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Portrayals of Disney princesses have long been criticized for perpetuating completely unattainable body standards. When realistic waistlines, busts and hips disappear from the big screen, it spells trouble for girls…
PARIS — As the fashion crowd gathered at the Grand Palais on Tuesday morning, snowstorms were pummeling the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, closing airports and wreaking international travel…
It’s been a little over two years since Sally Singer made her triumphant return to Vogue as Creative Director of Vogue.com. As her title suggests, the renowned fashion editor was…
Mormon church leaders are making a national appeal for a “balanced approach” in the clash between gay rights and religious freedom. The church is promising to support some housing and…
For college students in the Midwest, trudging through snow to get to class is a part of life, though some have a way around it. Minnesota campuses like Augsburg College…
Yale University has responded to an incident in which a campus police officer held a black male student at gunpoint after thinking the student matched the description of a burglary…
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www.bigquestionsonline.com: The mythic paradigm of the Exodus narrative describes the inexorable triumph of the life-force over death, of wholeness over brokenness. In this narrative, Miriam, sister of Moses, represents a…
Is there room for faith in politics, even with the separation of church and state? New York-based Union Theological Seminary hosted a day-long “Congressional Orientation on Faith and Governing” in…
The blizzard that was Winter Storm Juno descended upon the East Coast this week, bringing with it a melange of wind gusts, icy temperatures and admirably geometric snowflake masterpieces. –…
In an effort to put off anti-Semitism, a barber in Tel Aviv is offering a more discreet yarmulke option for Jewish people who fear discrimination. – Sign up here for…
Six million Jewish people were murdered during the genocide in Europe in the years leading up to 1945, and the Jews are rightly remembered as the group that Adolf Hitler’s…
Let’s be real, most people only use hair masks to fix their severely dry locks or over-processed colored strands. This deep-conditioning treatment is like a last resort when it comes…
A story about conquest, religion and the Americas, central to a founding myth of California, will end this year with the pope bestowing sainthood on a man many see as…
It’s yet to be seen whether the Seattle Seahawks will shower Marshawn Lynch in Skittles after Super Bowl XLIX, but in the meantime, the running back can enjoy this Skittles…
Microsoft this week unveiled HoloLens, an augmented-reality headset that overlays text and images on the real world and, in particular, anchors them to precise locations in space, as if they…
The small town reporter is practically a mythological figure these days. Communities gather in town halls and cafeterias across America, but unless someone in the crowd loves to tweet, it’s…
It’s officially winter in the Northeast. A snow storm is upon us and — in typical 21st century style — city dwellers are clearing out liquor stores, refreshing their Netflix…
Some of the world’s most famous artworks are nomadic. They travel from one institution to another, borrowed and lent across museums so that art admirers in continents too far to…
The Outsider Art Fair is coming to New York on January 29, bringing 47 international galleries of folk, self-taught, and outsider art to Center 548 for four glorious days. The…
Let’s Buy British Imports, one of the nation’s top distributors of popular food brands from the UK, South Africa and Australia, agreed last week to stop selling confections like Maltesers…
You likely take the various colors around you for granted, assuming there’s nothing special about the blue of your jeans or anyhing potentially disgusting about the browns of that painting…
We have a feeling Kris Jenner won’t be getting any “helpful” e-mails about this look. –
Rejected Covers is an ongoing series for which artists reveal their inspirations and unused design ideas for popular titles. Below, Nayon Cho, Senior Designer at Penguin, discusses the process of…
When you think of exciting designer collaborations, Dress Barn may not be the first store that comes to mind. The strip-mall staple is not exactly known for its dedication to…
Super excited to announce we're now representing Tess Holliday, plus-size model/blogger… Watch this space @tessholliday
Father Ray Kelly surprised a couple whose wedding he officiated in April 2014 with an epic rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Halleluljah” — and his life has never been the same….
ROME (AP) – Pope Francis has laid out his formula for fostering Christian unity: resist competing for souls and make concrete gestures of acceptance and dialogue. – Referring to Christians…
www.nytimes.com: Mark Garren does not take communion when he goes to church. Sometimes he walks up to the priest, crosses his arms over his chest and touches his shoulders to…
Leaders in nation’s largest Protestant denomination are preaching that integrated churches can be a key driver of racial justice in society. But that could be a hard sell to those…