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Ana Valens is a reporter specializing in online queer communities, marginalized identities, and adult content creation. Her work has appeared at Vice, Vox, Truthout, Bitch Media, Kill Screen, Rolling Stone, and the Toast. She lives in Brooklyn, New York, and spends her free time developing queer adult games.

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University of Alabama student Harley Barber has been expelled and removed from her sorority after her racist rant on Instagram went viral.

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Sorority member expelled from school after racist Instagram rant

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