* BBC tracks public sentiment and key political events as Scotland prepares to vote on independence. * Mexican newspaper Más Por Más prints news stories on towels in bathrooms to drive traffic to its website. * St. Mary's Church found to be the most ambiguous term on Wikipedia, followed by Communist
Even someone who writes erotica for a living has to find ways to get through moments of shame.
* There was nothing in Rodger's background that would have prevented him from being able to buy a gun. * In the wake of the Santa Barbara shootings, women create a website aggregating articles showing what happens "When Women Refuse." * One reason men were surprised by the #YesAllWomen
* Following the Elliot Rodger shootings, American women organize "Yes All Women" movement to expose harassment and mistreatment. * Short French film reimagines life in a society dominated by women who act like contemporary men. * Customers at the 9/11 museum gift shop explain what their purchases mean to them.
Over the past decade, social media has made us all big communicators, but we’re giving off more noise than signals. An argument for the handwritten note.
Disney’s “Frozen” juggernaut has been criticized for “sexy walking.” But the roots of what’s wrong lie in Midwestern pageants, not hip-hop videos.
* Why US junk-food brands should stop targeting young people of color: disproportionate rates of diet-related disease. * Non-whites are more likely to breathe foul air than whites, even after correcting for income, according to a recent study. * A Syrian children's magazine publishes stories about "anger
* Weeks after slaughtering hundreds and kidnapping more than 300 girls, Boko Haram receives UN sanctions. * Turkish women launch online campaign to shame men for hogging space on public transportation. * Violent, angry grandmothers defend Ukraine's pro-Russia breakaway Donestk People's Republic. * US military has troops on the
* Friendship blooms on Twitter between the nationalist leaders of India and Japan ever since Modi won. * Anyone born in violation of China's one-child-per-couple policy does not exist legally. * See also: Ta-Nehisi Coates on the case for reparations to African-Americans. * Beth Israel gives patients
Years go by easier when there are 2,000 miles separating a father and son. Then an American flag turns up in your lap.
