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Godmothers of Invention: The Enduring Power of the Cinderella Story

by Noa Azulai

July 16, 2021 at 9:00am

There is no tale of Cinderella without her Fairy Godmother.

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11 Podcasts for Your New Normal

by Addissyn House

July 14, 2021 at 9:51am

New and old voices as you travel to and from work, on road trips, and just around the house.

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Pretty Hurts: Israel Is Still Putting a Feminine Face On Its Violent Operation

by Isobel van Hagen

July 12, 2021 at 3:08pm

Their gendered advertising is seemingly created to sanitize the violence they inflict on Palestinians.

#FreeBritney: In the United States, Eugenics Is Still Legal

by Samantha Chavarria

July 9, 2021 at 1:08pm

The history of forced sterilization of disabled communities has been hidden for too long, but stories like Britney Spears’ allow us the opportunity to educate and liberate.

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“Rise to the Sun” Torches the Illusion of Perfection

by Arriel Vinson

July 9, 2021 at 12:30pm

What does it mean to love people, even when we know we could lose them?

Zion Moreno as Luna La, a Latinx girl wearing a colorful shirt holds up a phone to Jordan Alexander as Julien Calloway, a bald teenager looking straight ahead, and Savannah Smith as Monet de Haan, a Black girl with curly hair in a ponytail in Gossip Girl

With New Reboots, TV Tries to Fashion a Contemporary Queer Elite

by Dejan Jotanovic

July 8, 2021 at 4:30pm

I couldn’t help but wonder: Was the rise of the queer elite a sign of progress, or propaganda?

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“Catfish” Still Has Lessons To Teach Us

by Evette Dionne

July 7, 2021 at 11:57am

There’s no better time than quarantine to really understand why people end up talking to people for long periods of time without meeting in person.

A photo of actors Aisha Dee, a biracial woman with curly black hair, Meghann Fahy, a white woman with light brown hair, and Katie Stevens, a white woman with long, dark brown hair, are hugging on the set of their show The Bold Type.

Dressed for Comfort: The Series Finale of “The Bold Type” Is Fashionably Emotional

by Addissyn House

July 6, 2021 at 4:35pm

The series finale of The Bold Type is a call back to the five seasons Kat, Jane, and Sutton shared on Freeform.

Three young women in sunglasses and coats (one Brown woman with a brown braid and two white-passing women with their brown hair pulled off their faces) hold boxes of tampons and pads in August's advertisement.

Environmental Expenses: The Multifaceted Costs of Period Products

by Addissyn House

July 6, 2021 at 12:47pm

Many people with periods are forced to pay sales tax on already expensive, disposable products for their periods. August and Rael are just some companies that are making period products accessible.