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Oh Joy Sex Toy: A Super Cute Vibrator

Intrepid artist Erika Moen delves into some aspect of sex for each installment of her comic Oh Joy Sex Toy. This week, she tests out the cutest little vibrator you’ve ever seen.  Read more »

From “Sherlock” to “Supernatural,” TV Explores Homoerotic Gray Areas

Is it enough for fans to have these gray area characters and relationships but to never see them evolve? Read more »

On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup

Happy Friday, all! Take a break from planning your awesome Halloween duds to read what’s on our radar! • What happens when anti-trans feminists join forces with a right-wing law firm to... Read more »

Interview with Aparna Nancherla, World's Sweetest Comedian

Photo of Aparna Nancherla from the Washington PostTotally Biased writer ... Read more »

20 Feminist Halloween Costumes

It can be hard to find a good costume, what with the current trend in sexy cheeseburgers. Don’t worry, here are 20 great costume ideas.   1. Any of the amazing... Read more »

Popaganda Episode: Dress Up

  Costumes have an undeniable power. In this show we examine tomboy fashion with founders of upstart company Wildfang, head to Geek Girl Con to talk with cosplayer... Read more »

On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup

Here’s what’s on our radar today! • Mark Zuckerberg is hosting a hackathon with young DREAMers to develop coding solutions to US... Read more »

Carrie: A Possibly Unnecessary Remake of a Still-Resonant Horror Story

There’s a scene in the original Carrie that made me tear up the first time I saw it, at age 12 or so. It’s not one of the movie’s famous scare scenes—not the ones at the prom, not the pants-peeingly unexpected shock ending, not even the senseless murder of a... Read more »

On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup, "You Don't Say!" Edition

Happy Friday! It’s time for another special edition of our daily roundup, this time of news that is both unsurprising and deeply, thoroughly depressing. Get ready to be simultaneously weary and outaged! • In the wake of the stories about the Maryville, Missouri rape of two teen girls, plenty... Read more »

"Woman Rebel" Tells the Story of Margaret Sanger in Comics

Birth control advocate Margaret Sanger is often held up in political debates as a simple symbol: She must be either revered as a fearless crusader for reproductive rights or dismissed as a racist, extremist abortion-monger. Sanger has become such and politically loaded figure in American history... Read more »

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What I Learned About Gender and Power from Sailor Moon

My life began in 1995 — the year I turned eight and became a divorced kid.    Read more »

She-Hulk, Attorney at Law: She's Mean, She's Green, and She Believes in Due Process

Avenger. Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Member of the Fantastic Four. Read more »

Eat, Pray, Spend: Priv-Lit and the New, Enlightened American Dream

Even as reports on joblessness, economic recovery, and home foreclosures suggest that no one is immune to risk during this recession, the popularity of women’s wellness media has persisted and, indeed, grown stronger.  Read more »