Culture

Black Women Can Barely Make the News, But Rachel Dolezal Gets National Media

Melissa Harris-Perry and Rachel Dolezal talking on MSNBC this Tuesday. It is impossible to escape the media storm around the bizarre narrative of ... Read more »

Oh Joy Sex Toy: The New Magic Wand

Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly comics series that graphically explores sex  and sexuality. This week, Erika Moen reviews the revamped Magic Wand vibrator.  Read more »

Report Reveals the Nation's Largest LGBT Group is a "White Men's Club"

Human Rights Campaign flags at a San Francisco marriage equality rally. ... Read more »

“Do Not Watch This if Your Motives Would Upset Me”: Emma Sulkowicz’s New Multimedia Project

A clear slogan painted on a wall at the Cambridge Student Union. ... Read more »

Before You Watch “Orange is the New Black,” Here Are 5 Facts To Know about Pregnancy in Prison

The Bureau of Justice found that nearly 3 percent of women entering federal prison are pregnant upon arrival. Read more »

Watch Comedian Jessica Williams Discuss the McKinney Police

On The Daily Show last night, comedian Jessica Williams discussed the recent incident where a police officer in McKinney, Texas... Read more »

Douchebag Decree: Mike Huckabee

Dehumanizing rhetoric is often used to harm transgender people.  Read more »

Say Hello to the Nikita, a Gun-Shaped Dildo

Artist Nika Cherrelle and her creation: The Nikita sex toy. Photos by Stela Furtado.  The Nikita, designed by artist Nika Cherrelle, is a pistol-shaped six-inch silicone dildo and vibrating sleeve. As Cherrelle says, “It’s a gun that shoots orgasms.” Read more »

Menstruation Matters: A Guide to Menstrual Hygiene Day

May 28 is Menstrual Hygiene Day! What does that mean exactly?  Read more »

Queer Rebels Fest: We’re Still Here, And We’re Not Going Anywhere

KB Boyce and Celeste Chan are organizing San Francisco's Queer Rebels Fest. In the midst of rapid gentrification from The Mission to Bed Stuy, in the loud boom of displacement, police violence, and the of deaths of our kin and our loved ones, we mourn.  Read more »

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No Disrespect: Black Women and the Burden of Respectability

Hollywood still filters (and distorts) the lives and histories of minorities through the eyes of the majority. Read more »

It's Time to End the Long History of Feminism Failing Transgender Women

The marginalization of transgender women in feminism is not new, but the decades-long debate has taken on new dimension thanks to social media and the ease of finding strangers’ personal information online. Read more »

Politically Correct Language Isn't Just About Being Polite—It's About Survival

Photo by Phillipe Leroyer (Creative Commons). Two weeks ago, Jonathan Chait published the lengthy essay “Not a Very P.C.... Read more »