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Bitch in a Box: 6 Holiday Gifts for the Cooking Enthusiast

A bright yellow dutch oven resting on top of a stove, on the counter next to it is chopped asparagus on a wood cutting board and a utensil holder
by Marina Watanabe
December 2, 2020 at 11:00am
If you have a loved one that is constantly planning complicated meals, watching recipe videos on YouTube, and painstakingly crafting works of food art, then consider this gift guide an essential resource.
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Hoax Appeal: COVID-19 Has Led Wellness Influencers to Embrace QAnon

by Nora Salem
November 25, 2020 at 2:50pm
Plandemic gained a surprising foothold in the ever-expanding world of wellness.  Read more »
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Open Arms: The Fantastical Pull of Tentacle Porn

by Cameron Glover
November 18, 2020 at 9:00am
The experiences of those who embrace tentacle porn offer a larger lesson about how we come to understand our own sexual nuances. Read more »
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Love No Limit: The Delicate Art of Healing a Broken Friendship

by Josie Pickens
November 17, 2020 at 9:00am
Love is a verb and requires action—and that goes for our friendships too. Read more »
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Reflecting Strength: Therapists of Color Unravel Power from Whiteness

by Christal Yuen
November 10, 2020 at 9:00am
People of color may not have access to certain types of power, but we can learn how to redefine power to serve us in a way that allows us to be true to ourselves. Read more »
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To Well and Back: The Bleak Future of Positive Thinking

by Nora Salem
October 28, 2020 at 3:00pm
America’s problems can’t just be manifested away. Read more »
Cardi B, an Afro Latinx woman with long, black hair, wearing long silver headlines looks at the camera with her tongue out

Love No Limit: We Can Celebrate Cardi B’s Divorce

by Josie Pickens
October 7, 2020 at 8:56am
Public opinions about Cardi B’s divorce are also conversations about all women’s autonomy. Read more »
an illustration of two people, one brown-skinned and one dark-skinned, kiss in front of a yellow background as they both wear masks

Love No Limit: The Messiness of Pandemic Sex

by Josie Pickens
September 29, 2020 at 1:06pm
Sex, even with those you are quarantining with, carries some risk of exposure. Read more »
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Unsalved Mysteries: The Case of the Heternormative Healthcare

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
September 23, 2020 at 9:00am
Many queer women are forced to navigate a queerphobic and nonaffirming healthcare system without any support.  Read more »
Barack and Michelle Obama exit the stage.

Who Asked for Michelle Obama’s Misguided Dating Advice?

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
September 14, 2020 at 1:10pm
What Obama says about marriage and dating matters because of her credibility, and her audience. Read more »
A gender reveal party: a white couple holds a device that releases blue or pink smoke.

The Internet has (Literally) Accelerated Gender Reveal Parties

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
September 10, 2020 at 10:01am
Gender reveal parties are killing people. Also, they’re absurd. Read more »

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Target Market: Black Women with Guns: Frontier Feminists or Insurrectionists?

Pam Grier plays Coffy, a Black woman with an afro who's sitting on the floor and pointing a gun at an intruder, in the movie Coffy
by Joshunda Sanders
Spring 2012 • Frontier
The guns Black women carry are symbols of their abilities to be both frontierwomen and nurturing warrior mothers birthing a new generation of revolutionaries. Read more »