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Appreciating Motherhood in Richard Linklater's New Film "Boyhood"
When I was growing up, my siblings and I would visit my father every other weekend at his Oakland apartment. My parents were divorced and this was their arrangement.
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Oh Joy Sex Toy: How to Make a DIY Harness
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week, guest artist Isabella Rotman tries her hand at a sexy DIY project.... Read more »
Ms. Opinionated: Can a Small-Breasted Gal Get Any Respect?
Welcome to Ms. Opinionated, our weekly advice column dealing with questions of life, love, feminism, and pop culture. ... Read more »
Help! I'm a Latina Writer and I'm Hooked on "Devious Maids."
I got hooked on Devious Maids when it premiered last year a for good reason: I was excited to see so many Latina... Read more »
An Inspiring Film Looks At the Life of Activist Grace Lee Boggs
Lifelong social justice activist Grace Lee Boggs died this morning at the age of 100. If the glossy pages of my elementary school history books had told me stories like that of Grace Lee Boggs... Read more »
How Well-Intentioned Public Health Campaigns Can Wind Up Shaming Women
In sci-fi classic The Handmaid’s Tale, women’s bodies are controlled and seriously policied by society.
We can all agree that fetal alcohol syndrome is a tragedy. But although American public awareness campaigns about the dangers of drinking while pregnant have good... Read more »
Popaganda Episode: Sex, Condoms, and Abortion in Pop Culture
In this episode, we look at the way movies and music discuss reproductive rights, including an analysis of Nicki Minaj lyrics, a history of American sex-ed films, and an exploration of the how movies make abortion seem... Read more »
What Makes a Good Mother, According to the Government?
This Monday morning, July 14, moms who had received welfare and their allies gathered outside the White House singing about the need to recognize mothering as work, to the tune of “Walking in a Winter Wonderland.”
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Oh Joy Sex Toy: A Glass Dildo
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week, artist Erika Moen tries out a sex toy that seems like it might just shatter into a million terrible pieces, but luckily does not.
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New Film "Third Person" Twists and Turns Its Way to Nowhere
When a screenwriter-turned-director snags numerous Oscar nods in one year alone, it’s not surprising that they’ll try to sweep the Academy Awards with ambitious films again and again. But when that director is Paul Haggis—the white guy famous for his deeply problematic and ... Read more »
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