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‘Hustlers’
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The ‘very intimate, very intense’ world of Angie Kim’s ‘Miracle Creek’
The debut novel by Kim is Lily Lit Club’s September pick
Neema Roshania Patel
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Women's March
The Women’s March is cutting ties with three of its original board members — and bringing on a diverse new group
Bob Bland, Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour, accused of anti-Semitism, are out
The Lily News
September 16
September 16
Supreme Court
A new allegation against Kavanaugh surfaced over the weekend. Democratic candidates are calling for his impeachment.
The allegation surfaced Saturday night in a New York Times report
The Lily News
September 16
September 16
Social issues
Perspective
I confronted my race and class as a girl. Many Americans never do — and that’s dangerous.
There’s a willful lack of knowledge about the world beyond one’s immediate borders, beliefs and self
Kim McLarin
September 16
September 16
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Lily Lines: The issue ignored at the presidential debate
Plus: Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, launched a clothing line to help unemployed British women
Neema Roshania Patel and Ross May
September 16
September 16
Movies
Opinion
‘Hustlers’ shows what happens when you put women in charge of movies
Research shows that when women work as a director, they change the nature of what we see on screen
Stacy L. Smith
September 15
September 15
Comics
Perspective
I’m fat. When thin people say they ‘need’ to lose weight, imagine how that makes me feel.
I know others don’t mean to offend me. But they do.
Christine Suggs
September 15
September 15
Movies
‘Hustlers’ is about ‘friendship and money,’ but it isn’t a female empowerment flick. Director Lorene Scafaria explains.
The caper stars Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu as dancers at a strip club who drug wealthy men and max out their credit cards
Rebecca J. Ritzel
September 14
September 14
Masculinity
Perspective
The patriarchy isn’t just harming women — it’s killing men
Gender equality isn’t just good for women. It also saves men’s lives.
Liz Plank
September 14
September 14
Comics
Perspective
A stranger told her he had an ‘Asian fetish.’ Then things escalated.
Meg O’Shea’s story is one of many in ‘Drawing Power,’ a forthcoming collection of comics dealing with sexual violence and harassment
Nneka McGuire
September 13
September 13
Celebrity
Felicity Huffman sentenced to 14 days in jail in the college admission scandal
She was also sentenced to a year of supervised release, 250 hours of community service and a $30,000 fine
The Lily News
September 13
September 13
Politics
A Republican PAC ran an ad comparing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to the genocidal Khmer Rouge. She called it ‘a love letter’ to white supremacists.
The ad aired on ABC during Thursday’s Democratic presidential debate in Houston
The Lily News
September 13
September 13
2020 election
Analysis
Here are winners and losers from the third Democratic debate
Ten candidates qualified for the debate Thursday night in Houston
The Lily News
September 13
September 13
2020 election
Warren says her tax plan asks just ‘two cents’ of the super-rich. But how much of a hit would they actually take?
Some economists say Warren’s tax could do more than just make the wealthy uncomfortable — it could erase great fortunes
The Lily News
September 13
September 13
Anxiety Chronicles
Perspective
It ‘starts the moment my body wakes up’: This is how I experience anxiety
‘I move into fight, flight and freeze’
Kate Gentry
September 12
September 12
Books
Perspective
Lisa Bloom, a feminist attorney, became just another complicit Aunt Lydia. Here’s how.
As I read ‘She Said,’ I marveled over how much Bloom seemed to relish her role as Harvey Weinstein’s adviser
Monica Hesse
September 12
September 12
Television
‘Unbelievable’: In this new series, a rape investigation goes horribly wrong
The television show, available Friday on Netflix, is based on a true story
Nneka McGuire
September 12
September 12
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