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Rose Byrne plays Sheila Rubin, a white woman with curly brown hair, who is sitting down in an aerobics studio and smiling at people exercising

Tarnished Wings: Victoria’s Secret Can’t Hide Its Toxic Legacy

by Beatriz Valero de Urquia
June 28, 2021 at 11:34am
Victoria’s Secret’s brand was built upon the hypersexualization of women’s bodies and the glorification of eating disorders. Read more »
The colorful Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep album cover features an illustration shows two people facing each other, embracing, and preparing to kiss

5 Feminist Albums That Got Us Through June

by DeAsia Paige
June 28, 2021 at 11:10am
If you’re looking for a confidence booster, these new releases won’t disappoint. Read more »
Casey McQuiston, a white woman with short brown hair and clear plastic glasses, is shot in sharp view outside

Time After Time: Queer History Comes Alive in “One Last Stop”

by Ilana Masad
June 25, 2021 at 2:23pm
Queer history is many times, many places, many persons. Read more »
Rose Byrne plays Sheila Rubin, a white woman with curly brown hair, who is sitting down in an aerobics studio and smiling at people exercising

Inner Demons: “Physical” Presents a Darker Underdog Story

by Rebecca Long
June 24, 2021 at 12:40pm
The show depicts an unfulfilled housewife’s inner demons with brutal clarity, making for a compelling but difficult watch. Read more »
an illustration of restaurant critic Soleil Ho, an Asian woman with short brown hair, in glasses, green earrings, and red lipstick. She is holding a menu while standing in front of a red checkered pattern surrounded by different plates of food

Chef’s Kiss: Soleil Ho Doesn’t Want to Be the First and Only

by Bani Amor
June 22, 2021 at 11:29am
Her journey is less about accolades and more about ensuring she isn’t “the only one” in the notoriously exclusive food and restaurant space. Read more »
Image from animated series Tuca and Bertie. Tuca a grey toucan with a yellow beak is chatting with Bertie a brown songbird wearing a red sweater.

Super Fly: “Tuca & Bertie’s” New Season Is an Incisive Look at Friendship

by Jourdain Searles
June 18, 2021 at 11:57am
After a year in limbo, the bird besties are back. Read more »
Katie Thurston, the new Bachelorette, is a thin, white woman with long, brown hair who is sitting on a chaise and smiling in a sparkly green dress

Buzz Off: Of Course, “The Bachelorette” Found a Way to Objectify Sex Positivity

by Andréa Becker
June 18, 2021 at 10:36am
This show can’t run from its long history of peddling purity myths. Read more »
five illustrated Disney characters, including Minnie Mouse, Goofy, and Mickey Mouse walk in profile against a striped rainbow background

Once Again, Disney Attempts to Co-opt Pride Month

by Meggie Gates
June 18, 2021 at 9:55am
Disney’s disinterest in truly embracing the same consumers its Pride messaging targets sends a clear-cut message. Read more »
Group of women smiling and posing for the camera in pink sparkly halter tops

Better With Time: “Hacks” and “Girls5eva” Celebrate Women Aging in Public

by Sophia Stewart
June 16, 2021 at 1:51pm
What if women become more themselves as they age? Read more »
Photo of author Amanda Montell, with shoulder length blonde hair, standing in front of a red background in a white top.

Capitalism Is a Cult, and You’re Already a Lifetime Member

by Grace Ebert
June 15, 2021 at 12:27pm
Similar to the language of scams and gaslighting, cultish language purposely obscures and confuses both followers and nonbelievers. Read more »

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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 »

All Hail the Queen?: What Do Our Perceptions of Beyoncé's Feminism Say about us?

an illustration of a Black woman with long, flowing, blonde hair
by Tamara Winfrey Harris
Summer 2013 • Micro/Macro
The policing of feminist cred is the real moral contradiction. Read more »

Hot Under the Bonnet: The Cooptation of Amish Culture in Mass-Market Fiction

a blue and white illustration of a woman in Amish attire standing next to a fan and a chicken
by Audrey deCoursey
Spring 2014 • Maps & Legends
Dubbed “Amish romance novels,” “Amish fiction,” or the more waggish “bonnet rippers,” these novels just one entry point into the varying images of Amish communities in U.S. popular culture. Read more »

In a Bizarre 1976 Comic Book, Spider-Man Fought the Villain of Misleading Sex Education

by Sarah Mirk
April 23, 2014 at 3:52pm
Last week, I came across a very strange comic book: in 1976, Planned Parenthood teamed up with Marvel to publish a one-off comic in which... Read more »