Culture
We Still Don’t Believe Mentally Ill Women
Anna Fox is the epitome of a tragic, hysterical woman—the kind of character who’s easy to write off and should be a victim rather than a heroine.
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Swiped Out: Nancy Jo Sales Wrote the Book on the Corporate Triumph of Big Dating
Misogyny wasn’t invented by dating apps. It was just weaponized by them.
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Do We Need a Black Feminist Bechdel Test? Moya Bailey Thinks So.
We need more Black feminists everywhere.
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Bitcoin Is Astrology for Men
Astrology is sometimes looked down on, while cryptocurrency is heralded as the future of finance.
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Family Stones: Lee Lai’s “Stone Fruit” Draws the Growing Pains of Queer Kinship
“Everyone’s pretty messy, while also being really well-intentioned.”
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Whole Person: Lindy West Reflects on the Fat Positive Legacy of “Shrill”
“It was important to me to tell especially young fat women that romantic love will not save you.”
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Inside the Quiverfull World That Made Josh Duggar
It’s hard for Quiverfull escapees and child sexual abuse survivors to feel any relief that the law is holding Josh Duggar accountable.
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“The Nevers” Can’t Escape the Joss Whedon Curse
There are too many characters, too many high-stakes plotlines, and not enough explanation for how it all connects.
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Mean to an End: How Online Harassment Became a Feature, Not a Bug
The facilitation of harassment may be social media’s most reliable content strategy.
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All Grown Up: The Triumphant Return of Aly & AJ
There’s an evident maturity in their new music, one which strays from the more cookie-cutter pop and rock that came after their Disney days.
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