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    October 14, 2011

    Drake Continues His Sensitive-Guy Act On "Make Me Proud"

    ​"Make Me Proud," the new Drake track that premiered on Funkmaster Flex's show last night, is virtually guaranteed to be a hit. It's a song about and for women, who have been a crucial part of the Canadian MC's fanbase since "Best I Ever Had." It's got a distinctive sound—clean, deep dru ... More >>

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    March 21, 2011

    The New Misandry: Man-Hating in 1972

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 12, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 41 The new misandry by Joanna Russ Gee, isn't it awful for women to hate men? Of course lots of men despise women, but that's different; woman-hating isn't serious -- at worst it's eccentric, at best s ... More >>

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    March 18, 2011

    Frederic Morton: How I Voted Bella

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 5, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 40 How I voted Bella by Frederic Morton A two months' absence from New York makes you feel, returning, like a virgin again. Again everything shocks. The litter on Broadway, the sooty moist fog rated "Acc ... More >>

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    November 5, 2010

    Trashing 'Trash' with Holly Woodlawn

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. December 10, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 50 Trashing 'Trash' with Holly Woodlawn By Arthur Bell The superstars surround David Susskind on the carpeted platform of the tv studio. The "Trash" contingent is there, all but Holly Woodlawn. Three min ... More >>

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    October 14, 2010

    1970: The Women's National Strike for Equality

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. September 3, 1970, Vol. XV, No. 36 Women on the March: 'We're a Movement Now!' By Mary Breasted ...There was no great unity of styles or goals in the Women's National Strike for Equality. There were the three basic demands: free abort ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 3, 2010

    The World Wife Carrying Championship Exists, Is Awesome

    ​Have you heard of this "sport" called wife carrying? Today was the World Championship. Apparently it is a thing! A man runs around carrying a woman, like cave-people, and they measure to see who can make Betty Friedan spin around in her grave fastest. In all super-seriousness, though, it's ju ... More >>

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    Horoscope

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    Forced Marches

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    May 27, 2003

    Moments of Beeing

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    Being Here

    The United States of Anxiety

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    April 17, 2001

    Girls, Uninterrupted

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    September 21, 1999

    The Fall of Man

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    September 7, 1999

    Portrait of the Activist as a Young Girl

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    August 24, 1999

    Union Jacked

    How DC 37 became America's most indicted municipal union

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    June 22, 1999

    Hostile Witness

    How DC 37 became America's most indicted municipal union

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    January 19, 1999

    Clinton's Message to Women

    'Clinton ripped [Jane Doe No. 5's] clothes and bit her lip'

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