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This Week in Misogyny

This Week in Misogyny is Scarier than Your Halloween Costume

Y’all. It’s been a hell of a week. Of course we’re still dealing with GamerGate, plus the backlash to the street harassment video that everyone loved just a few days ago. And don’t forget the fucked up Halloween costumes that are already out there! (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much everything apply.)

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News in Europe Uncategorized

News in Europe: Good Clowns Gone Bad

Greetings! Here’s some Ebola-free news for you all.

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Dispatches from Ladyblogland

Dispatches from Ladyblogland

So much to read!

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News

PoC News in America

It’s still #FergusonOctober, and people are still protesting police brutality in light of the Ferguson and Shaw shootings.

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This Week in Misogyny

This Week in Misogyny Would Like to Invite #GamerGate to Kiss Its Ass

Bring it on, brosephs. (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much everything apply.)

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News in Europe

News in Europe: Poland vs. Germany

Greetings, citizens! This week we have another mix of the bad, the dangerous and the downright depressing, but as always, there’s hope.

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Science

An Ebola Explainer

Ebola has been much in the news recently and it has been the subject of a lot of fear regarding possible outbreaks in the United States. Ebola was originally called Zaire Ebolavirus, named after the Ebola river in what is now the Democratic Republic of Congo. The area surrounding the Ebola river was the site […]

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News

News in Asia Loves Everyone in This Bar

The title for this week doesn’t really reflect anything in the news, but is just a way to show appreciation for this space on P-Mag’s 4th birthday and all the wonderful people who contribute here. I learn so much from all of you. And now the news…

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News in Europe

News in Europe: Knock, knock.

Who’s there? Well, will you look at that, it’s Ebola and ISIS.

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This Week in Misogyny

This Week in Misogyny is in Love with Gamora

This week y’all get a couple special sections, because dear lord was there a lot of religious (and atheist) misogyny this week, but to make up for it there’s also some vintage misandry and other cool books. Plus, the most delightful video about dick pics ever! Other than that, it’s business as usual, by which I […]

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News

Friday News Bites: Boehner Tantrums, War Trickery, Whiskey + More

Every time you think that the Republican wing of the U.S. House of Representatives has exhausted their list of fit-throwing methods, they double down and find new ways to be petulant children. On a related note: I may be a bit cranky about the world this week. Shocking, I know.

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News

Friday News Bites: HIV Treatment Advances, Obituaries + More

This past week, several notable people have passed away, but we’ve also got some bright spots in the world of medicine and music to share. Let’s get to it.

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Science

Science News: 3/26/13

So many cool science stories this week! Conditions were right for there to have been life on Mars! Daisy Morris, dinosaur hunter, is the coolest 9-year-old on the planet. And can earthquakes really turn water to gold?

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News

News in Africa: 10/25/2012

If it’s not apocalyptic swarms of insects, then it’s piracy on the rise. Africa is getting hit hard with more after the break.

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Life

How to Survive a Pandemic

In the world of phobias and disaster preparedness, perhaps no tragedy is as terrifying as a plague. It does make a certain amount of sense. We can spot sharks, blast zombies and reinforce our subduction zone skyscrapers. But microscopic bacteria? An undetectable parasite?