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- As a disabled person, dating apps were already tough. Then I failed Tinder’s verification test: Because of my rheumatoid arthritis, I couldn’t raise my hands to get a blue check on my profile. https://www.thelily.com/as-a-disabled-person-dating-apps-were-already-tough-then-i-failed-tinders-verification-test/ 7 comments technology
- In 1968, IBM fired Lynn Conway for being transgender. She finally got an apology. https://www.thelily.com/in-1968-ibm-fired-lynn-conway-for-being-transgender-she-finally-got-an-apology/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_source=twitter 6 comments technology
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- In the Philippines, ‘comfort women’ who suffered in WWII fight to keep from being erased from history https://www.thelily.com/in-the-philippines-comfort-women-who-suffered-in-wwii-fight-to-keep-from-being-erased-from-history/ 11 comments worldnews
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- As a child, Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped, raped and held captive. Now one of her captors is getting out of prison early. https://www.thelily.com/as-a-child-elizabeth-smart-was-kidnapped-raped-and-held-captive-now-one-of-her-captors-is-getting-out-of-prison-early/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_with_top_mostshared_2_na 3 comments worldnews
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