Culture
Taking Down the Flag Doesn't Signal the End of White Supremacy
Today, the Confederate flag finally comes down from outside the South Carolina capitol building.
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Cutting All the White People Out of Many Hollywood Films Makes Them Under A Minute Long
So often, I get to the end of a movie and then think, “Yep. That film was entirely white people.”
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New Orleans Literary Journal "Mixed Company" Collects Black Perspectives on Art and Fiction
Many writers have tried to put words to the New Orleans experience.
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Adult Industry Professionals Weigh in on "Hot Girls Wanted"
In the trailer for Hot Girls Wanted, a young, aspiring porn star peruses her options.
Hot Girls Wanted is one of the most-talked-about documentaries of 2015, thanks in no small part to the... Read more »
Bree Newsome on Removing the Confederate Flag: "I Did it Because I Am Free."
Bree Newsome, as seen in a still from a video shot of her flag removal demonstration on Saturday.
On Saturday, filmmaker and musician Bree Newsome did something many people have wanted to do for a long time.
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All That You Change Changes You: A Conversation with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
If you know anything about Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, you probably know she’s a tough femme whose work spans a wide and ever-growing range of conversations, topics, feelings, and experiences.
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Oh Joy Sex Toy: OMG, It's HPV
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week, Erika Moen explains the basics of HPV.
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Women's Soccer Shouldn't Be Expected to Redeem FIFA
A fan calling out FIFA's “turf war” at the women's World Cup this month in Vancouver, BC. ... Read more »
Woman, Fighter: Fallon Fox on Being the World’s First Openly Transgender Mixed Martial Artist
Fallon Fox is the world’s first openly transgender mixed martial artist.
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In "3 1/2 Minutes," We See a Life Cut Short
When I was a teenager, I’d get together with my girlfriends and drive places.
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