Politics

Hungry and Holy: Navigating Ramadan With an Eating Disorder Is No Easy Feat

a Muslim woman wearing a black hijab and glasses is photographed in profile as she looks at the sky
by Padideh Aghanoury
May 20, 2021 at 9:58am
Even for those fasting for reasons outside of faith, the link between God and fasting feels inescapable.
an Indian woman wearing a hijab leans her head back as a swab is stuck in her nostril

In India’s COVID-19 Crisis, Social Media Does What Government Won’t

by Agnee Ghosh
May 19, 2021 at 12:18pm
Social media has emerged as a COVID-19 helpline full of flood of requests for ICU beds, oxygen, and antiviral drugs like Remdesivir. Read more »
a white gender-nonconforming child wearing a blue shirt and colorful makeup around their eyes looks confidently up at the sky

Trans Girls Are the Real Target of Anti-Trans Bills

by s.e. smith
May 3, 2021 at 9:00am
Trans women and girls, along with femme trans people who were mistakenly assigned male at birth, are subject to a uniquely intensified hatred thanks to their hypervisibility. Read more »
L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva, a Latinx man in a brown uniform, poses alongside two women officers in brown uniforms as they all hold pink handcuffs

Policing, But Make It Girlboss

by Andréa Becker
April 30, 2021 at 12:54pm
If we want to protect women and their health, abolition is key. Read more »
Blue gloved hand holding vial of Covid-19 vaccine

There Will Be No Herd Immunity without Vaccine Equity

by s.e. smith
April 29, 2021 at 12:38pm
The stakes of the vaccine rollout have been huge for the disabled community. Read more »
U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz in a blue suit and yellow tie posing in front of an American flag

Moral Panic: Matt Gaetz Embodies the Evangelical Movement’s Skewed Obsession with Sex Trafficking

by Cathy Reisenwitz
April 26, 2021 at 12:04pm
It’s somewhat ironic to see Gaetz caught up in his own culture’s favorite moral panic. Read more »
cropping of a black and white portrait sketch of a Black woman with short hair, her features are more detailed in the center of her face, while the top of her hair, chin, and neck are lightly outlined

Let Us Live: What Does Loving Black Women Really Look Like?

by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
April 21, 2021 at 11:33am
What would it be like to celebrate Black women, not just as a performance or a trend? Without using them as a mascot for a movement. Without relying on them to save this country. Read more »
Kate Washington, an aging white woman with short, blond and brown hair, smiles brightly against a blackdrop

Collateral Damage: When It Comes to Caregiving, Women Are Already Toast

by Kate Washington
March 15, 2021 at 12:52pm
Caregiving is cleaning up after the news crews have left, scrubbing the hidden black mold years later, becoming ill from the contaminated floodwaters. Read more »
A plus size Black person with cropped pink hair speaks to a friend, who is white and has short dark hair.

The X Factor: One Letter, Multiple Identities, and a Complex Future

by Oliver Haug
March 11, 2021 at 3:18pm
How the gender-neutral “x” became a contemporary paradox. Read more »
U.S. Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who is white with blond hair and glasses, speaking with attendees

Queer Representation in Congress Won’t Save Us

by Nicole Froio
March 11, 2021 at 2:48pm
Representation isn’t everything. Read more »
a light-skinned transgender woman with black hair pulled back in a bun and wearing a blue gown sits on a hospital bed as she talks to a transgender male doctor wearing a white robe

Tender Judging Care : #TransCrowdFund and the Politics of Desire

by Oliver Haug
February 24, 2021 at 10:28am
Even before the GoFundMe boom, there was an element of desirability politics in healthcare. Read more »

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by Sarah Mirk
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Films and TV Portray Abortion as More Dangerous Than It Is

by Erica Thomas
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