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Comics for Break-Ups
Dear heartbroken people: I have some reading material for you. There are three great new graphic novels out this month that deal with break-ups, all of them digging into different moods and styles.
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Popaganda Episode: How to Write About Sex
We always complain about about bad sex scenes and unrealistic sex in pop culture, but what makes really good sex writing? Best Sex... Read more »
Ms. Opinionated: My Abusive Ex is Part of My City's Close-Knit Music Scene.
Welcome to Ms. Opinionated, our weekly advice column dealing with questions of life, love, feminism, and pop culture. ... Read more »
Arab American Romantic Comedy "Detroit Unleaded" Will Make You Shout "Hell, Yeah!"
E.J. Assi and Nada Shouhayib star in Detroit Unleaded, where their characters fall in love in a Detroit gas station.
As an Arab American with a background in media criticism, I often feel like a broken record, calling out the endless stereotypes of Arabs in U.S. popular... Read more »
Oh Joy Sex Toy: A Vibrator Called "The Orgasmatron"
Each week, artist Erika Moen explores some aspect of sex and reports back on the result for her illustrated column, Oh Joy Sex Toy. This week, Erika finally meets her match in a terrifyingly named vibrator.
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Five Female Scientists Who Are Missing from the New "Cosmos"
Neil DeGrasse Tyson is great as the host of the new Cosmos series—but the documentary is lacking female scientists.
Over the past two months, I’ve been watching the new ... Read more »
Incendiary New Food Industry Documentary "Fed Up" Misses the Mark
A portion of the poster for new documentary Fed Up and an factoid from the film.
The line between legitimate health advocacy and body shaming is a precarious one. So what does it look like when yet another food documentary sets out to “... Read more »
Nearly Three Hundred Girls Were Kidnapped in Nigeria. So Why Isn't It Front Page News?
Three weeks ago, roughly 276 girls were kidnapped from a school in Northeastern Nigeria. The girls’ parents are devastated, the Nigerian government seems unable to track down the girls, and the leader... Read more »
Tina Belcher's Sexual Revolution
Tina Belcher breaks all the rules of network sitcoms. That's why she's wonderful.
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Read Two Sexy Comics from New Women-Made Sex-Positive Comics Collection "Smut Peddler"
Smut Peddler makes it clear that people are hungry for sex-positive comics.
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