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Amy Coney Barrett, a white woman with short, brown hair, stands in front of an American flag wearing a black dress

Faithful Bigot: Amy Coney Barrett Is the Catholic Church’s Secret Weapon

by Olga Segura
October 13, 2020 at 11:43am

Like other American institutions, the Catholic Church has been shaped by white supremacy.
Yola, a dark-skinned Black woman with a short, curly afro, poses against a pale purple and blue background, playing her guitar

Yola Is the Unconventional Queen of Country Soul

by Evette Dionne
October 13, 2020 at 10:30am

Black artists from all around the world are continuing the tradition of upending the expectation that country music is a genre reserved for white artists.
Two white gay men flirt at what looks like Pride. One has a rainbow arm band.

Denouncing White Supremacy Must Be a Movement, Not a Trend

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 9, 2020 at 2:04pm

Reclamation isn’t for everything, and it’s not for everyone.
Lily Collins as Emily in Emily in Paris. Emily is a white girl with long brown hair. She wears a red beret and looks surprised while sitting at a brunch table outside.

In “Emily in Paris,” Being Thin and White Is a Path to Success

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 9, 2020 at 1:01pm

Emily is yet another thin white woman who fails upward.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Latinx woman with long, black hair, and wearing glasses, has a gray mask over her face

Go Low: The Time for Civility Is Over

by s.e. smith
October 9, 2020 at 12:41pm

We don’t pay our representatives to be scared, hiding behind the apron strings of civility.
an illustration of five cartoons standing side by side against a brick wall with Blacklight in flourescent lights above

“Blacklight” Spins a New Tale about Strippers in New Orleans

by Bitch HQ
October 9, 2020 at 12:25pm

Sex workers are very dynamic and have their own varied, colorful lives.
Kamala Harris, who is brown with dark brown, curled hair, smirks at Mike Pence, who is old and white with bright white hair and looks away from the camera with his lips pursed.

Flies and Lies: 5 Feminist Takeaways from the Vice Presidential Debate

by Evette Dionne
October 8, 2020 at 11:40am

Men will talk over women every single time.
Claudia Conway, a white teenage girl with blond hair, films herself on TikTok.

Teen Girls Shouldn’t Have to Fix Our Country

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 8, 2020 at 11:30am

We shouldn’t be making demands of Claudia Conway, especially if they aren’t demands we’ve even made of ourselves.
Joe Biden, a white man with short, white hair, stands next to Jason Bateman, a white man portraying Marty Byrde, in Ozark

Biden, Byrde, and the Limits of “Toxic Masculinity” Discourse

by Imran Siddiquee
October 8, 2020 at 11:08am

For men like Joe Biden, the solution is never to contend with their own role in upholding an oppressive system—or to step aside to make room for others.
Senator Kamala Harris stands at a podium that reads “Text UNITED to 30330” and is labeled with a BIDEN/HARRIS logo

Progressive Lenses: Women Candidates and the New Double Standard

by Kylie Cheung
October 7, 2020 at 4:26pm

Merely stating that sexism exists in politics can imperil any woman’s political campaign.

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