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7 Essays To Read: Gray Hair, Disaster Tourism, And On-Camera Deaths
This week, Isabelle Cossart writes about giving tours of neighborhoods in New Orleans that were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Read that and others from Broadly, The Toast, Ebony, and more. "I Was...
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When A Brown Actor Plays A White Character, Who Really Wins?
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Why I Let My Kids Watch "Inappropriate" TV
Getty / Comedy Central / AMC / Amazon / Netflix / FX Networks I was watching Season 1 of Transparent with our kids when I wondered for a second if I should explain what a dildo is and who might use...
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I Confronted The Man Who Fooled Me (And Millions Of Strangers) With Diane In 7A
Getty It was Thanksgiving 2013, and I was fixated on Twitter. Specifically, on a string of irate tweets from a reality TV producer named Elan Gale, who was on a plane en route from New York to his...
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Taylor Swift's Evolution, As Seen Through Her Live Show
Christopher Polk / Getty Images for TAS A little more than halfway through Taylor Swift's sold-out concert Saturday night at the Staples Center in L.A. — after she had sung a duet of her 2008 song...
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Will These Lukewarm Superhero Movies Ever End?
20th Century Fox On the eve of Fantastic Four's debut, director Josh Trank apologized for his own movie.“A year ago, I had a fantastic version of this,” he wrote (and later deleted) on Twitter. “But...
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There Is A Huge Difference Between "Fight Club" And "Mr. Robot"
Finally a suspense thriller that’s not preoccupied with male genitalia! (No spoilers for the Mr. Robot finale; some for the 16-year-old movie.) 20th Century Fox / Via bustle.com Many parallels have...
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7 Essays To Read: Sex Scenes That Are Actually Sexy, Confident Black Men, And...
This week, Hayley Krischer makes the case for the muted sex scene and explains why subtlety is sexy. Read that and other essays from ELLE, The Toast, Pitchfork, and more. "The Sex in Romance Novels...
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I Terminated My Much-Wanted Pregnancy
Melody Newcomb for BuzzFeed News It’s considered a rite of passage for anyone who rides a bike in the Bay Area: At some point, your wheels will be stolen. Mine were nabbed near downtown, right outside...
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My Life As A Constant Immigrant
Sian Butcher / Paul Curry / BuzzFeed I have this vivid memory of a woman wearing dark-rimmed glasses and a chubby man with curly black hair. They came from Belgium twice a year to visit my family,...
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This Is What Happened When I Welcomed A Refugee Family Into My Home
Mohamed and his wife, Roqa, took their two young daughters, Rushin and Reema, and fled Syria. Two years and 1,500 miles later, I met them in front of the State Office for Health and Social Issues in...
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The Sex In Romance Novels Isn't Sexy, But Here's What Is
Ben King / BuzzFeed I didn’t think I needed much for a sex scene to turn me on, but after trying, really trying, to delve into “literary” romance novels, feminist romance, erotic fiction, and...
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A Conversation With Claudia Rankine
Lynzy Billing / BuzzFeed Claudia Rankine has had a hell of a year. Her most recent book, Citizen: An American Lyric, has been a barnstorming critical success – winning, among others, the National Book...
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7 Essays To Read: Smoking To Get Sober, Asian Pseudonyms, And Loneliness
This week, Katie Herzog explains how marijuana helped wean her off alcohol. Read that and others from Broadly, Dame Magazine, Love, InshAllah, and more. "I Used to Be an Alcoholic. Now I’m a Stoner...
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They Pretend To Be Us While Pretending We Don't Exist
To be Other in America is to be coveted and hated at the same time. It’s never been enough to know that I feel it, but I know I am often asked to prove it before I am allowed to speak on it. When I...
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This Is What Someone With Anxiety Actually Hears
Sometimes we have a language of our own…and that’s OK. What they say: Charlotte Gomez / BuzzFeed What you hear: Charlotte Gomez / BuzzFeed What they say: Charlotte Gomez / BuzzFeed What you hear:...
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I Used To Be An Alcoholic. Now I'm A Stoner Who Has A Drink Sometimes.
Kiersten Essenpreis for BuzzFeed News Right after I arrived at my first and last Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, a woman in a pink teddy-bear sweatshirt clutched me to her ample breast. She was the only...
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Meet The Children Experiencing An Instagram Afterlife
Last year, the night before Mother’s Day, Shannon Blount made a request. Devastated by the death of 3-year-old Ryan a little over a week before, she asked her husband if he could set up an appointment...
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How To Flirt With Queer Girls Without Making A Total Fool Of Yourself
Talking to strangers you hope to one day see naked is a nerve-racking endeavor. What if they don’t like you? What if it’s awk city? What if you get in front of them and don’t know what to say? The...
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Pinterest Is Actually A Porn Director's Best Friend
Jenny Chang / BuzzFeed Life I recently got the chance to direct and star in my own pornographic feature film for the first time. I’ve worked both as a performer and production assistant for the queer...
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