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Feminist-ish: The “Cool” Asian Hair Streak Trope

by Marina Watanabe
December 2, 2021 at 12:49pm

In its most egregious examples, the “cool” Asian hair streak trope is used to camouflage underwritten characters who lack personality. 
Author Catherine McCormack, a young blonde woman with long hair, stands in front of green foliage. Next to her is an image of her book cover for Women in the Picture.

Women in the Picture: The Art Historian Challenging the Western Gaze Through a Feminist Lens

by Nicole Diaz-Radlauer
December 2, 2021 at 12:27pm

A new book explores the power of artistic imagery from Venus to Beyoncé.
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“Sex Cult Nun”: Faith Jones Interrogates the Abusive Community Her Grandfather Created

by Nylah Burton
December 2, 2021 at 10:56am

“Sex Cult Nun” is a startling memoir of child abuse about the Children of God.
The light blue book cover of A Face for Picasso, sits on a hot pink background. On the cover, author Ariel Henley closes her eyes with her head turned to the upper left corner of the cover. Pink digital drawings float over the side of her face.

Facial Difference and PTSD: Ariel Henley on Growing up with Crouzon Syndrome

by Maggie May Ethridge
December 1, 2021 at 6:54pm

What Henley addresses with intelligent ferocity in her memoir is the emotional and psychological abuse that she endured throughout elementary and middle school growing up with Crouzon syndrome.
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What’s Very Likely To Happen: The “Roe v. Wade” Endgame Comes to SCOTUS

by Bitch HQ
December 1, 2021 at 4:25pm

Today’s case is not about one state’s decision, but about overturning decades of precedent.
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Man Down: “The Power Of the Dog” Is a Brutal Meditation on Masculinity

by Jourdain Searles
December 1, 2021 at 8:41am

Jane Campion’s new film explores what makes a man, and what traps him.
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Freedom Fighters: Are Better Days Ahead in Palestine?

by Reina Sultan
November 30, 2021 at 10:39am

Palestinians’ will to free themselves from Israeli occupation is as strong as ever.
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5 Feminist Albums That Got Us Through November

by DeAsia Paige
November 30, 2021 at 9:24am

Get emotionally vulnerable with releases from Adele, Lotic, Summer Walker, and more.
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White Lies: How Democrats React to Kyle Rittenhouse's Acquittal Matters

by Madiba K. Dennie
November 22, 2021 at 3:20pm

Encouragements to “just vote” tell a grieving country that we can be saved by continuing to do something that hasn’t saved us yet.
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Double Down: “King Richard” Is an Ode to the Power of Believing in Black Girls

by Dara Mathis
November 22, 2021 at 1:58pm

“King Richard” succeeds in drawing us to root for the Williams family to beat the odds against them—the specter of both genteel and bloody racism, the gang violence that threatens their neighborhood.

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