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X’s Favorite Movie

What did the director and star of Citizen Vigilante think they were doing? For Slate

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Super-Motherhood

The women who have five or more kids think they know something you don’t. For Slate

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Silver Bullet

Donald Trump Jr.’s strangely compelling lifestyle magazine for men. For Slate

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Up in Smoke

How weed smell became a potent boogeyman of American decline. For Slate

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The Fable of the Sick Anti-Vaxxer

A man scorned the smallpox inoculation, then got smallpox. It made no difference. For Slate

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Playing Good Cop

How Officer Friendly got into American schools, for Slate

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Who Are Feminist Baby Books For?

Their hearts are in the right place. But can a baby understand intersectionality? For Slate

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No Sense of Decency

Why the iconic McCarthy clapback will never happen in the Trump era. For Slate

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Your Childcare Conundrum is an Anticommunist Plot

Why we don’t have government daycare. For Slate

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Ready for the End

On prepper fiction. For Slate

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Where Is the Uncle Tom’s Cabin of Gun Control?

What would that even look like? For Slate

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“She Just Wants Attention”

Anatomy of a sexist insult. For Slate