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Changing the culture: Kate Harding on accountability for sexual misconduct

Every day, it seems, there is a new revelation of sexual misconduct by a public figure, and every day we’re less shocked, more sickened. What can we do? How can we move forward? These are not easy questions, but they need to be addressed. Author Kate Harding proposes some concrete steps in this November 2017 Washington Post essay. 

Read it here: Harding, “I’m a feminist. I study rape culture. And I don’t want Al Franken to resign”

 

Scary foods: Aaron E. Carroll on healthy eating without fear

Avoid salt. Avoid sugar. Avoid fat. Avoid meat. Avoid avoidance. Hah! You weren’t expecting that last one, were you? Aaron E. Carroll, Indiana University professor of pediatrics, offers some unexpected diet advice in this November 2017 New York Times essay.

Read it here: Carroll, "Relax, you don’t need to ‘eat clean’”