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Not Accepting Romance Submissions: Bringing Asexual Characters to YA
An asexual author got tired of not seeing asexual characters in YA books. So she decided to write her own series.
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Popaganda: Money
Money. You hate it. You need it. On this episode, we embark on an anti-capitalist exploration of cold hard cash, highlighting work from the Money issue of Bitch magazine. Featuring: Financial advice for your twenties from Ester Bloom of The Billfold, a conversation about the racial politics of... Read more »
What Would Have Made "X-Men: Apocalypse" Better? More Screen Time for Female Characters
Storm, Mystique, and Psylocke get the short shrift in the new film. What a waste!
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An Interview with Alice Bag: Chicana Punk Maverick
Alice Bag just 19 when she became the frontperson for one of Los Angeles's most riotous punk acts. In this interview, she talks about L.A. punk, Latina feminism, and why she finally decided to release her very first solo album in 2016.
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MariNaomi Looks In Between Cultures in Illustrated Memoir "Turning Japanese"
“It was definitely pretty naive to think that I would find some kind of belonging in a foreign country.”
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“Steven Universe’s” Quiet Gender Revolutions
The first-ever Cartoon Network show to be created by a woman challenges TV’s gender norms is all sorts of brilliant ways.
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Oh Joy Sex Toy: Period Sex
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly NSFW comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week: The ins and outs of sex on your period!
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It's 2016 and People Are Still Worried About Teens Taking Birth Control
A school board in Oregon voted down a plan to have school-based health clinics distribute birth control. Who will think of the children?!
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In Defense of Unlikable Women
We forgive our male heroes even when they’re flawed, aimless brutes. But if they’re female? Forget it.
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Backtalk: Game of Thrones & xoJane
This week, we talk about burning down the patriarchy in Game of Thrones and how the show’s female characters have evolved this season. Then, we discuss the desctructive clickbait culture seen in many online outlets—most specifically, xoJane, which published an... Read more »
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