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ICYMI: James Cameron Thinks He Made A Better 'Wonder Woman'
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- James Cameron discusses Terminator 2 and why he thinks he did a better job with Sarah Connor than Wonder Woman did its title character when it comes to female superheroes.
- Beef and pork battle it out in Charleston, SC, between two of the best BBQ pitmasters in the world.
- The history of racist mob violence in America.
- Kat Stoeffel at The Cut looks deep in the shifting role of writing about misogyny online.
- Shaun King is leaving the NY Daily News to join the Harvard fair punishment project.
- Amazon cut prices at Whole Foods now that the purchase is complete.
- And here's Super Deluxe reimagining Ivanka Trump's words about her father as a Lana Del Rey song:
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