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Unsalved Mysteries: The Case of the Heternormative Healthcare

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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. 
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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 »
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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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Love No Limit: Sliding into Nonmonogamy Safely and Ethically

by Josie Pickens
August 11, 2020 at 10:00am
There’s a prevalent notion that women only choose to practice nonmonogamy because the men in their lives guide them toward it. Read more »
Jada Pinkett-Smith, a light-skinned Black woman with cropped, curly blond hair, on Red Table Talk

Jada Pinkett-Smith Isn’t the Villain in Her Entanglement. Nobody Is.

by Gabrielle Smith
July 23, 2020 at 12:04pm
Will and Jada’s public relationship has resulted in explosive discourse online. Read more »
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True Revolution: In Quarantine, Queer People Are Redefining Community and Celebration

by Shelli Nicole
June 24, 2020 at 12:49pm
The thought of celebrating Pride Month has felt particularly complicated in the wake of the protest and rightful uprisings sparked by the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many others.  Read more »
photo of wives Ayanah Moor and Jamila Raegan, two Black queer women, one with a short haircut and one with locs, in their Chicago home

Unequal Lending: Redefining Home in the Land of Inopportunity

by Bani Amor
June 8, 2020 at 9:00am
Another world is possible, and it begins with redefining “home.” Read more »
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Love No Limit: Masturbation Opens Women up to Power, Play, and Pleasure

by Josie Pickens
May 28, 2020 at 11:02am
Pleasure is a human right. Read more »
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Love No Limit: Exploring Sexual Fantasy during the Pandemic

by Josie Pickens
May 19, 2020 at 9:17am
We only have shame about our sexual thoughts or desires because we don’t openly discuss how natural and human they are. Read more »
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Doulas Gone Digital: How to Self-Advocate If You’re Forced to Labor without Support

by Lauren Rowello
May 11, 2020 at 3:46pm
A lack of support can feel scary for new parents and is especially unsettling for those who are marginalized. Read more »
Klancy Miller, a Black woman chef with short, black hair, leans over a kitchen counter

Dinner Party for One: Cooking for Yourself in the Age of Social Distancing

by Cynthia Greenlee
May 1, 2020 at 11:47am
Cookbooks are great, but they often aren’t taking into account that some of us are cooking for one. 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 »