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#SayHerName Lives: Andrea J. Ritchie On Being “Invisible No More”

by Evette Dionne
August 16, 2017 at 1:48pm

Police violence has largely been framed as a Black man’s issue.

Evolving Goddess: Manitas Nerviosas Fully Blossoms On “Ilumíname”

by Anhelo Escalante
August 16, 2017 at 12:45pm

In a dangerous time for folks who don’t conform to the norms of the heteropatriarchy, Mou bravely walks onstage as proof that both gender transgression and resistance are more relevant than the fear and hate of the outside world.
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This “GLOW” Is Better Than Your Shade: BDSM Consent Done Right

by Cassidy Dawn Graves
August 16, 2017 at 8:52am

BDSM is not just about the safeword.

Who's Riding Who: 8 Evangelical Leaders Still On the Trump Train

by Margaret Hetherman
August 16, 2017 at 7:42am

The Bible said nothing about a tangerine coiffure.

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: The Pantone Institute Honors Prince

by Bitch HQ
August 16, 2017 at 6:00am

Some exciting new Prince news, just when we need it most.

This is Your Brain on Drugs: Women lead the field in psychedelic psychotherapy

by April Short
August 15, 2017 at 2:47pm

We now know that the U.S.-led “War on Drugs” has failed to stop people from using drugs. But one thing prohibitionists did succeed in halting, for decades, was scientific psychedelics research.
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About the Art: The Facts Issue

by Kristin Rogers Brown
August 15, 2017 at 2:34pm

If it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, could it actually be a pooping robot? Before you think we’ve lost the thread completely, read about an actual, factual 18th-century French automaton, our pop-art cover, and the comics and illustration in this issue.
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No More “Good Girls”: YA needs to get real about reproduction

by VBF
August 15, 2017 at 1:57pm

YA fiction is more and more reflective of the world in which young people actually live, a new normal of characters and storylines encompassing all the complexities of sex, sexuality, and reproductive rights and justice.
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No Religion is Uniform: “Home Fire” Offers a New Vision of Women in Islam

by Ilana Masad
August 15, 2017 at 10:05am

Radicalization has more to do with vulnerability and a feeling of powerlessness than a religious tenet.

On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: “Nice White People” Benefit From White Supremacy

by Bitch HQ
August 15, 2017 at 6:00am

“Do we really believe the men holding torches in these photographs live in some sort of single-gendered society, or that the women they interact with hold no sway in their communities?”

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