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How #FilmDis is transforming the conversation about disability in film

A weekly Twitter chat is slowly creating a revolution for disabled representation in Tinseltown.

On Mar 9, 2015 by Dominick Evans

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Can Google kill content farms at last?

We're all tired of junk websites cluttering up our search results, but Google is actually doing something about it.

On Mar 4, 2015 by S.E. Smith

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Reddit tricks Google into thinking a potato is a gaming console

All eyes are on this special spud.

On Feb 21, 2015 by Miles Klee

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People with disabilities aren’t your inspiration porn

Jamie Brewer is inspirational because of her accomplishments—not her disability.

On Feb 13, 2015 by S.E. Smith

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Of course people are angry Obama compared terrorism to local crime

Conservatives are already howling.

On Feb 9, 2015 by Eric Geller

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Why you watched ISIS kill someone—and why that’s OK

ISIS is cutting off prisoners' heads on YouTube. Why can't we look away?

On Feb 4, 2015 by Gillian Branstetter

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5 things we learned from Andrew Sullivan’s independent journalism experiment

It’s pretty damn hard to get people to pay for text-based news content online.

On Feb 3, 2015 by Simon Owens

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Mayor of Paris threatens to sue Fox News for Islamophobic lies

Get your popcorn ready.

On Jan 20, 2015 by Miles Klee

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Free speech in France is more complicated than you think

To understand French restrictions on free speech, you have to go back to World War II.

On Jan 15, 2015 by S.E. Smith

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The attack on ‘Serial’ is what happens when ‘adversarial journalism’ becomes trolling

Being confrontational for the sake of being confrontational only works when you can back it up.

On Jan 15, 2015 by Martin Austermuhle

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5 reasons 2015 will be the end of clickbait

It's reign might finally be over.

On Jan 14, 2015 by Chris Grouchy

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The shocking reason 1 in 3 men say they’d commit rape

And here's what it means for the Bill Cosby case.

On Jan 13, 2015 by S.E. Smith

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Why we care how many inches Justin Bieber is (or isn’t) packing in his Calvin Klein ad

Bieber's crotch was likely enhanced in his Calvin Klein ad, but does it matter?

On Jan 13, 2015 by S.E. Smith

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The NAACP bombing proves how mainstream media is failing you

If your network is ignoring the NAACP bombing, it's time to change the channel.

On Jan 8, 2015 by Gillian Branstetter

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Here’s the real reason you should be sick of ‘Let It Go’

It's time to listen to the song's title.

On Jan 7, 2015 by Alicia Swiz