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<p>Siobhan Ball is a historian, archivist, and journalist. She also writes for Autostraddle and bi.org</p>


Siobhan Ball

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‘This is why I hate men’: Man tells TikToker her ‘a** stinks’ after she rejects him in viral TikTok

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‘America will do anything but ban guns’:  Viral TikTok shows students using microwaves, shopping carts after backpack ban

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Woman filmed pushing her way onto New York subway, sparking debate

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Danny DeVito briefly loses Twitter verification after tweeting support for striking Nabisco workers

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Online activists horrified that professor kept remains of Black children killed in bombing for decades

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This conservationist photobombed a wildlife photographer’s bobcat photos

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Artist says L.O.L Surprise doll was made in her image without credit or compensation

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Removal of slave-trader statue prompts boycott of unrelated supermarket chain

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J.K. Rowling is getting roasted again for a tweet supporting a transphobic researcher

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‘This is why I hate men’: Man tells TikToker her ‘a** stinks’ after she rejects him in viral TikTok

‘America will do anything but ban guns’: Viral TikTok shows students using microwaves, shopping carts after backpack ban

Woman filmed pushing her way onto New York subway, sparking debate

Danny DeVito briefly loses Twitter verification after tweeting support for striking Nabisco workers

‘Breaking Code Silence’ TikToks expose the horrifying reality of the Troubled Teen Industry

Online activists horrified that professor kept remains of Black children killed in bombing for decades

This conservationist photobombed a wildlife photographer’s bobcat photos

Artist says L.O.L Surprise doll was made in her image without credit or compensation

Removal of slave-trader statue prompts boycott of unrelated supermarket chain

J.K. Rowling is getting roasted again for a tweet supporting a transphobic researcher

Netflix’s ‘Broken’ is a damning look at some of the world’s most popular consumer products

Harvard bro who whined about climate protest gets owned by his ex

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