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Popaganda Episode: The Dinner Party, Featuring Isa Chandra Moskowitz
Feast on feminist art and food politics! The first course of this Popaganda episode savors artist Judy Chicago's influential work The Dinner Party with author Jane Gerhard, then gets a taste of modern feminist... Read more »
How Women-Only Comedy Spaces Break Up the Boys' Club
For the first time, many of the biggest, mainstream names in comedy are women. From titans like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler to rising stars like Mindy Kaling and Kristen Schaal, funny women are headlining the biggest summer comedies, starring in top network sitcoms, and—judging by the... Read more »
Why I Was Never a Riot Grrrl
A couple of years ago I saw ex-Bikini Kill singer Kathleen Hanna speak in New York City, right before she donated her musical archives to New York University’s Fales Library. I was struck by her acerbic wit, her ‘I don’t give a fuck’ attitude.
While I was a teenager during the grunge... Read more »
Oh Joy Sex Toy: The Best Lube Ever!
Here’s the latest installment of my sex toy review comic series: Pink lube!
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A Letter from Cheryl Strayed: "It Takes Guts."
Dear Friends, I wrote recently, on Twitter, that I was getting the word “feminist” tattooed on my ass. I was only joking, but I might as well have been serious. It’s true that in all the most important things I am—mother, writer, hiker, wife, daughter, seeker—feminism is at the... Read more »
YA Book "What's Left of Me" is a Dystopian Take on Nationalist Fervor
“If you see something, say something” has been the slogan for buses, trains, and airports since 9/11. It’s been used to justify increased surveillance and targeting of Muslims and people from the Middle East. After the Boston bombing, we’ve seen it used to ... Read more »
Ms. Opinionated: I Don't Think I'm Ready To "Get Back Out There" After My Break-Up
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 »
New Film "Stories We Tell" Explores Family Secrets and Unreliable Memories
Director Sarah Polley looks for her family truths through the unreliable nature of storytelling in Stories We Tell.
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Homogeneity in Seoul Made Me Appreciate the Diversity We Do Have Here
I spent last week in Seoul, the modern cultural hub of South Korea, where international sensation Psy first made his mark. It’s a crowded city plastered with images... Read more »
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