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    Avidly’s thoughts are with Boston and with all those who work to protect civic space (throughout the world) from violence and fear. To Give: Consider donations on behalf of Boston’s neediest, who, in any tragedy, often suffer the most: Pine Street Inn or the Home for Little Wanderers. Consider donations on behalf...
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Of Beyoncé’s Hips, much has been written.  Less so, strangely, about her Face, and it’s the magic of the Face that we want to address today. We’re thinking about the Face right now, of course, because of Queen B’s electricity-stealing show at the super bowl.  But the question of Beyoncé’s Face, and what it...
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Avidly is running on Wednesday today, instead of the holiday Thursday.  In the spirit of awkwardly political gratefulness, some Avidly folk came together to share thoughts about explaining the sometimes touchy rhetoric of Thanksgiving. Note that this list splits the difference between humor and earnestness, never settling easily either way, which is, we feel,...
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