read “The Apology” So You Don’t Have To

Eve Ensler’s new book is horrific and profound
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Patsy Fergusson
Why a Trauma Therapist Recommends Chessy Prout’s Story

Why a Trauma Therapist Recommends Chessy Prout’s Story

Empowerment + Connection → Recovery from Sexual Assault
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Peter Pruyn
Best Sci Fi Books for Women: Top 20 classic and current must-reads

Best Sci Fi Books for Women: Top 20 classic and current must-reads

By Zoe Assaf
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Fourth Wave Editors
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