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Put on a Zoot Suit: Modern-Day Xenophobia Rekindles a Chicano Theatre Classic

May 5, 2017 at 9:36am

The Sleepy Lagoon Trial sprang out of a climate of strong anti-Mexican sentiment in 1940s southern California, and most of the astounding details of the defendants’ violated due process in Zoot Suit are true to life

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Colbert V. Trump

by Bitch HQ

May 5, 2017 at 6:00am

Today we’re reading about stealthing, #VetsFightHate, and art.

Backtalk: May Day & Handmaid Horrors

by Dahlia Balcazar

May 4, 2017 at 2:16pm

Amy and Dahlia talk about May Day activism across the globe and the difficulties and opportunities in imagining work systems that work better. And they dig into The Handmaid’s Tale series, examining the novel’s grounding in anti-Blackness, as well as where the show diverges from the novel and what that might mean for the future of Gilead (hopefully that Offred leads the resistance and...

Director’s Cut: A New Wave of Body-Horror Films Focuses on Women

by Tammy Oler

May 4, 2017 at 12:47pm

A wave of body-horror films produced in the past five years subject women to a bevy of stomach-turning torments, and not just for shock value.

Chelsea Clinton, in red dress, stands at a podium and looks away from the camera

Clinton Derangement Syndrome: The Clicks That Keep on Giving

by Andi Zeisler

May 4, 2017 at 10:30am

Why can’t we accept that women whom we believe are unlikable for “legitimate” reasons are also subjected to misogyny?

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Laughing is a Crime Now

by Bitch HQ

May 4, 2017 at 6:00am

Today we’re reading about free speech.

Gilead Rules: “The Handmaid’s Tale” Roundtable for Four

by Evette Dionne

May 3, 2017 at 11:35am

The Handmaid’s Tale now has a new urgency, as well as the potential to make powerful, more-timely-than-ever statements about reproductive rights, theocratic rule, environmental devastation, and misogyny. But will the series live up to our resistance hopes?

The Pleasure Dome: A New Column Will Explore the Intersection of Pleasure and Feminism

by adrienne maree brown

May 3, 2017 at 7:52am

We’re going to start learning together. The Pleasure Dome is a space to ask shameless questions, love what we love and explore why, cultivate our interest in radical love and pleasure, and nourish the “yes” in each of us.