Culture
Good-bye, Fabulous Hologram Dreams of Jem.
When I was 10 in October 1985, “Jem and the Holograms,” an animated half-hour program about an all-girl band, made its debut. I was all about it. Now, almost 30 years later, Jem and the Holograms are staging a comeback, via a new live-action... Read more »
When a Woman is a Daddy to Her Kids
I was well into my thirties when my partner of six years and I signed ourselves up for parenting. And I mean signed up literally.
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What if Christmas Trees Honored the Workers Who Grew Them?
In 100 different homes across Portland this winter, Christmas trees were adorned with unusual ornaments: instead of tiny Santas and candycanes, the evergreen branches were also graced with glass ornaments etched with the name of a farmworker who helped grow and harvest the tree.
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Oh Joy Sex Toy: Testing Out Kinky Online Dating
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week, artist Erika Moen and her partner test out a data-driven dating website.
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My Problems With Pharrell
“May all beings be happy,” is a Buddhist incantation that has always moved me. Unfortunately, with his recent comments, recording artist Pharrell Williams seems to be saying, “I, as a wealthy male celebrity, am happy. The rest of you are on your own.”
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“Orange is the New Black” Rewrites the “Bad Prisoner” Stereotype
We live in a culture where the presumption of guilt is often stronger than compassion or empathy, especially for imprisoned people.
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Why Does Our Society Undervalue Domestic Work?
We just assume, in the United States and abroad, that there will be someone to do all of the cooking, all of the cleaning, all of the care work for very little pay or no pay at all.
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"Young and Beautiful" Tells an Aloof but Magnetic Tale of Sex Work and Adolescence
“No one’s serious at seventeen,” wrote Arthur Rimbaud in the 1870 poem “Roman.” When these words part from the pair of pillowy lips belonging to Isabelle (Marine Vacth), the teenaged protagonist of François Ozon’s Young and Beautiful, the audience gets the feeling she has chosen to... Read more »
Oh Joy Sex Toy: DIY Nipple Stimulators
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week, guest artist Lucy Bellwood finds a creative use for obsolete... Read more »
Sci-Fi YA Series Tankborn Imagines Caste, Class, and Skin Color in Dystopia
This month, the final book in Karen Sandler’s dystopian young adult sci-fi series Tankborn hits the shelves. I profiled the series last year on Bitch as part of a series on portrayals of ... Read more »
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