LADY GAGA IS NOT A FEMINIST ICON

by Rhian Sasseen on January 28, 2013

We’ve come a long way, baby. In the twenty-first century, the American woman has a bevy of career paths and a plethora of domestic options from which to choose. She can try and fail to have it all. She can (…)

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DO IT YOURSELF

by Rhian Sasseen on January 19, 2013

Today has been a long day. You leave work, that thankless retail day job; you return home; you open your laptop screen. You trawl your RSS feeds, searching for news, for entertainment, for anything: distraction. You are overeducated, lovelorn, a (…)

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THE OLD CORNER BOOKSTORE IS NOW A CHIPOTLE

by Rhian Sasseen on January 4, 2013

1. Summertime, and I spend my days working in a museum located in downtown Boston. Over the months, I learn how to count a cash drawer, teach Italians the meaning of a state sales tax, and struggle with how exactly (…)

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