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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Is Back

by Bitch HQ

January 26, 2018 at 6:00am

Is RuPaul’s Drag Race the most radical show on TV?

Woman sits in a chair behind open doors with fire blazing in the background. Text is a quote from Dorothy D. that reads: "You would have thought I opened the Gates of Hell."

Adventures in Feministory: They Called Her Dr. D, Part Two

by Cynthia Greenlee

January 26, 2018 at 6:00am

Dr. D. always said what she meant and meant what she said.

Backtalk: #MeToo Backlash & Larry Nassar Sentencing

by Amy Lam

January 25, 2018 at 2:30pm

This week, Dahlia and Amy dig into the latest “feminist” backlash against the #MeToo movement in light of Babe.Net’s Aziz Ansari—a story which showed how a celebrity who banked on his male feminist allyship ultimately doesn’t want to respect boundaries around consent. Then they talk about the sentencing hearing for former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University physician Larry Nassar, who...

Adventures in Feministory: They Called Her Dr. D, Part One

by Cynthia Greenlee

January 25, 2018 at 1:12pm

A graduate of Meharry Medical College, Dr. Dorothy Brown was the first African American woman surgeon in the south.

Sorry, Not Sorry: When Men Won’t Actually Give Up Their Time

by Imran Siddiquee

January 25, 2018 at 10:40am

These statements represent just how little space straight cisgender men have devoted to really talking about gender, sex, and power.

Not Your Average Americana: Kitty, Daisy, and Lewis’s “Superscope” Offers Escapism

by Nitzan Pincu

January 25, 2018 at 9:00am

Superscope’s fun, loving, and optimistic spirit sounds like storming through Arizona’s bare sunny deserts to drink milkshakes and eat hamburgers at the local diner.