Lisa Spaar

Lisa Spaar

Lisa Russ Spaar's most recent book of poems is Satin Cash. She teaches at the University of Virginia.

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May 24 2011 6:53 AM"The Irises" for Charles Wright Lisa Spaar

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July 10 2007 6:31 AM"I Consider My Mother's Mind"Lisa Spaar

Dear Prudence

Help! We Stopped the Class Prayer in Our Child’s School, and Now the Community Hates Us.

“Your Hair Sucks” and Other Great Moments in Student Evaluations of Teaching

The Psychology of Unfriending Someone on Facebook

Celebrity Quack Moms Are a Terrible Influence on Everyday Parents

Why Cliven Bundy’s Gaffe Matters: His Cause Needed a Hero

Technology

Facebook Keeps Getting More Addictive. Here’s How.

Take a Strange, Delightful Trip Through Homer’s Brain in the Latest Simpsons Couch Gag

The First Week of May Will Be Decidedly Un-Springlike for Much of the Country

What the Failure of inBloom Means for the Student-Data Industry

Are Gender-Neutral Restrooms a Fundamental Right?

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The World

China Impounds Japanese Ship Over World War II-Era Lawsuit

The Rich Rule America—But Don't Despair (Too Much)

Why Cliven Bundy’s Gaffe Matters: His Cause Needed a Hero

Why Class-Based Affirmative Action Won’t Heal Our Racial Disparities

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Brow Beat

Take a Strange, Delightful Trip Through Homer’s Brain in the Latest Simpsons Couch Gag

Neil Young Performs a Haunting, Quiet Cover of “Needle of Death”

Katy Perry Will Ruin Your Birthday Party

Beyoncé Takes Aim at Beauty Pageants in “Pretty Hurts” Video

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Technology

Facebook Keeps Getting More Addictive. Here’s How.

The First Week of May Will Be Decidedly Un-Springlike for Much of the Country

What the Failure of inBloom Means for the Student-Data Industry

The FCC’s New Net Neutrality Proposal Is Even Worse Than You Think

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Business Insider

What $1 Million Buys in Housing Markets Around the Globe

Live Más Expensively: Taco Bell Is Launching a Fancy New Chain

The Waffle Taco Is a Wounded Soldier in the Breakfast Wars

Here’s the Starbucks Map of America

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Inside Higher Ed

Are Gender-Neutral Restrooms a Fundamental Right?

19th-Century Maps Tracking Major Diseases Across the United States

A Haunting Memorial of an Unsolved Plane Crash

The Ins and Outs of Baseball Uniform Design

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Bad Astronomy

Vax Facts: Global Vaccination Week Seeks Immunity

Massive (and GORGEOUS) Stellar Destruction Marks Hubble’s 24th Anniversary in Space

Oysters, Sand Dunes, and Other Revolutionary Plans to Save the Post-Sandy Waterfront in New York

A Hubble Image That Will Drill Into Your Brain

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The XX Factor

Celebrity Quack Moms Are a Terrible Influence on Everyday Parents

Student Alleges Brown University Let Her Rapist Return to Classes While She Was Still There

Even Children Have a Gender Wage Gap. Call It the Allowance Gap.

The Cheerleaders Rise Up

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Technology

Running Calculators Are Inaccurate and Misleading. Help Slate Build a Better One.

Baseball’s Replay System Is Ludicrous. MLB Should Adopt Tennis’s System Instead.

The Rams Should Hand Over $135 Trillion to Anyone Who Guesses Their Schedule Exactly

Kevin Durant Is Having One of the Most Ridiculous Seasons in NBA History

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Video

The Unlikely Culprit for a Mysterious Sound in the Antarctic Ocean (Video)

The Rogue Bacteria That Evolved Into a Human Killer (Video)

A Potential Manned Mission to Mars Just Got a Lot Less Expensive

Help! What Do I Say to Strangers Who Ask “Where I’m Really From”?

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Behold

San Francisco’s Forgotten Neighborhood of Bayview-Hunters Point

Powerful, Moving Portraits of Black Women With Cancer

A Jewish Photographer’s Portrait of Arab Israeli Teenagers

A Gorgeous Look at Car Culture in California

Mom and Dad Are Fighting

Why Do Parents Judge Other Parents for Having One Child?

Should Gawker Ban Internet Slang?

David Weigel Interviews Neera Tanden, President of the Center for American Progress

An Amazing New Documentary About the Horrific Hillsborough Stadium Disaster

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Slate Plus

Former Slatester Farhad Manjoo on His Favorite #Slatepitch

Slate Plus Members: Assign Will Oremus a Tech Post in This Week’s Member Takeover

David Plotz on Slate’s New Membership Program, Slate Plus

Slate Plus Sneak Peek: Paskin and Kois Talk Game of Thrones, Episode 3

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