The (Web) Edit
Before and after Aretha: “Aretha was certainly not untouched by racism, misogyny, vice, and exploitation, but she was unique in her ability to subsume these forces into her art without allowing them to shape or compromise her vision.” (The Atlantic)
Why a free press matters: “Journalists have been keeping a check on power since the creation of the First Amendment. Now they’re being tested.” (The Atlantic)
Madonna at 60: “Madonna was a pioneer of welding her voice to her image, and in a culture consumed with critiquing how women look, and controlling how they use their bodies, she’s been on the front lines — a seductress and a battering ram.” (The New York Times)
Primary women winners to be very excited about: “Funny thing that happens after a flagrant bigot and misogynist becomes president: a new crop of energetic, progressive, Democratic candidates enter the political process for the first time who do not fit the prototypical mold of straight, white, Christian Yale grads.” (Vogue)
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