Politics
Tongue-Tied: “Politically Correct” Has Always Been the Wrong Term
s.e. smith reflects on the discourse around “political correctness,” pointing out the mainstream left’s culpability in the rise of “patriotical correctness” by demonizing political correctness instead of hate speech and misinformation campaigns.
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Sidelined:: Title IX Leveled the Playing Field. But Did it Miss the Goal?
Britni de la Cretaz discusses the missteps of Title IX, namely how it fails to address the patriarchal structures within men’s sports, creating conditions for mistreatment and abuse of women athletes.
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Bloody Lies: The Never-Ending Cycle of Menstrual Mythmaking
Gabrielle Merite traces an illustrated history of stigmatizing myths about menstruation.
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Christina Lee’s Murder Exposed the Cracks in Housing Policies
While homeless shelters might seem like the right housing solution, experts say that there are major problems with New York’s shelter-first approach.
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Another Appalachia: Neema Avashia Confronts Growing Up Indian and Queer in West Virginia
We talked to “Another Appalachia” author Neema Avashia about anti-queer and anti-trans legislation, coping with loss, and how people are more than the politics of their communities.
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Performative Social Media Activism Doesn't Help Ukraine
I’m unfollowing anyone who’s posted statements like, “I express solidarity with my Ukrainian brothers by switching from Moscow Mules to Mezcal Mules.”
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Refresh and Rebuild: Plotting the Future of New York’s Most Conservative Borough
“We get a bad narrative that it’s Trumpville, that it’s racist,” Jasmine Robinson, who moved to Staten Island from the Bronx when she was 17, tells Bitch. “That’s not all of Staten Island.”
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What’s Very Likely To Happen: The “Roe v. Wade” Endgame Comes to SCOTUS
Today’s case is not about one state’s decision, but about overturning decades of precedent.
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Freedom Fighters: Are Better Days Ahead in Palestine?
Palestinians’ will to free themselves from Israeli occupation is as strong as ever.
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White Lies: How Democrats React to Kyle Rittenhouse's Acquittal Matters
Encouragements to “just vote” tell a grieving country that we can be saved by continuing to do something that hasn’t saved us yet.
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