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Bathroom Bans for Transgender Youths Are Poised for Supreme Court Review
A recent ruling created a split among federal appeals courts on whether schools can forbid transgender students to use restrooms matching their gender identities.
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Pates Grammar School in Gloucestershire got hacked
Highly confidential documents from 14 schools have been leaked online by hackers, the BBC can reveal. One of those was Pates Grammar School in Gloucestershire, targeted by a hacking group called Vice Society. The documents, seen by the BBC, include children’s SEN information, child passport scans, staff pay scales and contract details.
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Lord Vishnu, the almighty Hindu God
Lord Vishnu is one of the three primary Hindu gods, along with Brahma and Shiva. He is known as the Preserver, or the Protector of the Universe, and is often depicted with four arms and one head. He is usually shown wearing yellow or white clothing, and he is often seen holding a discus, a…
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Infinity Pool
It almost feels like ticket buyers should have to prove that they’ve seen Brandon Cronenberg’s “Possessor” before being allowed admittance to his newest film, “Infinity Pool.” That way they know what they’re in for. Once again, the increasingly impressive son of David Cronenberg has made a wildly surreal, unapologetic, violent, pornographic movies about privilege, morality,…
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Sundance 2023: 20 Days in Mariupol, Pianoforte
In the early weeks of its invasion of Ukraine, the Russian Federation claimed that it would not be attacking civilians. We know this to be not true, especially in the city of Mariupol, because of what Associated Press correspondents like filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov, field producer Vasilia Stepanenko, and still photographer Evgeniy Maloteka captured while trying…
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Sundance 2023: Fair Play, Cat Person
Two of the most divisive films at this year’s Sundance Film Festival center complex and ultimately unsettling gender dynamics, propelled by intrinsically weak men. One deconstructs sex and power in the world of high finance, while the other details the dangers of presuming we can get to know anyone via text messaging alone. They’re both…
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Sundance 2023: Aum: The Cult at the End of the World, Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV, The Stroll
A pattern is perceptible in this year’s Sundance’s US Documentary Competition. Though the common thesis—between a film about a Japanese cult, a movie concerning a Korean video artist, and a narrative by a transgender sex worker turned director—isn’t readily perceptible, it exists. Beyond these films comprising part of Sundance’s US Documentary competition, they also concern…
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Sundance 2023: Theater Camp, Kim’s Video
It’s not uncommon for a laughing break to win the Sundance Audience Award, or at least make for one of the most popular titles in a sea of exciting but far more serious movies. That’s likely to happen for US Dramatic Competition title “Theater Camp,” a thoroughly funny and easygoing comedy that applies the “let’s put…
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This garlicky spinach soup starts with a simple formula
This recipe for chickpea and spinach soup gets a big boost from garlic.