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Ashley C. Ford is a brown-skinned Black woman with a short black afro and glasses

“Somebody’s Daughter” Redefines the Way We Think about Love

by Nylah Burton
June 1, 2021 at 1:38pm
We have to be open to the idea that love can look and be so many different ways. Read more »
Zakiya Dalila Harris, a dark-skinned Black woman with a black afro, crosses her arms that are covered in a pink and teal patterned blazer

Sunken Place: “The Other Black Girl” Magnifies the Everyday Horrors of Racism

by Vanessa Willoughby
June 1, 2021 at 11:17am
What’s scarier than a villain who pretends to think like you and looks like you? Read more »
Grace Perry, a white woman with brown hair and glasses, wears a navy blue shirt as she poses against a brick wall

Remembering “Glee,” a Show That Fervently Celebrated LGBTQ Teens

by Grace Perry
June 1, 2021 at 10:07am
Glee changed the representation game for queer kids on TV, which, in turn, changed the real-life game for queer kids off TV. Read more »
Chrissy Teigen, an Asian woman with blond-brown hair, smiles on the red carpet in a bright orange dress

Chrissy Teigen Cyberbullied Teen Girls. She’s Not the Only One.

by Alexis Schwartz
May 28, 2021 at 4:49pm
She, like most of Hollywood, understood the gratification of tearing down other celebrities, particularly those considered “infamous.” Read more »
Lena Waithe as Denise and Naomi Ackie as Alicia, two queer Black women sitting on the bed together, in Master of None

Can “Master of None” Survive Aziz Ansari’s Scandal? We Still Don’t Know.

by Nicole Froio
May 28, 2021 at 3:34pm
Master of None lost one of its most compelling components: unflinching emotional honesty. Read more »
Zakiya Dalila Harris, a dark-skinned Black woman with a black afro, crosses her arms that are covered in a pink and teal patterned blazer

“The Other Black Girl” Verbalizes the Horror of Workplace Racism

by Evette Dionne
May 28, 2021 at 11:58am
Zakiya Dalila Harris puts a contemporary social lens on the horror her book details. Read more »
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No Way Up: Kathy Wang’s “Impostor Syndrome” Is a Tech World Satire

by Adwoa Afful
May 27, 2021 at 2:40pm
The book externalizes the ethical issues confronting tech. Read more »
Donkey, an illustrated brown donkey, and Shrek, a big green ogre wearing a vest, talk to each other outside in Shrek

Layered Onion: Remembering “Shrek,” the Ironic Film That Poked Fun at Us

by Rachel Klein
May 27, 2021 at 11:57am
Turning the fairy-tale genre on its head was a clever, if not totally novel, notion at the time. Read more »
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5 Feminist Albums That Got Us Through May

by DeAsia Paige
May 27, 2021 at 9:51am
As always, music provides a much-needed escape from the confusion of our current times. Read more »
Mrs. Kim smiling (left), Lane Kim looking alert (middle), and Rory Gilmore smiling (right) at a food-serving table with paper plates of Korean galbi

Lunchbox Moment: “Gilmore Girls” Is Haunted by Its Asian American Problem

by Thulasi Seshan
May 26, 2021 at 12:01pm
Gilmore Girls is a contradiction in and of itself: It’s a show that tried to represent Asians well but never quite gave the task its proper due. Read more »

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The Dramatic History of American Sex-Ed Films

by Sarah Mirk
June 17, 2014 at 10:29am
In 1948, in a seventh grade classroom in Eugene, Oregon, a teacher dimmed the lights and flipped on 16mm projector. A film called Human... Read more »

"Moonlight" is an Essential Work of Art for the Current Political Moment

by Nijla Mu'min
December 5, 2016 at 8:15am
Moonlight displays the kind of empathy and humanity that we desperately need right now. Read more »

What I Learned About Gender and Power from Sailor Moon

by Soleil Ho
May 31, 2013 at 1:43pm
My life began in 1995 — the year I turned eight and became a divorced kid.    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 »