Stassa Edwards
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Features editor. Writing at the intersection of women's health, politics, and history. Work at Lapham's Quarterly, Aeon, The Awl, Self, and Cabinet. Writing a book about hysteria.
Kevin Williamson’s short-lived tenure at The Atlantic came to an end on Thursday, after editor-in-chief Jeffrey…
News that Planned Parenthood Federation of America’s President Cecile Richards met with Ivanka Trump in the weeks…
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“An asterisk is such a small punctuation mark but it represents a huge terrible thing,” Emma Sulkowicz recently told…
Jaelynn Willey, the 16-year-old girl shot at her Maryland high school earlier this week, died on Thursday evening…
“Some are born Janeites, some achieve Janeism, and some have Janeism thrust upon them,” Ted Scheinman writes in his…
Love to wake up to an early morning performance of (deeply unconvincing) masculinity.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on National Institute of Family and Life Advocates (NIFLA) v. Becerra on…
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During remarks on the opioid crisis in New Hampshire on Monday, President Donald Trump promised “a large-scale…
Mississippi Governor Phil Bryant signed one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the country on Monday. House…
Pritzker Prize-winning architect Richard Meier temporarily stepped down from his self-named firm earlier this week…
Environmental Protection Agency Chief Scott Pruitt spent a total of $43,000 on a custom soundproof phone booth in…
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Artist Nan Goldin was joined by nearly a 100 people this weekend at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Sackler Wing.…
More than three weeks after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed …
The White House has declined a request from Trey Gowdy (R-SC), Chair of the House Oversight Committee, for…
“I’m not a killer,” Jessica Jones tells a client in the opening episode of the show’s second season. The client, a…
Harvard Professor Announces Retirement After More Than a Dozen Women Accuse Him of Sexual Harassment
Longtime Harvard University professor Jorge I. Dominguez said on Tuesday that he will retire after nearly twenty…
Oregon Governor Kate Brown signed legislation on Monday that closes the state’s so-called “boyfriend loophole.”
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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD—The “#UsToo: Left Out by the Left”—one of the few CPAC panels dedicated to women—came near the…