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Lucy Fixed Hollywood’s Female Superhero Problem

Arts, Culture & Media

Scarlett Johansson took a bunch of drugs, started using more of her brain, and beat up The Rock at the box office this weekend. 

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A world without men? When men go abroad to work, women in Nepal take the lead at home.

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A man sweeps the floor of his house in Alberta, Canada.

Hey dads: How much housework do you do compared to other fathers?

Development
The Beirut-based indie-rock band Mashrou' Leila.

A Beirut-based band that challenges homophobia

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