Business Nordstrom removes $790 Gucci 'Indy Turban' that looks identical to Sikh headwear Xeni Jardin

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disillusionment Post-internet lament Jasmina Tesanovic

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travel You think holiday air travel sucks? Try flying while disabled. On American Airlines. Sawyer Rosenstein

The only technique to learn something new James Altucher

films How Adam Curtis' film "Bitter Lake" will change everything you believe about news Aaron Stewart-Ahn

"Transparent" and the transition in transgender media depictions Andrea James

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