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It's Really Sickening How Much Florence Nightingale Hated Women

The saintly 19th-century nurse has come to symbolize good will, sympathy, and self-sacrifice, but she also firmly believed women were good-for-nothing stupidheads who didn't deserve equal rights.
Lauren Oyler
11.20.15
Bánh mì

This Electronic Band May Have Just Found the Best Vegan Banh Mi in Los Angeles

"The bread is always fresh, usually even warm, with the perfect ratio of crunch to softness. This banh mi is nothing fancy. Plus they have two very legit fake meat options and vegan mayo."
Aly Comingore
11.20.15
nasa

NASA Is Scouring Mars to Find a Site for Its First Manned Base

If we are going to send humans to Mars in the 2030s, it’s time we selected our digs.
Becky Ferreira
11.20.15
Health

No, a Pigeon Won't Be Evaluating Your Next Mammogram

A recent study has inspired headlines about "pigeon pathologists" and how the birds may be "the next great cancer detector," but they need to be taken with a grain of salt.
Sydney Lupkin
11.20.15
Chicago

Black Dance Matters: A Documentary on Chicago Footwork Collective The Era

A new THUMP-produced film by director Wills Glasspiegel shines a light on the dancers whose feet do the work.
Wills Glasspiegel & Emilie Friedlander
11.20.15
weak in review

David Roth's Weak in Review: Re-Learning to Love College Basketball

Even at its best, college basketball is a flawed and messy and occasionally hard-to-watch thing. It is not at its best just yet, but it's just what we need. Bill Raftery knows this, and he's good at it.
David Roth
11.20.15
Art

GIF Six-Pack: Absurd Island

The amusing and disturbing collide...
Rebecca Miller
11.20.15
trolling

Ryan Kesler's Troll Game Is on Point

Ryan Kesler could carve out a second career as a comedian.
Chris Toman
11.20.15
Politics

Princeton May Drop Woodrow Wilson's Name Because He Was a Racist

The Virginia native and late president of the United States and Princeton University actively discouraged blacks from applying to the school and complimented the Ku Klux Klan as a "veritable empire of the South, to protect the Southern country."
Olivia Becker and Simon Ostrovsky
11.20.15
Art

Insta of the Week: Remembering Maya Plisetskaya

The world looks back at the legendary career of the seminal Bolshoi ballerina.
TCP Staff
11.20.15
Baseball

We Made Juan Uribe a Free Agency Book

No free agent deserves a vigorous, highly technological marketing pitch more than Papi.
Eric Nusbaum
11.20.15
supplements

The Feds Are Using Apps to Crack Down on Dangerous Nutritional Supplements

Earlier this week, the Department of Justice announced criminal and civil actions against some 100 sexual enhancement, weight loss, and body building products.
Nick Rose
11.20.15
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