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The Female Anti-Hero in "Masters of Sex"
While new Showtime series Masters of Sex is refreshing because it's part of a new crop of prestige cable dramas that focus on tough, intriguing young women, including The Americans'... Read more »
Oh Joy Sex Toy: DIY BDSM
In Oh Joy Sex Toy, intrepid comics artists experiment with an aspect of sex and illustrate the result. This week: The couple behind Try It, You’ll Like It shares some... Read more »
It's Okay to Not Watch "Breaking Bad."
Breaking Bad: Does anything bad happen after this part?
I’m just not going to make it past episode three of Breaking Bad. You can’t talk me into it, because even though it’s the most-discussed TV show in America right now, I don’t want to watch it. I’m... Read more »
Ms. Opinionated: My Boyfriend Says His Friends Think He Can Do Better
Welcome to the latest installment of Ms. Opinionated, in which readers have questions about the pesky day-to-day choices we all face, and I give advice about how to make ones that (hopefully) best reflect our shared commitment to feminist... Read more »
Listen Up Black Women and Queer Folk: We’re Not Invincible to STDs
Being the queerio I am, I have this pass time of regularly Googling queer sex related topics in the news for fun. Hey, who knows, maybe there’s some new sex toy I need to learn about #possibleTMI. Well this time, I stumbled across some less-than-awesome news: black women are less likely to... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Happy Friday! Here’s all the feminist news on our radar this morning.
• Good news first! Marissa Alexander, the Florida woman sentenced to 20 years for firing a warnng shot at her... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s what’s on our radar today!
• Here come by the body police: Internet commenters shame pregnant woman about weight lifting. [NYT]
• Women make up... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s what’s on our radar this Wednesday.
• The Guardian published an op-ed from an employment lawyer telling women not to... Read more »
Beautifully Shot Film "Mother of George" Tackles Family and Fertility
There is a wedding scene at the beginning of Andrew Dosunmu’s Mother of George that exudes such richness, visual beauty, magic, and love, that I wanted to be in it. At a traditional Nigerian wedding... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
• There’s no question that feminism has never had the best PR, but this Rebranding Feminism contest, which seeks “creative” geared toward advertising, seems…problematic. Do we want feminism to... Read more »
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