Sunday Kind of Love: Sex and Spirituality in the Black Church
Black female sexual propriety is not just conscribed by popular culture but also by an institution with a lot more gravitas and authority—the Black church.
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Words to Live By: Why is it so Uncomfortable When Women Challenge Traditional Cancer Narratives?
There are two prevailing cancer stories we hear about: the one where someone lives and the one where someone dies. There is, in the cultural narrative of the disease, little room for anything else.
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How To Survive the Traumatic 24-hour News Cycle If You Have PTSD
For sexual assault or harassment survivors, especially those with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the last two weeks have been full of triggers.
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Backtalk: We Said #MeToo, Now What?
This week, Dahlia and Amy discuss how the #MeToo movement can evolve beyond survivors exposing their own traumas and the role of abusers in creating real change. From public radio to the Supreme Court, what can a true reckoning with misogyny and abuse look like? We’ve also got a Petty Political... Read more »
Blue Comedy Queen: Bawdy Comedy Legend Rusty Warren Moves to Center Stage
This is a long overdue chance for Rusty Warren to be more than a historical side note.
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Dying Indifference: Confronting the Shame of Alzheimer’s in Black Communities
Until a cure is found for Alzheimer’s, African Americans must break the silence in our communities.
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Douchebag Decree: John Hockenberry's #Metoo Essay Is a Reminder That Literary Publishing Is Still a Boys' Club
Men like John Hockenberry and their apologists don’t see sexual harassment as harmful or frightening and their conflation of romance and harassment proves it.
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Popaganda: When People Become Internet Memes
The Internet, which connects us to each other in ways that were pretty unimaginable to most people a century ago, has become a totally casual part of daily life. It’s changed so much: from the way we do business to the way we unlock our front doors. But it’s also changed the way we see ourselves... Read more »
Growing Pains: Why Labor is the Real Food Movement We Should be Paying Attention To
Laborers—often migrant laborers—work long hours without access to basic employment protections.
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Home Run: How Neoliberalism Took Over Home-Makeover Shows
One thing home-makeover shows have decidedly done is recalibrate what poverty looks like.
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