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I Got My Ass Kicked by Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Personal Trainer

Keeping Ginsburg healthy and alive is more than a joke — it’s a job. And Bryant Johnson knows better than anyone what would happen if he were to slip up.

This Is What Happened When I Tried to Bully My Plant to Death

Supposedly you can sweet-talk your plant to greater health — so I screamed at and insulted a plant every day for three weeks, all in the name of science

Three Years Before Stonewall, There Was the Compton’s Cafeteria Riot in San Francisco

It marked the beginning of the gay liberation movement in San Francisco and in the U.S. as a whole

A Fully Loaded Cultural History of Stockpiling Guns

Stockpiles of weapons tend to represent some sort of resistance — a distinct counter-cultural statement that symbolizes autonomy from the law and the mainstream