Monday, February 2, 2015

Here's The Book President Obama Recommends You Read

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A book recommendation from the Commander-in-Chief himself. Kevin Lamarque / Reuters Via cnn.com Over vacation, I read a book of short stories by Phil Klay called Redeployment. And it's a quick but powerful and, for me, painful set of stories about the experience of ordinary soldiers in Iraq. And I think it's a reminder, particularly important for a Commander-in-Chief, that...

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What A "Racebent" Hermione Granger Really Represents

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The beauty of the Harry Potter character as a woman of color.Growing up, the discovery of Harry Potter was nothing short of a revelation. Warner Bros. / Via essentialtomyhappiness.tumblr.com It revolutionized the way I thought about the world, humanity, and myself. Warner Bros. And like many young girls at the time, I found myself relating quite a lot to the series' most...

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37 Books To Read To Your Kids, Based On Their Favorite TV Shows

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Turn screen time into reading time. BuzzFeed Disney HMH Books for Young Readers View Entire List...

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An 11-Year-Old Girl Wrote To DC Comics To Say "Girls Read Comics Too And They Care"

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“I love your comics, but I would love them a whole lot more if there were more girls.”Dear DC comics,My name is Rowan and I am 11 years old. I love superheroes and have been reading comics and watching superhero cartoons and movies since I was very young. I'm a girl, and I'm upset because there aren't very many girl superheroes or movies and comics from DC.For my birthday, I got some of your Justice...

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Katy Perry's Halftime Show Was Basically "The Hunger Games"

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The odds were ever in her favor!So by now, you're probably recovering from Katy Perry's EPIC halftime show performance. But it seemed kind of...familiar, didn't it? Can you put a finger on it?Getty Images / Christian Petersen Oh, right. This is The Hunger Games!!! Lionsgate So Katy, sorry, Katy-niss Everdeen entered the arena like a TRUE tribute. NBC / Lionsgate View Entire...

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29 Stunning Passages From Literature That Capture The Essence Of India

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“India, the new myth – a collective fiction in which anything was possible, a fable rivalled only by the two other mighty fantasies: money and God.” ―Salman Rushdie BuzzFeed / Via Flickr: sandeepachetan 2. "In India even the most mundane inquiries have a habit of ending this way. There may be two answers, there may be five, a dozen or a hundred; the only thing that is certain...

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