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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Supreme Court Will Rule on Landmark LGBTQ Rights Cases

by Bitch HQ
April 23, 2019 at 6:00am

All three cases will decide on LGBTQ job discrimination protections.

#ItHappenedToUs: How Chosen Families support Queer Survivors of Sexual Assault

by Maneo Mohale
April 22, 2019 at 10:48am

When I was sexually assaulted, it didn’t just happen to me, it happened to us. 
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Clip Artists: Women, Work, and Extreme Couponing

by Adrienne Rose Bitar
April 22, 2019 at 10:35am

Couponing is more than a passing fashion: It is an expression of consumer muscle.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Ancestry.com Pulls Ad Romanticizing Slavery

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

“The commercial, set in the Civil War era, features a white man asking a Black woman to escape to the North with him so they can ‘be together.’”
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Finally, There’s a Comedy Where Disability Isn’t the Punch Line

by Keah Brown
April 19, 2019 at 1:09pm

The show offers a protagonist who experiences insecurities that most people, disabled or not, can relate to.

Swindling Faith: The Big Business of Prosperity Gospel

by Nyasha Junior
April 19, 2019 at 12:33pm

Prosperity gospel’s “believe it and receive it” message appeals to both the haves who want to increase their bounties and the have-nots who hope to transform their lives.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Military Academies Begin to Ban Trans Students

by Bitch HQ
April 19, 2019 at 6:00am

The U.S. Naval Academy will begin banning transgender students in 2020.
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“Homecoming” Homework: 7 Books to Read after Watching Beyoncé’s Epic Documentary

by Kevin Allred
April 18, 2019 at 4:15pm

Homecoming is so much more than just pop culture; it’s a masterclass on “schoolin’ life.”
Illustration from Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob shows Z and Mira asking "Why?"

Family Matters: “Good Talk” Offers a Panacea for the Worst of Times

by Dara Mathis
April 18, 2019 at 11:30am

For a country obsessed with the national “conversation about race,” Mira Jacob’s graphic memoir, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, offers an illustration of all the ways it can go right—and wrong.

Backtalk: That’s Not Consent. That’s Capitalism.

by Amy Lam
April 18, 2019 at 10:13am

This week, Dahlia and Amy get into the newest marketing ploy around consent: condoms that require four hands to open. These kinds of throwaway, viral products commodify ideas around sexual violence without actually working to solve a problem (while hoisting the blame for sexual assault away from the perpetrator), and we’re sick of it. And in Amy vs. Dahlia, we...

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