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BitchReads: 17 Books Feminists Should Read in May

by Evette Dionne
May 3, 2021 at 12:04pm
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Our Internet, Ourselves: 7 Extremely Online Books for the Twitter-Weary

by Jenna Mahale
April 28, 2021 at 10:32am
These seven books explain our dysfunctional relationship with the internet. Read more »
Love In Color, a book cover, features an illustration of a brown-skinned man and a brown-skinned woman appearing to kiss

“Love in Color” Modernizes the Myths We Love to Hate

by Gloria Oladipo
April 23, 2021 at 12:25pm
Rather than denote these tales as relics of the past, she communicates the value of these myths, stories retold for centuries that reveal all the things that love can be. Read more »
Emily Contois, a white woman with brown hair pulled back, smiles slyly outside

“Diners, Dudes, and Diets” Reveals the Absurdity of Gendered Food

by Andréa Becker
April 20, 2021 at 9:00am
By naming and examining dude food, Emily J.H. Contois gives us the language and historical context for an omnipresent phenomenon we’ve all surely noticed. Read more »
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“We Are Watching Eliza Bright” Turns Gamergate into Experimental Fiction

by Samantha Riedel
April 13, 2021 at 6:02pm
There may be other Gamergate novels to come, but for now, A.E. Osworth has set the bar. Read more »
an illustration of Ramona Quimby, an adolescent girl jumping in the air and smiling brightly

Ramona Taught Me: An Ode to Beverly Cleary’s Beloved Feminist Icon

by Stephanie Buschardt
April 8, 2021 at 12:05pm
Legendary children’s author Beverly Cleary died on March 25, but she left us with the eternal gift of Ramona Q. Read more »
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“Caul Baby” Meditates on the Birthing of Black Women’s Lives

by Jordan Taliha McDonald
April 6, 2021 at 9:17am
The caul bearer is often featured as a prominent figure within mystical and spiritual lore around the world.  Read more »
Ana Valens reflected in a mirror being held by hands wearing red opera gloves

Not Your Fetish: Trans Erotica Writers Redefine Desirability

by Ana Valens
March 31, 2021 at 11:13am
Trans people have produced erotica long before 2017 and will continue to do so long after. Read more »
Photo of author Melissa Febos

The Act of Naming: “Girlhood” Embraces the Monster Within

by Stephanie Buschardt
March 30, 2021 at 9:12am
We’ll still be called sluts, witches, and harpies, so we may as well rise to the occasion. Read more »
Author Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, who wears a brown linen blazer, has dark hair, and wears red lipstick and glasses.

“When Women Invented Television” Revives the Forgotten Women of TV

by Shailee Koranne
March 30, 2021 at 9:04am
It’s time to honor the women behind television. Read more »

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Demanding the Impossible: Walidah Imarisha Talks About Science Fiction and Social Change

by Kristian Williams
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Before she was a poet, journalist, documentary filmmaker, anti-prison activist, and college instructor, Walidah Imarisha was fascinated... Read more »

Eat, Pray, Spend: Priv-Lit and the New, Enlightened American Dream

Elizabeth Gilbert, a white woman wearing a navy blue jumpsuit, leans forward and holds hand with and Oprah Winfrey, a Black woman wearing a gray cardigan and jeans
by Joshunda Sanders
Summer 2010 • Action
Even as reports on joblessness, economic recovery, and home foreclosures suggest that no one is immune to risk during this recession, the popularity of women’s wellness media has persisted and, indeed, grown stronger.  Read more »

Know & Tell: The Literary Renaissance of Trans Women Writers

by Katherine Cross
Winter 2015 • (Re)Vision
For so long, the people who wrote about us were not us. Finally, that is beginning to change. Read more »

A Look at How Media Writes Women of Color

by Victoria Law
November 17, 2014 at 5:07pm
Nearly every Saturday morning, feminists of color hold Twitter discussions taking a deeper look at issues, such as gender violence. It’s the... Read more »