New & Selected
What the 'Real Housewives' Franchise Tells Us About the Triumphs and Pitfalls of Modern Feminism: We often categorize the show as frivolous pop culture, but it has always reflected how the world exists for real women (Electric Literature)
Review: 'American Breakdown: Our Ailing Nation, My Body’s Revolt, and the Nineteenth Century Woman Who Brought Me Back to Life' by Jennifer Lunden (The Linden Review)
Teachers Play an Important Role In the History of Witch Hunts: On the eerie similarities between the 100+ state legislature bills targeting teachers and the European Witch Hunts (Dame)
Review: 'Some of My Best Friends' by Tajja Isen (The Linden Review)
It’s Time to Destigmatize Talking Openly About What’s Going On Down There: On living with chronic pelvic pain, Chloe Caldwell's 'The Red Zone,' and getting rid of shame (Electric Literature)
The Rise of Socialism in Boston (Boston Magazine)
Review: 'Supremely Tiny Acts' by Sonya Huber (The Linden Review)
Why 'The Plot Against America' Feels Especially Timely: Or, how America today is even worse than the premise of a dystopian HBO drama (Shondaland)
Modern Feminism’s Big Lie: On ‘Fleishman Is in Trouble' (The Millions)
I thought I was Mary Poppins. Then I got in front of a classroom: On my first day of teaching when everything went wrong (Experience Magazine)
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Review: 'My Body is a Big Fat Temple' by Alena Dillon (The Linden Review)
4 steps to understand YouTube copyright from ‘The Office’ Time Machine creator (BDCWire.com)
Couples therapy on Twitter? @WeFoughtAbout airs dirty laundry: On a couple that says tweeting about fights makes their relationship better (BDCWire.com)
LOL My Thesis: Trivializing the most important thing you’ll ever write: On a viral Tumblr account where students summarize their college theses (BDCWire.com)
How Student Groups Are Working to Change Harvard’s Old-School Sexual Abuse Policy (BDCWire.com)
Actors Who Would Have Saved 'The Sound Of Music Live' From Being A Disaster (Crushable.com)
'The Voice' Top Five: Someone Get Adam Levine A Tissue, Because America Just Voted His Best Friend Off (Crushable.com)
Tessanne Chin Wins The Voice, And OMG Is The Finale Over Yet? (Crushable.com)
In Honor Of His 28th Birthday, We’re Giving Chace Crawford Back His Dignity: On the endless connections between "Gossip Girl" and Gilded Age novelist Edith Wharton (Crushable.com)
5 Things I’ve Learned From Watching 100 Episodes Of 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' (Crushable.com)
& Other Good Stuff
How to House a Changing City: On Boston Mayor Marty Walsh's plans to address the city's housing problems (Bay State Apartment Owner)
Housing Industry Professionals Optimistic About Spring Market: A roundup of spring market predictions from Massachusetts housing experts (Banker & Tradesman)
The STEMS of Discovery: On an after-school science program for New York City kids (New York Family)
Moms We Love: Sarah Aucoin, Director Of NYC Parks’ Urban Park Rangers (New York Family)
Peace and Perspective from Boston: My reflections on the days immediately following the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing (New York Family)
The Passionate Learner: A Q&A with education specialist Jennifer Fox on how to help children identify their strengths (New York Family)
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