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Girl, You'll Be a Cannibal Soon: “Raw” Joins the Horror Coming-of-Age Canon

Justine is zombie-like in her desire for flesh, and Garance Marillier is parfait in the role, contorting her body and face with a propulsive drive to attack and eat humans.

The Truth Will Not Be Circulated: Fake News and Incarcerated Parents

Fake news succeeds because it disempowers readers by expecting them to believe everything they see, to react to headlines and share articles without ever having read them.

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Dr. Who's Queer Companion

Today we’re reading about Berkeley, Stand Your Ground, and Maxine Waters.

Whitewashing Death Note: Hollywood's Unabashed Bleaching of Anime Continues

Netflix, in whitewashing a series so popular that it appealed to even non-weeaboos, is encouraging white audiences to remember the characters how they want to, rather than how they were actually written.

New Music Monday: Carry Illinois

Rebuilding a band after tragedy was the engine propelling indie rock band Carry Illinois’ latest project, and the results are heartbreaking and life-affirming. 

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Auntie Maxine’s Tax Day March Open Mic Reception

Today we’re reading about the Pepsi-fication of resistance, SNL, and Berkeley.

Bitchtapes: Invisibility

Israeli singer-producer Noga Erez makes dance music that centers politics. Her Invisibility playlist captures many of the same themes she explores in her own work: who gets seen and who doesn’t; who are the watched, and who are the watchers; and how we’re changed by the act of looking.

Get Out of Gilead: Anti-Blackness in “The Handmaid’s Tale”

The Handmaid’s Tale remains silent on the central feature of American history, anti-blackness, while it takes from the oppression of Black women and applies it indiscriminately to white women.

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Here Come the Witches

Today we’re reading about Dear White People, dress codes, and New York.

Fast Feminism, Cheap Talk: Marketplace Feminism’s Fragile Bargains

In 2017, marketplace feminism’s high-gloss façade is cracking open to reveal the gears of status-quo capitalism grinding away just behind.

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