Word Travels: The Social Network Sex Workers Built
Many “respectable” women are discovering the strategies that sex workers use—which are actually the same ones used by all women outside the charmed circle of privilege.
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Backtalk: Who Gets to Make Mistakes?
This week, Dahlia and Amy round up some of the big hits of bad takes. From Lena Dunham’s letter from the editor where she admits to lying to protect a rapist to a weird piece dissecting Ariana Grande’s “thank u, next” music video, who gets to make mistakes over and over again? Writers... Read more »
Bitch in a Box: Gifts for Young People
Shopping for young people doesn’t have to be intimidating.
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Digital Crackdowns on the Sex Trade Can Put Sex Workers at Risk
Raiding sex worker websites may look good for law enforcement—but it can push sex workers further underground.
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#MeToo’s ‘Moment’ Isn’t Ending—It’s Just the First Step
Systemic and widespread institutional change is still desperately needed in order to ensure that positive outcomes for sexual-violence survivors match the fervor with which advocates have embraced the ethos of the #MeToo movement.
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Backtalk: Mind the Wage Gap
This week, Dahlia and Amy talk about what real allyship can look like in Hollywood and beyond. Recently, Porter magazine hosted a roundtable with Gabrielle Union, Gina Rodriguez, Ellen Pompeo, and Emma Roberts where Pompeo called on white folks to do better and Rodriguez brought up the... Read more »
The Last Big Lean In: Corporate-feminist self-help was always a scam
They sold advice to the same ambitious women they were later willing to sacrifice.
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Mother Knows Best: The Family Secrets at the Heart of “Sharp Objects”
At the center of Sharp Objects is a culture that’s intimately familiar in many parts of the rural United States.
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Break the Spell: Witchcraft Is Capitalism’s New Trick
While many critiques of the Pinrose Witch Kit are valid and well-argued, most fail to address the bigger issue: Witchcraft and New Age spirituality have long been a site of cultural theft.
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Popaganda: The Pumpkin Spice Must Flow
Like death and taxes, the pumpkin spice latte seems inevitable.
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