Culture
Where to Report Sexist Gamer Dudes.
When media critic Anita Sarkeesian started work on a series of videos chronicling sexism in video games, she was met with a backlash that proved her point.
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This Father’s Day, More Than 1 Million Fathers Are in Prison
Many kids will spend this morning hanging out with their fathers. But 1 in 7 African American children will have a hard time seeing a parent today—they’re in prison.
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For Transgender Folks, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Still Exists.
Navy Seal Kris Beck deployed 13 times during her more than 20 years in service and earned both a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. However, if she tried to join the military today, Beck would be swiftly rejected. Beck is transgender—and the military has made it clear that though gay and lesbian... Read more »
Pay Attention to These Women-Hosted Comedy Podcasts
If you'd told me ten years ago, “I have a really great mp3 for you—it's a recording of two people you don't know discussing their lives,” I would have been very confused, and then probably would have told you to go to hell. But that was then, and this now.
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Veronica Franco, History's Favorite Renaissance Prostitute Poet
In a time when prostitution and female education were both considered unwholesome, professional courtesan Veronica Franco established herself a leader in the 16th Century literary arts. Although initially known among the Venetian literati for her iconic beauty and razor-sharp wit, Franco... Read more »
Why Do People Keep Calling my Sexuality "Noble"?
When I was 12, I was in an abstinence-only sex-ed program where I learned that I should only have sex with someone to whom I was married. Then, in high school, some of my friends and I decided that premarital sex might be okay as long as it was with someone we were really, really in love with.
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"Queer is Hardly Just Who You Sleep With": Q&A with Masha Tupitsyn
Masha Tupitsyn writes about film, feminism, love, and being human in a media-drenched culture. Her new book, Love Dog, is a multimedia print version of a ... Read more »
The Rise (and Periodic Decline) of Women in American Comedy
Though the media seems to “discover” women in comedy once every few years, the truth is that they’ve been there from the beginning. From early stand-ups like Phyllis Diller and improv pioneers like Elaine May, through today’s breakout television stars like Mindy Kaling, women... Read more »
Oh Joy Sex Toy: Profile of a Stripper
This week for my comic, I interviewed one of my favorite dancers: Piper, a stripper at Devil’s Point in Portland.
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Ms. Opinionated: I Don't Know How To Get "Back Out There" After My Divorce
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 »
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