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Singing about Female Masturbation Has Become Cool—but Is It Helping?

by Suzannah Weiss
May 22, 2019 at 9:59am

Singing about masturbation is, for women artists, still radical.
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Don’t We Hurt Like You?: Examining the Lack of Portrayals of African American Women and Mental Health

by Nyasha Junior
May 22, 2019 at 9:00am

Mental health issues are not a “white-girl thing.”
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: “Out” Magazine Still Isn’t Paying Its Writers

by Bitch HQ
May 22, 2019 at 6:00am

“Out’s” editor in chief Phillip Picardi is threatening to quit.
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No Fluffy Self-Love: Sonalee Rashatwar Is Returning Body Positivity to Its Political Roots

by Melissa A. Fabello PhD
May 21, 2019 at 3:35pm

What are we rejecting within us by rejecting fat people?
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Mental Health Advocates to Know, Read, and Listen To

by Marina Watanabe
May 21, 2019 at 10:55am

Shame combined with a lack of information and resources contributes to a culture in which mental health concerns aren’t taken seriously.
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Beyond the Back Alley: “Call the Midwife” and TV’s Stubborn Abortion Binary

by Gretchen Sisson
May 21, 2019 at 9:31am

To date, TV has told only a small, self-evident part of illegal abortion’s history.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Henry Sias Could Be the First Trans Male U.S. Judge

by Bitch HQ
May 21, 2019 at 6:00am

“On May 21st, a primary election will determine if Sias will be the Democratic party’s candidate.”
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There’s No Such Thing as Objective Science

by Abaki Beck
May 20, 2019 at 3:18pm

Science intentionally created, and continues to recreate, race.
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Bad Medicine: Big Pharma’s Female Trouble

by Heather Hartley
May 20, 2019 at 10:02am

Pharmaceutical companies want women to worry about their own sexual problems and what pill might treat them.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Abortion Rights Must Include the LGBTQ Community

by Bitch HQ
May 20, 2019 at 6:00am

LGBTQ people also often need abortion services.

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