Books
An Old New World: When One People’s Sci-Fi Is Another People’s Past
Colonization and marginalization are commonly used as plot points, but for Native Americans these are not fantastical, imagined scenarios. We live them.
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Feminista Jones Wants Black Women to Reclaim Their Space
Reclaiming Our Space is a reminder that Black feminists have been using Twitter and Facebook to build offline movements.
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Writing Toward Truth: Bassey Ikpi’s New Book Reckons with the Lies Mental Illness Weaves
“…the lie that sustained itself for so long becomes true in its own way. It becomes a part of the story.”
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Very Online: When Authors Behave Badly on Twitter
Do authors have a responsibility to be more careful with how they wield social media?
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Blue Humor: “That’s Mental” Is a Hilarious Meditation on Life with—and Stigma against—Bipolar Disorder
Comedian Amanda Rosenberg is doing something extremely important: disrupting the stigma that keeps so many people silent about their pain.
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Siren Songs: Nina MacLaughlin on Revisiting the Women of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses”
In Wake, Siren, Ovid’s women emerge as unique individuals, fully formed and very often full of anger.
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Binding Harm: Generations of Witches Intertwine Rituals and Activism
To be a witch is to have and to exercise agency on behalf of all.
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In the Muck: With “In the Dream House,” Carmen Machado Archives Queer Women’s Pain
“Our culture does not have an investment in helping queer folks understand what their experiences mean.”
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“All This Could Be Yours” Complicates the Narrative of Shitty Men and Forgiveness
By focusing on the women who Victor has harmed, Jami Attenberg offers a fleeting world where even messy, sometimes-bad women deserve justice on their own terms.
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Beyond Coming Out: 6 Lesbian Novels That Bring the Romance, and Sex
We deserve books that actively center our pleasure, too.
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