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Rocky Mountain Low
By Jessica Dweck On Election Day, Colorado residents will determine who gets to be a person. They’ll vote on Amendment 62, which defines a person as a human being from the beginning of “biological development.” That’s code for conception. The measure would grant fertilized eggs the right to life, liberty, happiness and due process of…
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No More 'Fried, Dyed and Laid to the Side'
By Deborah Dickerson KJ, I loved your response to Dominique Browning’s rebellious decision to maintain her long, gray locks for as long as she damned well pleases. But I’m struck, as usual, by how different the world of beauty standards (and resistance to same) is for black women. (Sorry, Asians and Hispanics. I wouldn’t dare “go…
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Why Do We Care If Venus Was Wearing Underwear?
by Vanessa M. Gezari A frisson rippled through the crowd watching Venus Williams at the French Open this weekend-not because she handily beat her opponent, but because she did so wearing a lacy black and red outfit that resembled a negligee. Williams’s dress had a clingy bodice and flared skirt and appeared “see-through,” according to the…
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