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The Perils of Jogging

For want of anything better to do, we turn to the pages of the Guardian, where columnist Zoe Williams is once again unhappy and resentful: The tweeting began before 6am, as healthy, responsible people announced to the world that they w...

Gorging On Grievance

Writing in the pages of Inside Higher Ed, sociology student and “self-identified fat woman” Bobbi Reidinger bemoans the hardships of the chunky would-be educator: Fat academics need to be more vocal in calls for increased structural acc...

Piety Through Neurosis

A concerned parent, a white Slate reader, seeks counsel from the woke hive mind: My sons have graduated, and their closest friends are still a mix of black, Hispanic, and white kids. I have never been concerned about the kids having an...