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All Victims Can Be Perpetrators

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by Nylah Burton
February 14, 2020 at 1:37pm
Our society has not yet accepted that women can inflict horrible wounds and still be horribly wounded themselves.
Two people, one white person with short dark hair and glasses, and one Black person with short curly brown hair, sit together in a bed. The white person holds a phone with a dog in their lap. The Black person has a book open and is smiling.

Galentine’s Day Is a Loving Space for Queer People

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
February 13, 2020 at 12:26pm
Showing how much you love your friends seems even more important for queer people. Read more »
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Patriarchy Proof: Thinx and the Perils of Emphasizing Female Founders

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
January 16, 2020 at 2:46pm
Is it actually good that we inherently trust, and buy from, “female founded” brands?  Read more »
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Bitch in a Box: For the Young Environmentalists

by aagreen84
December 20, 2019 at 11:37am
Breaking up with Amazon is the greatest gift. Read more »
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Bitch in a Box: Hostile Gifts 2019

by Soraya Membreno
December 18, 2019 at 3:50pm
This year’s hostility calls for something a little less subtle as we kiss this garbage year goodbye. Read more »
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In 2019, Here’s How Queer People Do the Holidays

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
December 16, 2019 at 3:55pm
“We are learning to intentionally carve out joyful spaces for ourselves.” Read more »
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The Unbelievers: New Atheism and the Old Boys’ Club

by Victoria Bekiempis
December 16, 2019 at 12:32pm
So is new-style atheism the sausage party that media coverage would suggest? Read more »
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Bitch in a Box: A Leafy Gift Guide for Plant Parents

by Marina Watanabe
December 12, 2019 at 12:53pm
All of the gifts on this list are certified green. Read more »
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Bitch in a Box: 7 Gifts for the Phone-Obsessed Child

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
December 11, 2019 at 10:40am
These gifts help leverage the hours spent on phone apps and social media into tangible skills we can all use. Read more »
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Bitch in a Box: 6 Gifts for Everyone in the Zodiac

by Andi Zeisler
December 5, 2019 at 1:25pm
These gifts offer up a bit of the magic and ritual found in the stars.  Read more »
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The Patriarchy Is in the Pudding

by Rebecca Houghton
December 4, 2019 at 2:37pm
Making Christmas pudding is turning out to be like childbirth or menopause—one of those things women don’t talk about, and when you get there yourself, you realize that it would’ve been great for someone to have mentioned incontinence, vaginal dryness, or the need for inordinate upper body strength... 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 »