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Do conservatives have better gaydar because they’re more likely to stereotype gay men?

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Check out more infographics and stunning stats on gender disparities in film and TV (even children’s shows).

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Statistics on ways in which women and girls are stereotyped, sexualized, and underrepresented in movies and television—even on children’s TV shows.

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— Should we forgive George Lucas for the “galactic coonery” of the most reviled Star Wars character ever and embrace his new movie about the Tuskegee Airmen? MoJo’s Adam Serwer takes a (100% Jar-Jar dialect-free) look.

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Tweet of the Day, via Mother Jones articles editor Kiera Butler.

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washingtonpoststyle:

fuckyeahdc:

VIA

I live in Ethiopia. Monica lives in Bikes, Beer, Burglaries. We work somewhere between Drunk Long Island Girls and Power Lunches. [DZ]

Yeah, this basically sums things up.

newwavefeminism:

safercampus:

this is what a feminist looks like

I love it

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Too many pull quotes to choose from so, at random, we’re going with:

“It was like he was driving a Metrobus at full speed while working on his BlackBerry,” says a Republican press operative, who, like many others interviewed for this story, didn’t want his name included.

We’re pretty sure “Driving full speed while on BlackBerry” is SOP for Metrobus drivers.