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Backtalk: YA's Cancel Culture

by Amy Lam
March 7, 2019 at 5:27pm
This week, Dahlia and Amy dig into the world of YA drama. Recently, two YA authors have chosen to cancel their own debut novels after being called out by some readers for “problematic” issues in the text. Dahlia and Amy talk about the effects of a cancel culture that demands perfect art. Also, a Petty Political Pminute on what may be the road ahead to 45’s impeachment. And Amy vs. Dahlia is debating the worst of the worst: manspreading vs mansplaning! What’s your choice? Text “Man” to 503-855-6485 to let us know what you think!
A.N. Devers

Shelf Love: How A.N. Devers Created a Feminist Paradise for Bibliophiles

by Dianca London Potts
February 21, 2019 at 4:24pm
In London’s bustling Soho neighborhood, A.N. Devers’s feminist paradise for bibliophiles is thriving—and changing the way collectors think about the literary canon. Read more »
Elisa Del Genio as Elena and Ludovica Nasti as Lila in My Brilliant Friend

Platonic Ideal: In "My Brilliant Friend," Companionship and Survival are Forever Linked

by Rachel Vorona Cote
February 1, 2019 at 11:32am
Safety in any manifestation is a luxury for Elena and Lila, as is liberty. Read more »
Evan Alex as Jason, Shahadi Wright Joseph as Zora, and Lupita Nyong'o as Adelaide stand in a row on the beach, looking worried

BitchWatch: The Most Anticipated Movies of 2019

by Dahlia Balcazar
January 4, 2019 at 8:35am
It’s a new year with a lot of goodies in store for us onscreen. Read more »
Andrea Gibson sits on a stoop

Andrea Gibson’s “Lord of the Butterflies” Celebrates Constant Transformation

by Elizabeth Hoover
December 27, 2018 at 2:43pm
In their fifth collection of poetry, Lord of the Butterflies, Andrea Gibson resists tidy narratives in favor of dramatizing a life that’s vibrant with constant transformation. Read more »
My Favorite Thing is Monsters Emil Ferris

Bitch in a Box: Creepy Holidays

by Dahlia Balcazar
December 18, 2018 at 9:00am
These picks will satisfy everyone on your list who is more “strange and unusual” than “holly and jolly.” Read more »
a side-by-side black and white photo of a man wearing a sailor cap and a man with brown short hair

20th Century Boy: In the 1930s, the Word “Transsexual” Didn't Exist in the English Language. So Laura Dillon Had to Label Herself.

by Pagan Kennedy
November 20, 2018 at 9:57am
No literature at all existed to guide those female-bodied people who wished to become men. Read more »
a white woman with shoulder-length blonde hair and red lipstick wearing a black t-shirt

Dear Lane: “How To Be Alone” is Vulnerable, Funny, and Profoundly Healing

by Joshunda Sanders
November 5, 2018 at 2:28pm
How To Be Alone gave me closure for trauma. Read more »
collage of Soraya Chemaly, Reema Zaman, and Gemma Hartley on multi-colored blue and purple background

Turning Fury Into Fuel: Three Women Authors on Publishing’s New Investment in Anger

by Evette Dionne
October 26, 2018 at 10:30am
Infiltrating the toxic architecture, learning and exposing its mechanics, cutting the wires, and burning it all down is my type of Trojan Horse chess play—being strategic and precise, turning fury into fortitude. Read more »
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Political Revisioning: How Men Police Women’s Anger in Writing Workshops

by Jen Corrigan
October 22, 2018 at 11:00am
Our bodies and the way we are visibly coded determines if our anger can be “justified” in the eyes of the viewer. Read more »
Donna Zuckerberg

Et Tu, Brutes: Donna Zuckerberg on How Misogyny Red-Pilled the Classics

by Dahlia Balcazar
October 8, 2018 at 3:14pm
When the Red Pillers—online communities of far-right, anti-feminist men—need to back up their misogynist and racist claims, they look to Ovid, Euripides, or the Stoics. Read more »

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