Culture
Greater Expectations: Through Music, Dua Saleh Nurtures Personal and Political Identity
“My brain was manufacturing new language because I was refusing to be seen as a woman.”
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Rupture and Reform: “You Exist Too Much” Is a Meditation on Queerness and Desire
Obsession serves a two-pronged function in queer stories.
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Data Healing: Digital Doulas Take Restorative Justice to Cyberspace
From surveillance to racist algorithms, the internet has routinely been used as a tool of global capitalism and white supremacy.
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Very Online: The Literary World May Never Recover from #PublishingPaidMe
For Black writers, Twitter acts as a guiding force.
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Ladies on Fire: “Betty” Is More Than a Skateboarding Show about Women
Betty isn’t a show made to shatter glass ceilings so much as it is to empower those pushing against it.
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Detangling the Web: “These Women” Breaks the Crime Thriller Mold
Ivy Pochoda’s book is about the pitfalls sex workers face and how their precarious position prevents them from seeking and obtaining justice.
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Gone Rotten: “Bon Appétit” Is Emblematic of the Problem with Food Media
Though there’s a broader spotlight on Bon Appétit’s failures right now, they’re working from an old playbook.
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More Than Stans: Stop Dismissing the K-pop Fandom’s Political Power
Anyone who’s paying attention to how K-pop stans use social media aren’t surprised that they’ve mobilized on behalf of a larger social movement.
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Gilead Is Now: For Feminist Authors, Dystopia Is Already Here
In modern times, dystopian fiction is an outlet for authors to imagine the world as it already is.
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Safe and Seen: Leave Potter Nostalgia behind in Favor of Trans Authors
It’s heartbreaking to learn that one of your icons is transphobic.
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