According to the 2014 VIDA Count, women are achieving equality in the publishing world, one publication at a time.
2014 VIDA Count results for The New York Times Book Review.
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13 Surprising Facts You Didn't Know About Words And Writing
From Conversation Sparks, a collection of fascinating, little-known facts.
On the origin of Green Eggs and Ham:
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On the release of Psycho:
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On Where's Waldo? in other countries:
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On the true purpose of the typewriter:
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Get That Gauzy Photo Look With Instagram's New Tools
Straight outta hipster heaven.
Fade gives photos that wonderfully hipster, aged quality.
This Beautiful Song A Best Man Wrote For His Brother Will Leave You An Emotional Mess
So many feelings.
An Australian singer-songwriter named Daniel Buccheri wrote and performed an incredibly beautiful mash-up for his best man's speech at his brother's wedding.
The song begins and ends with "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith. The other songs featured are "Every Breath You Take" by The Police, "Ignition" by R. Kelly, "Can You Feel The Love Tonight" by Elton John, "Hey Soul Sister" by Train, and "As Long As You Love Me" by the Backstreet Boys.
Buccheri starts out by talking about his childhood with his brother, and how he would always snore.
Then says his brother met a special girl and he never saw him again. "Your independence is gone, no more fun of your own," he joked.
28 Signs You Were A Total Bookworm As A Kid
Who needs playdates when you have fictional friends?
You LIVED for the Scholastic Book Fair.
And you circled almost every single book in these.
You thought the library was more fun than any playground.
And your local bookstore was your Toys 'R' Us.
You were on cloud nine when you finally got your own library card and realized you could take out whatever books you wanted.
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17 Idiot Questions Gryffindors Had That Slytherins Deigned To Answer
Turn to page 394 and follow along quietly. The Gryffindors at BuzzFeed had some questions that forced Slytherins to bring the clap back.
How does it feel to be a part of the most loathed house at Hogwarts?
Do you ever secretly wish you were a Gryffindor?
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What's Your Six-Word Love Story?
Because everyone knows their love story is the best love story.
Fact: not every love story needs to be three hours long.
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You could probably tell a pretty great love story in the spirit of Hemingway's famous six-word story.
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Like... Two outcasts who found each other.
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One kiss would change her forever.
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