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Rosamund Pike, a white woman with short blond hair, as Martha in I Care A Lot 

“I Care a Lot” is Visceral Catharsis for Women’s Rage

by Sadaf Ahsan
February 19, 2021 at 8:28am

There’s therapy to be found in these films.
Frances McDormand plays Fern, a white woman with short, brown hair stares off in the distance while smoking a cigarette in Nomadland

Great American Nowhere: “Nomadland” Is the Movie “Hillbilly Elegy” Wants to Be

by Alison Lanier
February 18, 2021 at 10:37am

Nomadland actively rejects poverty porn tropes.
Paige Woolen, a thin white woman, poses behind a table as she smizes at the camera

No Conversation: @DudesInTheDMs Is Making the Internet Safer for Women

by Allie Rowbottom
February 18, 2021 at 9:46am

Any woman can send Paige Woolen screenshots of unwanted DMs and have them shared with 61,000 followers.
The cast of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Joss Whedon and the Persistence of Prioritizing Male “Creative Genius”

by Elly Belle
February 18, 2021 at 9:45am

What if we cared more about justice than “male genius?” 
Rachel Lindsay, a Black woman with long, dark hair, smiles. She wears a dress and a white fur coat and sits on a rooftop.

Fucking Tired: Fixing “The Bachelor’s” Racism Isn’t Rachel Lindsay’s Job

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
February 17, 2021 at 12:01pm

Rachel Lindsay has become the built-in key to solving the empire’s ongoing problems with racism.
Britney Spears, a white teenager with long, blond hair, smiles brightly at the camera while wearing a black dress

#FreeBritney Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg

by s.e. smith
February 17, 2021 at 10:11am

For the disability community, this movement could result in major changes to a system that has been taken at face value.
Patricia Lockwood, a white woman with short, brown hair, poses in profile in a black and white photo

“No One Is Talking about This” Brings Online Pangs to Real Life Tragedy

by s.e. smith
February 16, 2021 at 11:47am

No One Is Talking About This is a reflection of our ebbing and flowing need for connection.
Carlson Young plays Margaret, a white woman with short, blond hair, who looks aghast as she moves through a deep red world, in The Blazing World

BitchWatch: 5 Frightening Feminist Films from Sundance

by Michelle Krasovitski
February 16, 2021 at 10:16am

These movies are meaningful entries into a genre that has its sights toward social commentary.
Tessica Brown, a black woman, wears a long braid and long eyelashes. She leans into the camera while wearing a pink hoodie.

Naming and Shaming: Why The Gorilla Glue Discourse Took Hold

by Jordan McDonald
February 15, 2021 at 1:13pm

Our impulse is to name and shame. Why? 
Portrait of Greisa Martínez Rosas, a Mexican woman with long dark brown curls, wearing a white blazer and smiling

BitchTapes: Immigrant Dreaming

by Greisa Martínez Rosas
February 12, 2021 at 2:50pm

Greisa Martínez Rosas outlines some of the songs that have helped guide her ethos as an organizer and a movement leader.

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