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We All Gotta Eat: “Atlanta” and the Illusive Boundaries of Fame

What happens when your face becomes currency that you can’t benefit from?

5 Women Writers Who Challenge and Expand the Canon

Modern literary tradition is indebted to women who dared to write, whose work challenges and expands the canon.

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: “Jessica Jones” and Female Rage

“Throughout Season 2, Jessica is awed and terrified by her own anger.”

Feminist Snack Break: Betsy's At Her Bullshit Again

Secretary of Dismantling Public Education Betsy DeVos had a revealing and terrible interview on 60 Minutes.

No Need for Superheroes: “A Wrinkle In Time” Shows Black Girls How To Save Themselves

Black children don’t have to be endowed with mutant powers to be inherently good.

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Let Buffy RIP

No more reboots, please.

Reigning from the Ground: The Gravity of Soledad O’Brien

There isn’t one way to describe Soledad O’Brien’s successes; they’re like vines—woven and connected, multitudinous and plentiful.

7 Women of Color Activists Who Are Making History

Women of color activists are relying on collaboration as a leadership model for progress.

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Meg Murry’s Hair Journey

Meg Murry, the young protagonist of A Wrinkle in Time, has always had a thing about her hair.

Rural Savior: “Barbed Wire Heart” Offers a Violent Heroine We Can All Root For

“Barbed Wire Heart” is a love letter to Tess Sharpe’s rural hometown.

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