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“Beth Harmon is a powerful figure and instantly iconic because her story isn’t about overcoming her setbacks: it’s about her.”

— Carrie Wittmer, Netflix's The Queen's Gambit Embraces the Female Antihero in All Her Complexity

“The Last of Us series is set 20 years after the destruction of modern civilization. It centers on Joel, a hardened survivor of the apocaplypse, who's hired to smuggle a 14-year-old girl named Ellie out of an oppressive quarantine zone. The seemingly small job becomes a brutal journey as they come to…”

— Rick Porter, 'The Last of Us' Series Gets HBO Green Light

“The public sphere is a world in which everyone has an opinion on and comments on all public matters without needing any first-hand experience and without having or wanting any responsibility.”

— Hubert Dreyfus, The public sphere is a world in which everyone has an opinion on and comments on all public matters without needing any first-hand experience and without having or wanting any responsibility.

“I was helped even more by a handful of mostly older students—Black kids from the inner city, white kids who had scratched their way into college from small towns, first-generation Latino kids, international students from Pakistan or India or countries in Africa that teetered on the edge of chaos. Th…”

— Barack Obama, They knew what mattered to them; when they spoke in class, their views were rooted in actual communities, actual struggles.

“In my mother’s world, the personal really was political—although she wouldn’t have had much use for the slogan.”

— Barack Obama, The personal really was political—although she wouldn’t have had much use for the slogan

“I don’t know. What I can say for certain is that I’m not yet ready to abandon the possibility of America—not just for the sake of future generations of Americans but for all of humankind.”

— Barack Obama, I don’t know.

“COVID-19 is now killing more than 1,100 people every day nationwide. Case numbers are growing exponentially amid a nationwide surge in disease in most states.”

— Dan Vergano, The CDC Is Now Strongly Recommending You Don't Travel For Thanksgiving

“Whispers do not stop wolves. It’s time to shout.”

— Raegan Sealy, The Wolf and the Whisper Network

“Pleasure for pleasure’s sake—and, now, new-and-improved means to enjoy it.”

— Laura Regensdorf, Dakota Johnson and Maude Are Ready to Make Sex More Beautiful

“As noted by the U.S. Supreme Court in its ruling protecting games under the First Amendment, decades of scientific study have failed to prove such a link.”

— Colin Campbell, A brief history of blaming video games for mass murder

“Are you really listening to the science or are you listening to an industry insider, who is controlling the message?”

— Erin Brockovich, Dear Joe Biden Are You Kidding Me?

“BuzzFeed Inc. has agreed to acquire Verizon Media’s HuffPost in a stock deal, the companies said Thursday, uniting two of the larger players in digital media as companies across the sector search for ways to jump-start growth.”

— Benjamin Mullin and Keach Hagey, WSJ News Exclusive | BuzzFeed to Acquire HuffPost in Stock Deal With Verizon Media

“These insecurities all make perfect sense to me, but if the relationship is so early and fragile, why post anything about it at all?”

— Madeleine Holden, What It Means to ‘Soft-Launch’ a Relationship

“As always, it bears repeating that The Brands Are Not Your Friends.”

— James Factora, Target Removed a Transphobic Book From Shelves & Then Replaced It a Day Later

“They used fear mongering and misrepresentations to manipulate us into believing lesbians were under attack, that our own greater community was silencing and erasing us. There was nonstop criticism of the left, postmodern queer culture, and LGBTQ+ publications and organizations.”

— Amy Dyess, Prodigal Butch

“He said nobody could measure up to what people have built up in their heads anyway.”

— Lindsay Dodgson, Meet Corpse Husband, the anonymous YouTuber with an unbelievably-low voice who gamed with AOC

“Nobody likes turkey, so just make the sides.”

— Jelisa Castrodale, Thanksgiving Is Great If You Admit Turkey Is Bad

“I would have been much more attentive in chemistry if we were scrubbing old sheet pans.”

— Alex Beggs, What If Bar Keepers Friend Is My Only Friend?

“As outgoing President Donald Trump continues to ignore and withhold information from Biden’s transition team, Biden forged ahead Tuesday, announcing several key hires.”

— Henry J. Gomez, Nidhi Prakash, Joe Biden Is Moving On With The Presidential Transition With A Diverse White House Staff

“Sometimes we just want to see sexy people in beautiful clothes.”

— Jessica Valenti, Why Women Like Men Who Wear Dresses