Lena Felton

@lenakfelton

Multiplatform Editor for . Former Politics Fellow and Magazine Chair . Northern California loyalist.

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    Apr 3

    Ten years before he was assassinated in Memphis, MLK was stabbed, and almost killed, in Harlem. My grandfather treated King at Harlem Hospital. I excavated that story, and uncovered my grandfather’s own fight for civil rights as a black doctor:

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    8 hours ago

    In my first print feature for , I wrote about the night I got shot, about guns and politics and home.

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    23 hours ago

    Colleges have squeezed students in air-conditioned lounges, labs, and lecture halls to escape the heat wave. But heat waves are expected to get much worse, just as some unis face what to do with their crunched housing stock. My first for the :

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    Sep 4

    "Sexual harassment and the objectification of women are so woven into our culture that they are considered normal... Ignorance is no longer an excuse." -

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    Aug 30

    Thrilled to tell you that is launching , our new Instagram-only book club. DM us at to join. We'll pick a new book by a woman each month and share our progress, Qs and quotes each week. First up is "The Poet X" by .

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    Aug 30

    The books that remind us of fall

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    Aug 30

    Pumpkin spice season is just around the corner: and pick “the books that remind us fall” on today!

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  8. Aug 30

    An exciting day... Get fall book picks from Yaa Gyasi, , and 8 more of my favorite authors — plus join our new book club.

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    Aug 29

    Author will join of at the booth to discuss and read from her book, “The Poet X” from 10 to 11 a.m.

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  10. Aug 28

    Good reading as you watch the polls tonight:

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  11. Aug 27

    You've heard of the Wing, but take a look inside these other women's co-working spaces, where inclusivity is the goal:

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  12. Aug 23

    Teachers and ice-cream scoopers alike are cutting "guys" from their vocabularies. Read this from :

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  13. Aug 23

    For my first piece for , I heard from over 100 women who are all "on their own" for the first time. (I also got to write about kale, and include a picture of my parents.) Read 10 of those stories here:

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  14. Aug 22

    If you haven't subscribed to newsletter Lily Lines yet, do so now! Some great stories coming to your inbox tomorrow:

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  15. Aug 22

    “When black women vote they remind those who disenfranchise them why they matter. They matter because they can swing elections. They matter because they can wedge enough numbers to make a difference. They could then and they can now.”

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  16. Aug 16

    With "Respect," Aretha Franklin flipped Otis Redding's original song into a feminist anthem: She was a woman demanding respect from a man. It's just one example of what a difference maker she really was.

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  17. Aug 15

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    Three years of QUEEN SUGAR. This is hands down the article I’m most proud of. Filled with gratitude to work with these women. Feel so lucky. Thank you to Macy, Ashley + Oriana of The Lily for this gem. And love to you, ⁦⁩.
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  18. Aug 15

    Last season, every single episode of "Queen Sugar” was directed by a woman; 85% of the episodes, by a minority woman. and talked to the women behind the show. Read their great feature here:

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    Aug 14

    In my second article for , I bring attention to the largely invisible challenges facing sub-Saharan African women on the migration trail to Europe.

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    Aug 13

    Do you have a difficult conversation ahead of you that you don't know how to start? Call (978) THE-LILY for a chance to get one-on-one advice from of for

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  21. Aug 10

    Great to see that T Magazine tapped David Hilliard to shoot this piece. He was my photo professor at Harvard for a semester, and he's the loveliest man with the coolest triptychs around.

    Actresses who were once sent out to sea on icebergs have become commodities, no longer forced to “come back to New York and do plays when Hollywood no longer wants me.”
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