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90s Bitch: Media, Cul­ture, and the Failed Promise of Gen­der Equality
Alli­son Yarrow
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The Joe Shus­ter Sto­ry: The Artist Behind Superman
Julian Voloj
Thomas Campi
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The Real Loli­ta: The Kid­nap­ping of Sal­ly Horner and the Nov­el that Scan­dal­ized the World
Sarah Wein­man
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Spring­field Con­fi­den­tial: Jokes, Secrets, and Out­right Lies from a Life­time Writ­ing for The Simpsons
Mike Reiss
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The Inter­mis­sion
Elyssa Fried­land
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Seduced by Mrs. Robin­son: How ​“The Grad­u­ate” Became the Touch­stone of a Generation
Bev­er­ly Gray
Essay

Fact-Check­ing The Frisco Kid: A Historian’s Take on a Jew­ish Classic

Shari Rabin
December 21, 2017
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The Eddie Can­tor Sto­ry: A Jew­ish Life in Per­for­mance and Politics
David Wein­stein
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The Are­na
Rafi Kohan
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Hot Pants in Hollywood
Susan Sil­ver
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You Don’t Own Me
Orly Lobel
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Last Girl Before Freeway
Leslie Ben­netts
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In Many Waters
Ami Sands Brodoff
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The Lit­tle Gate-Crasher
Gabrielle Kaplan-May­er
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We’ll Always Have Casablanca
Noah Isen­berg
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All the Sin­gle Ladies
Rebecca Traister
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