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Am I saying this to push the envelope, or would I want to say it even if it were socially acceptable to talk about?

— Suzannah Weiss, Is It Sex Positive or Inappropriate? 10 Questions to Help You Tell the Difference

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— Emilia Petrarca, Why Meghan Markle’s Wedding Dress Was Such a Powerful Statement

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So far in 2018, a member of the military has been about 40 times as likely to be killed as someone is to die in a school shooting, including Keller’s revised figures.

— Philip Bump, 2018 has been deadlier for schoolchildren than service members

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— Tiffany Haddish, Tiffany Haddish Opens Up About The Real Reason She's Funny & How She Got Here

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We may choose a different path on how we get there, which Sex and the City normalized for many, but ultimately, many of us want to end up in the comfort of familiarity.

— Rory Riley Topping, The Evolution of Sex and the City

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— Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone In The Dark

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50 Paulo Coelho Quotes That Will Soothe Your Aching Soul

24 'Stranger Things' Quotes To Help Hold You Over Until The Second Season

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i'm still mourning every word unspoken since the last time you told me you loved me.

— Natalia Vela, It's As Simple As That

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— Lily Herman, Teen Dating Violence Is an Indicator of Gun Violence

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All honor to the noble women that have devoted earnest lives to the intellectual needs of mankind!

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— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, The Woman's Bible: A Classic Feminist Perspective

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— Chino Moreno, Back To School Song Meaning

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— Kanye West, Ye vs. the People

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— Salman Rushdie, Joseph Anton: A Memoir

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— Salman Rushdie, Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002 (Modern Library Paperbacks)

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— Baron de Montesquieu, Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

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— Chinua Achebe, The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart; Arrow of God; No Longer at Ease (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

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— Harling Ross, 5 Flight Attendants Share Their Wildest Stories

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— Robert Cormack, Do Women Expect Too Much Of Men?

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— Dr. Allison Niebes-Davis, 5 Tips from a Psychologist for Dealing with Anxiety

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— The Rumpus, What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Feminism

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— Rainesford Stauffer, Why I Don’t Acknowledge My Relationships on Social Media

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— Stephanie Layser, Overheard At LUMA: Relevant Pubs Will Win, Everyone Else Will Fail | AdExchanger

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— Elsie Larson, Some Advice That Every 24-Year-Old Needs To Hear

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— Caspar Salmon, This Is Not a Review of Lars Von Trier's Repulsive 'The House That Jack Built'

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— P.T. Barnum, P. T. Barnum - The Art of Money Getting, or Golden Rules for Making Money

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— Bret Easton Ellis, Glamorama (Vintage Contemporaries)

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— James Joyce, Ulysses (Shine Classics)

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— Martin Amis, Night Train

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— Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction

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— Ezra Pound, And The Day Are Not Long Enough

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— Kevin Roose, The Entire Economy Is MoviePass Now. Enjoy It While You Can.

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— Ashy Lungs, Sunset Poem

— Moira Donegan, Just So We're Clear, Trump Is Fucking Racist

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— Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff), Billions, Season 3: All the Wilburys

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— Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium Series)

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— Ally Condie, Matched

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— Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense

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— Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

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— Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (Penguin Classics)

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— Sarah Dessen, Someone Like You

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— Lynn Paramore and Peter Temin, America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People

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— Arwen Downs, 10 Things My Ex-Boyfriend Explained to Me When I Forgot That He is a “Woke” Cisgender White Male Who Has Definitely Checked His Privilege

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— Clive Thompson, The Vehicle of the Future Has Two Wheels, Handlebars, and Is a Bike

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— Heather Havrilesky, I Can’t Stop Being Angry at My Boyfriend for Moving Away

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— Emma Sarran Webster, Researchers Just Revealed 2 Hidden Pages From Anne Frank’s Diary

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— Friedrich Schiller, The Robbers and Wallenstein (Penguin Classics)

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— Friedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man

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— Dave Matthews, The Jam-Band Hero Dave Matthews On His New Album, His Fans, And His Own Self-Doubt

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— Beyoncé, Best Thing I Never Had (4)

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— Ann Landers, Wake Up and Smell the Coffee!:: Advice, Wisdom, and Uncommon Good Sense

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— Isaac Marion, Warm Bodies: A Novel (The Warm Bodies Series)

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— Maddy Washburn, Photoshoot Ideas - The H Hub

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— Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), Parks and Recreation, Season 3: Go Big or Go Home

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— Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), Parks and Recreation, Season 2: Kaboom

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— Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), Parks and Recreation, Season 5: Article Two

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— Ron Swanson (Nick Offerman), Parks and Recreation, Season 4: Bowling for Votes

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— Evan Osnos, Trump vs. the “Deep State”

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— Unknown, Peace in the Face of Loss

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— Brianna Wiest, Thought Catalog

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— Emma Court, ‘Love Stories of Tumblr’: How the Entire Internet Became a Dating Site

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— Erica Louise Shugart, A World Where Women Are Turned On — A Case For Female Pleasure

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— John Paul Brammer, Nico Tortorella Gets All Dragged Up and Talks Gender Fluidity in 'Drag Me'

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— Stephen Kyeyune, The Legacy of a Hero; Life Lived from the Christian Prospective: Tribute to the Late Dr. Lwanga

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— Stuart Clark, The universe lines up along the ‘axis of evil’. Coincidence?

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— Brianna Wiest, If You Want To Master Your Life, Learn To Organize Your Feelings

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— Suzannah Weiss, Is It Sex Positive or Inappropriate? 10 Questions to Help You Tell the Difference

— Emilia Petrarca, Why Meghan Markle’s Wedding Dress Was Such a Powerful Statement

— Alison Green, My Boss Got Fired And Won't Leave Me Alone

— Nora Taylor, I Tried to Get Sexy in Time for Rihanna's Savage X Fenty Launch

— Christopher Bonanos, Secrets of the Deep

Today's Links

— Philip Bump, 2018 has been deadlier for schoolchildren than service members

— Tiffany Haddish, Tiffany Haddish Opens Up About The Real Reason She's Funny & How She Got Here

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— Rory Riley Topping, The Evolution of Sex and the City

— Michelle McNamara, I'll Be Gone In The Dark

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50 Paulo Coelho Quotes That Will Soothe Your Aching Soul

24 'Stranger Things' Quotes To Help Hold You Over Until The Second Season

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107 Of The Greatest Single Sentences In Literature

18 Grey's Anatomy Quotes That Were All Too Real For Television

50 Quotes That Prove It Takes Strength To Let Your Vulnerable Side Show

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— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: When Clowns Make Laws for Queens, 1880-1887 (Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Staton and Susan B. Anthony)

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton, The Woman's Bible: A Classic Feminist Perspective

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— Ellie, Make The First Move Already

— John Paul Brammer, It's Time to Stop Straight-Washing Freddie Mercury

— De Elizabeth, “Body Neutrality” Is the Best That I Can Do

— Nellie Bowles, Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy

— Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code

— Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code

— Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code

— Dan Brown, The Da Vinci Code

— Chino Moreno, Back To School Song Meaning

— Kanye West, Ye vs. the People

— Salman Rushdie, Joseph Anton: A Memoir

— Salman Rushdie, Step Across This Line: Collected Nonfiction 1992-2002 (Modern Library Paperbacks)

— Baron de Montesquieu, Montesquieu: The Spirit of the Laws (Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought)

— Chinua Achebe, The African Trilogy: Things Fall Apart; Arrow of God; No Longer at Ease (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)

— Chinua Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah

— Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

— Jaclyn Friedman, What To Do When Your Partner Doesn't Want To Go Down On You

— J.D. Ross, EPISODE 28 | JD ROSS - OFF RCRD

— Harling Ross, 5 Flight Attendants Share Their Wildest Stories

— Robert Cormack, Do Women Expect Too Much Of Men?

— Dr. Allison Niebes-Davis, 5 Tips from a Psychologist for Dealing with Anxiety

— The Rumpus, What to Read When You Want to Celebrate Feminism

— Rainesford Stauffer, Why I Don’t Acknowledge My Relationships on Social Media

— Stephanie Layser, Overheard At LUMA: Relevant Pubs Will Win, Everyone Else Will Fail | AdExchanger

— Elsie Larson, Some Advice That Every 24-Year-Old Needs To Hear

— Caspar Salmon, This Is Not a Review of Lars Von Trier's Repulsive 'The House That Jack Built'

— Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

— Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

— Richard Dawkins, The God Delusion

— P.T. Barnum, P. T. Barnum - The Art of Money Getting, or Golden Rules for Making Money

— Bret Easton Ellis, Glamorama (Vintage Contemporaries)

— Martin Amis, London Fields

— James Joyce, Ulysses (Shine Classics)

— Martin Amis, Night Train

— Bret Easton Ellis, The Rules of Attraction

— Ezra Pound, And The Day Are Not Long Enough

— Kevin Roose, The Entire Economy Is MoviePass Now. Enjoy It While You Can.

— Meaghan O'Connell, What To Read When You're Expecting

— Ashy Lungs, Sunset Poem

— Moira Donegan, Just So We're Clear, Trump Is Fucking Racist

— Wendy Rhoades (Maggie Siff), Billions, Season 3: All the Wilburys

— Stieg Larsson, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium Series)

— Ally Condie, Matched

— Irving Stone, Clarence Darrow for the Defense

— Anaïs Nin, The Diary of Anaïs Nin, Vol. 1: 1931-1934

— Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey (Penguin Classics)

— Sarah Dessen, Someone Like You

— E. B. White, Charlotte's Web

— Lynn Paramore and Peter Temin, America is Regressing into a Developing Nation for Most People

— Maria Del Russo, I’m Trying to Become Less of a Debbie Downer