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Not a Follower, Not Yet a Leader: Women Cult Leaders Hold an Insidious, Misunderstood Power

The role of powerful women in cults has generally gone unnoticed by the new wave of creep-seeking entertainment.

By Hanna Brooks Olsen »

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Home Sweet Haunt: Grief and Trauma Are the Lurking Horrors in “The Haunting of Hill House”

by Dahlia Balcazar

You can’t control trauma, and you can’t always protect yourself from scares.

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Turning 20: “Practical Magic” Travels Through the Realm of Outsiders

by Shannon Weber

“Practical Magic” withstands the test of time and reinvigorates interest in witchy feminist spirituality.

Culture

The Real Truth About YouTube’s Obsessive Purity Subculture

by Amy Oldfield

There’s something sickly comforting about believing that staying pure will give you power, about the idea that everything will be okay if you follow the rules.

BitchReads: 13 Books Feminists Should Read In August

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BitchReads: 13 Books Feminists Should Read In August

Backtalk: Don’t Waste Hannah Gadsby’s Time

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Backtalk: Don’t Waste Hannah Gadsby’s Time

There’s a phrase that comes to mind when I think of Tessa Thompson’s character Detroit in Boots Riley’s debut feature, Sorry to Bother You: symbolic disrupter. She wears the clothes of a revolutionary. Literally—her clothes are part of her performance-art aesthetic.

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