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- Hat tip to Rachel. “A video by five students at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University depicting ski-masked “hostage-takers” speaking in cartoonish Middle Eastern accents has drawn condemnations from local Muslim leaders.”
- “the weights of amateur female athletes are almost never published, in basketball or any other sport… many become vulnerable to what is called the female athlete triad: eating disorders, interrupted menstruation and osteoporosis.”
- Thanks Liam! “I’m relieved that this is out there. Amaechi has given everyone a reason to think about it, and acknowledge it. And now reporters will talk to NBA players and ask them about this kind of stuff. Could you play with a gay teammate? Have you pl
- “one of the more prominent practitioners of a bustling little underground hip-hop scene called “nerdcore,” a subgenre created by geeks for geeks… all of a sudden white rappers are enjoying a mainstream renaissance”
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