Weekly Wrap: "Politics Over Empathy."

Weekly Wrap: "Politics Over Empathy."

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The price women pay for being online

The internet was built off women's labor. Will it ever pay them back?From the creation of Google Images to the overlooked - or criminalized - digital labor of sex workers, the internet has been built on the intellect, image, and likeness of women. So where does that leave us in a ...  Show more

The strange politics of Pilates

Pilates is great. Why are people being weird about it?Pilates is an exercise that has been around for a long time – around a hundred years – but it’s just now coming into vogue in a big way. According to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association report from 2025, Pilates is the ...  Show more

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