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Why Twitter is the best place for female friendships

When I joined Twitter in April 2012, I can’t say that I expected the space to become a fertile ground for female companionship. Perhaps it’s more accurate to say that I didn’t have many expectations at...

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Joyce Carol Oates is the most baffling troll on Twitter

This is an inane exercise, but let’s assume this tweet is a joke.Why would we assume this tweet is a joke? A few reasons:It has the structure of a joke. Twitter is full of tepid “yes and-ing” to...

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This hashtag perfectly demonstrates why LGBT people need Pride Month

If you glanced at Twitter last night or this morning, you may have seen the hashtag #INeedStraightPrideBecause in the trending column. But the hashtag isn't what you think. It's a sarcastic series of...

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J.K. Rowling's new mystery novel has a tantalizing title and cover

While fans of J.K. Rowling's Cormoran Strike mystery novels might not be as numerous as fans of Harry Potter, they have one thing in their favor: Rowling, writing under the name Robert Galbraith, has...

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Twitter will soon let you send longer Direct Messages

Twitter will soon let you send more than 140 characters via direct messages. In a post on Twitter’s Developer Forum, Sachin Agarwal said that come July, Twitter is removing 140-character limit, opening...

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Twitter's big leadership shakeup has finally arrived

Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is stepping down from Twitter, and Twitter cofounder and Square CEO Jack Dorsey will be interim CEO. Costolo’s departure didn’t come as too much of a surprise for those who...

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Zendaya just called out a sexist Twitter troll in the most awesome way possible

The pressure for women of all ages to wear makeup is omnipresent. But most people claim that they're more attracted to women who wear less makeup. Zendaya, the 18-year-old Disney star turned pop star,...

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NAACP leader Rachel Dolezal lied about being black

Meet Rachel Dolezal, one of the most recognizable civil rights activists in Spokane, Washington. Dolezal is an adjunct professor at Eastern Washington University, a freelance columnist, and the leader...

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Snoop Dogg wants to be Twitter's next CEO

Now that former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo is out as head of the company, Snoop Dogghas announced his "candidacy" as replacement CEO.Of course, this is not how such things work—Twitter has already named...

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Amazon's debuting new series 'Catastrophe' on Facebook for free

As we enter an era where Facebook video is slowly closing in on YouTube views, Amazon Studios is no doubt sniffing the winds of change. The pilot for its new comedy, Catastrophe, will debut on Amazon’s...

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Here's why every Rachel Dolezal-Caitlyn Jenner comparison is wrong

Yesterday news broke online that Rachel Dolezal, president of the Spokane, Washington chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), has allegedly been pretending...

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This school cafeteria dance-off is simply the best you'll ever see

Most of us, sad to say, will never experience a moment of real and glorious transcendence—something we can look back on, years later, as evidence of the divine. But not the kids who witnessed this...

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Can a savvy Twitter account save Sonic the Hedgehog?

It hasn’t been easy for Sonic the Hedgehog the past decade or so. The blue blur who once went toe-to-toe with Mario is now broken and defeated. Barring a decent swan song in 2011, Sonic Generations,...

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A word with @GuyInYourMFA, Twitter's most insufferable writer

Literary Twitter is full of characters, but few are as distinctive, or as funny, as @GuyInYourMFA. Written as a send-up of every pompous, self-delusional young scribe haunting your local liberal arts...

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Jon Hamm was feeding everyone gummy bears at Bonnaroo

Over the weekend, a bunch of famous people went to Bonnaroo—a music festival that’s kind of like Coachella except it’s held in the filthy backwoods of Tennessee and therefore exponentially better....

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Internet-freedom superstar Jillian York talks privacy, free speech, and zonkies

Jillian York’s not stingy. As much as you might agree with her, she’s always thoughtful enough to throw you a curveball of an idea, something you can really get a purchase on and shake by the neck a...

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7 things besides 'Die Hard' probably hidden in Jeb Bush's website

Yesterday, you might have scrolled through the source code for Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign website and noticed something a bit unusual: the synopsis of the 1988 action thriller Die Hard, in which...

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Autoplay videos and ads are coming to Twitter

On Tuesday, Twitter announced it would start automatically playing videos in your timeline. As you scroll through your feed, native videos, Vines, and GIFs will immediately start playing. Sound will be...

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Hey, you, please enable two-factor authentication right this second

Popular password manager LastPass was hacked, and while the company insists that no actual passwords were taken—it appears only less-sensitive information such as email addresses and password reminders...

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Reddit's war on trolls isn't about making the site PC—it's about harassment

Reddit made headlines last week when the site upped the stakes in its ongoing quest to clean up its reputation as an “anything goes” website. Reddit removed five subreddits known for their harassing...

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