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Black riders in Seattle and Boston get longer wait times and more canceled rides.Adam Berry/Getty Images If you have a distinctively black-sounding name, you are more than twice as likely to have your Uber trip canceled than if you had a white-sounding name, a new study reports. For black men, the same study found,…
How the genre has attracted an unprecedented number of female directors – and why these artists are elevating scary movies to a whole other level From ‘Babadook’ to ‘Raw’: The Rise of the Modern Female Horror Filmmaker Female horror fans are hardly unicorns. Quite the opposite – we go to the movies to…
Voices Yes, contraceptives have side effects – and it’s time for men to put up with them too Apparently women can have such ailments as depression and acne thrust upon them for the greater good of preventing an unwanted pregnancy, but the same level of discomfort cannot be expected of men scald=3875131:article_responsive_images [if IE 9]><...
One week ago, a man stopped traffic to talk to me. It was nothing; it meant everything. It was a moment that made me realize how angry I am over this election, and why. I was sitting in my car. This car is the first new car I’ve ever owned. My husband and I bought…
Native American protesters are preparing to take a “last stand” against the Dakota Access pipeline after police raided their camps and arrested hundreds, paving the way for construction of the final stretch of the controversial oil project. The Standing Rock protesters in North Dakota have been fighting the $3.8bn pipeline since April but were dealt…
A recently published study sheds light on the alarming relationship between hormonal birth control and depression. But the findings are only the latest in a long line of battles between women and their doctors over accurate information about birth control. In honor of Planned Parenthood’s 100-year anniversary, we’re taking an in-depth look at the history…
2016 was supposed to be the year of women, but fittingly, it’s been all about men. Although it’s the first time a woman is genuinely close to winning the White House, her campaign has been overshadowed by transgressive male behaviors: alleged criminal acts inspired by their dicks. Take your pick: accusations that Trump went through…
Photo illustration by Natalie Matthews-Ramo. Photos by Screen Gems Television/CBS Television and Saul Loeb/Getty Images. Donald Trump is a baby; a child. Like a child, he whines, seeks attention, and throws tantrums when he doesn’t get what he wants. It’s appropriate that the Access Hollywood tape takes place on a bus, since it captures…
Sigh. Another year, and another group of pop idols dressed as Nazis. In the past, Asian pop groups have gotten in trouble for wearing Nazi inspired uniforms (here, here, uh, and here). Back in 2008, for example, one Japanese idol group got in trouble when its members nominated Adolf Hitler as a “great person” on…
Enlarge this image South Korean adoptee Adam Crapser poses with his 1-year-old daughter, Christal, in the family’s living room in Vancouver, Wash., in 2015. Crapser, who was flown to the U.S. 37 years ago and adopted by an American couple at age 3, has been ordered deported back to South Korea. Gosia Wozniacka/AP hide…