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Legendary Indie Music Nerd Zine chickfactor Celebrates 21 Years in Print
“Hey, uh, do you have chickfactor?”
I walked into Other Music in New York’s East Village, and asked the bearded, plaid-ed clerk, hoping he had the iconic music zine’s 17th print edition in stock.
His Beardedness pointed me to a shelf with several other too-cool-for-... Read more »
In New Book "Defiant Daughters," 21 Women Write About Vegans, Meat, and Feminism
Our ethical decisions are our own.
But Defiant Daughters, the new anthology of feminist food politics out this spring from ... Read more »
Hey Vice! Here are 99 Reasons I, As a Female Writer, Won't Be Killing Myself
Author: Aya de Leon. Dress: Betsey Johnson, vintage. Accessories: Rag for incineration, ... Read more »
Veronica Franco, History's Favorite Renaissance Prostitute Poet
In a time when prostitution and female education were both considered unwholesome, professional courtesan Veronica Franco established herself a leader in the 16th Century literary arts. Although initially known among the Venetian literati for her iconic beauty and razor-sharp wit, Franco... Read more »
Why Do People Keep Calling my Sexuality "Noble"?
When I was 12, I was in an abstinence-only sex-ed program where I learned that I should only have sex with someone to whom I was married. Then, in high school, some of my friends and I decided that premarital sex might be okay as long as it was with someone we were really, really in love with.
Now... Read more »
"Queer is Hardly Just Who You Sleep With": Q&A with Masha Tupitsyn
Masha Tupitsyn writes about film, feminism, love, and being human in a media-drenched culture. Her new book, Love Dog, is a multimedia print version of a ... Read more »
Does It Matter Whether “Game of Thrones” Is Feminist?
What if the show simply provides an interesting way to talk about feminism?
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New Book "Sexy Feminism" Aims to Make Feminism Accessible—But is a Bit of a Mess
Feminism doesn’t need to be scary.
Instead, says Sexy Feminism: A Girl’s Guide to Love, Success, and Style by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong and... Read more »
"Before Midnight" is a Refreshing Rejection of Happily Ever After Romance
Audiences have been waiting eighteen years for Celine and Jesse—the stars of Richard Linklater’s 1995 romantic classic Before Sunrise—to become an item.
But... Read more »
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