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Five Books About Black Women You Should Read All Year Round
Excellent books to top your to-read list.
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The Brilliant Sadness of “BoJack Horseman”
The Netflix show subverts the sitcom narrative, embracing darkness and lack of resolution. The characters on Bojack Horseman evolve nicely over the show’s two seasons. They don’t become stronger or better by... Read more »
Oh Joy Sex Toy: What Does It Mean to Be Sex Positive?
Embrace what's right for you—and be cool with other people doing what's right for them, as long as it's all consensual.
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Ask Bear: My Friends Say I Can't Take a Joke
A reader wonders if they're humorless and “too sensitive” and should try to lighten up.
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The Witchy Feminism of Modern Music Videos
Artists from Beyoncé to Grimes embrace imagery and aesthetics of witchcraft in recent videos.
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Popaganda Episode: Magic
We explore the current popularity of modern witchcraft and talk with real-life witches about how their self-made spirituality informs their identity. The resident witch columnist at Autostraddle, Mey Rude, gives us a rundown of her favorite witches in films (hint: one of them is... Read more »
Trump is Treating the Election As His Own Terrible Reality TV Show
On The Apprentice, contestants were rewarded for bad behavior and putting profit over all. Now Trump brings those shady ethics to the campaign trail.
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Long Overlooked, Revolutionary Underground Female Comix Artists Are Finally Back in Print
A new 700-page collection from Fantagraphics!
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New Documentary “Equal Means Equal” Exposes Why We Need an Equal Rights Amendment
In all sorts of ways in the United States, women are still unequal.
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Jessica Fletcher of "Murder, She Wrote" Is My Anti-Ageism Heroine
Twenty years after the show's final episode, it's still rare to see women like Jessica Fletcher on TV.
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