The Reason Jae’Sean Tate Has Defied the Naysayers

Cody Pearson There aren’t too many 25-year-old rookies in the NBA. Nor are there many people who have had to overcome as much adversity as Jae’Sean Tate. “A lot of people don’t know that part of my life because I’m always smiling … but it took a lot for me to get that way.” Every
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Hello, My Name Is Marijuana Pepsi! (Ep. 387)

Marijuana Pepsi Vandyck was a failing student at age 15. Thirty-one years later she earned her Ph.D., analyzing the impact of distinctively black names on students’ classroom experiences. (Photo: University of Wisconsin-Whitewater) Research shows that having a distinctively black name doesn’t affect your economic future. But what is the day-to-day reality of living with such
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It’s Time We Address One of the Biggest Debates of All Time — Is It Soda or Is It Pop?

I grew up in the Midwest, which means I grew up referring to all carbonated beverages as”pop.” It was not bizarre to me. My friends and I said it whenever we were craving a Sprite, Coca-Colayes, even that the then-popular Pepsi Blue. Our parents, peers, and faculty educators all knew exactly what we meant when
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I’m 28 & This Is How Much I Spent On My 5-Day Trip To An Anime Convention

Welcome to Travel Diaries, a Refinery29 series where we tag along as real women embark on trips around the world and track their travel expenses down to the last cent. Here, we offer a detailed, intimate account of when, where, and how our peers spend their vacation days and disposable income: all the meals, adventures,
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