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Author: Tafari Mbadiwe

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Period Feminism
May 07, 2018
Before its rumors of profitability and penchant for controversy captivated the startup world, Thinx, the conspicuously feminist manufacturer of period-proof underwear, wanted to make a splash, so it did something true to its NYC roots: it decided to buy subway ads. The bombastic ...

Hockey Sausage
May 03, 2018
The first round of the NHL playoffs are over and you’ll forgive me if I feel a little like I’ve just returned from ancient Rome. Postseason hockey resembles nothing more than the gladiatorial sacrifices of the Colosseum. Year after year, popular media and fans alike ...

We Work
May 02, 2018
On April 23, Bernie Sanders announced he will propose a “job guarantee” program—the most radical new piece of economic policy legislation in decades. It didn’t take long for the bullets to fly. Predictably, they immediately came from Megan McArdle and National ...

Motherhood!
May 01, 2018
Sheila Heti's Motherhood is indeed a political novel. But it may not be about motherhood.

Through the Eyes of Men
April 30, 2018
To “Our Mothers,” “Our Daughters,” “Our Sisters,” and “Our Wives” proclaims the nineteen-foot high Monument to the Women of the Confederacy, which fronts the Mississippi State Capitol in place of the expected, chin-lifted heroic statue of Jefferson Davis or ...

Prig and Pig
April 24, 2018
It’s a memoir of a rolling-thunder disaster that’s still ongoing, the full wreckage of which could lead us practically anywhere.