“The Fetish of Staring at Iran’s Women”

“Ever since the hijab, a generic term for every Islamic modesty covering, became mandatory…

3 minutes of Neil deGrasse Tyson on race (and sneakily on intersectionality)

“How Stereotypes Explain Everything And Nothing At All”

“People tend to think that stereotypes are honest reflections of what they see in the world. But instead, they often shape how we see the world, how we metabolize the data in front of us. It’s confirmation bias: if people see a lot of…

“The spy-camera gyno is every woman’s worst nightmare – and a wake-up call”

“As “women’s medicine” became a more popular specialty, medical students often polished their skills, such as they were, on black women because it was distinctly improper to lift the skirts and peer…

“Why Ivy League Schools Are So Bad at Economic Diversity”

“There is no relationship between being intelligent and inheriting wealth. Therefore, the only logical explanation for the disproportionate abundance of wealthy people in elite colleges and universities is that these private institutions consistently overvalue the…

“The Surprising Lessons of the ‘Muslim Hipsters’ Backlash”

“The mixed reactions within the Muslim-American community excited me because it proved the idea that Muslims are not a monolith. But the criticisms made me realize I’d been naïve to think that the video could be a personal…

“The 7 Types of Modern American Bigots”

“Discrimination starts even before grad school, study finds”

“They found — overwhelmingly — that professors of all groups were more likely to respond to…

“Elif Shafak: The politics of fiction”

“Michelle Obama Jokes That ‘Women Are Smarter Than Men,’ Men Don’t Get It”

“The comment comes around the 2:00 mark, when she and Bush are discussing how…