New Oxford Notes: July-August 2013
The French Revolution, Part Deux
France is seeing its largest, most prolonged public demonstrations of the past several decades; millions are protesting same-sex marriage and adoption.
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Big Sister Is Listening to You
States expend considerable effort rewriting statutes using "gender-neutral vocabulary" and manipulating our language in the service of a broad sociopolitical agenda.
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