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The Butterfly in the Prison Yard
A conservationist imprisoned while studying one of the world’s rarest cheetahs, Niloufar Bayani spent the last six years behind bars, fighting to preserve her humanity.
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Who Wants to Live on Women’s Land?
THE DYKES are expecting me. They are arranged in a loose circle on a grassy hill, a dozen or so elderly white lesbians perched on decrepit lawn chairs and frayed blankets. One woman is shirtless, and I try not to stare at her breasts, slung low against her milky stomach. “There you are!” Bethroot cries,
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Chasing Chop Suey: Tracing Chinese Immigration Through Food
One family’s distant past, the “authentic” Chinese immigrant experience, and a dish that contains multitudes.
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A peacock among pigeons: Ron Luciano, baseball’s last celebrity umpire
Millions of people knew who Ron Luciano was. But, in the end, nobody really did.
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Mythology and Misogyny at the Edge of the World
The men are afraid of the wimmin, but they can’t admit it. So instead, they safeguard, under lock and key, their God-given, gender-exclusive right to dress up as Vikings, wield torches, and sing Queen covers.
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