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  • 11 ‘Facts’ From Medieval History That Are Just Plain Wrong

    11 ‘Facts’ From Medieval History That Are Just Plain Wrong

    What was life like in the Middle Ages? If you believe what you’ve seen in movies — or maybe even what your history teacher told you — you might expect that people died young, never bathed, were ignorant of anything going on outside their community, and stood a decent chance of being tortured in a…


  • 11 Questions to Ask Your Partner Before Having Kids

    11 Questions to Ask Your Partner Before Having Kids

    So, you and your partner have decided to have kids. (Or maybe you didn’t “decide” so much as you felt nauseous for days before figuring it out.) Either way, congrats and welcome to a different stage of adulthood, when your life takes a backseat to the needs of a tiny, ever-sharting baby without neck strength…


  • How To Protest During A Pandemic

    Avoiding large gatherings is part of how we’ve tried to stay safe for the past few months, but protests have something in common with hospital services and (apparently) takeout margaritas: They’re essential to our well-being as a society.