Music
Truth Hurts: Fat, Black, and Too Good to Cancel
In every industry Black women have to work four times as hard for less than half the credit.
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Taking the High Road: Kesha’s Music Creates a Path of Healing for Survivors
You do not have to be defined by something that was done to you.
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11 Podcasts Feminists Should Listen to While Social Distancing
Since your tastes are as varied as ours, we hope there’s something in here for everyone.
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Taking the Long Way: The Price of Political Dissent in Country Music
The severity of the punishment wasn’t retaliation for an act of dissent but rather one of betrayal; and to commit a betrayal, one has to first be a loyal soldier.
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Dusted or Busted: In “The Man,” Taylor Swift Seeks to Critique Sexism, but Twists Drag to Do So
While Swift is trying to call out a double-standard, she may be enabling a double-standard for the queer community.
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Women in Dancehall Turn up for Pleasure Parity
Though dancehall has long been considered a platform for both men and women to unapologetically express their sexual prowess, the genre also has its limitations.
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Safe and Sound: How Podcasts Became Audio Enclaves for Black Women
In a world that has very few spaces for us, podcasts that lift up and celebrate Black women listeners are a welcome breath of fresh air.
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The Music and the Misery: Hulu’s New “High Fidelity” Upends a Male Classic
The new reboot proves that music-snobbery is an equal-opportunity annoyance.
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BitchTapes: Decolonizing Healing
In pop culture, eating disorders are often depicted as illnesses that visit solely white women, but that doesn’t reflect reality.
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A Time to Sing: “Un Violador En Tu Camino” Becomes a Global Protest Anthem
The song is a clear, material, experience-based assessment of universal structures of power and what they do to us.
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