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This Ombud’s For You: What the End of the NYT’s Public Editor Means

Right now seems like an especially weird time to get rid of a first-line advocate for media transparency. Read more »

Whiteness as a Weapon: The Historical Wounds of “Unforgettable”

While the plot of Unforgettable is good, campy fun, it also lays bare how white women often use their cultural presumption of innocence against women of color. Read more »

Ivanka’s World of “Women Who Work”: FEMINISTS UNITED TO COMBAT KAKISTOCRACY IN TRUMP TIMES

Ivanka Trump says she doesn’t know what it means to be “complicit,” but she does claim that she will improve the lives of “working women.” Read more »

Teenage Fever: “Everything, Everything” Subverts the Whiteness of Teen Romance Movies

Everything, Everything proves that teen romance movies don’t have to revolve around whiteness. Read more »

BitchTapes: Go Back to Bed

It’s a holiday weekend, and the beginning of summer. But it’s ok if all you want to do are listen to these quiet songs and get back under the covers. Read more »

Science is Sexist: Slaying Male Superiority in “Inferior”

Inferior challenges the idea that there are fundamental differences between the way men and women’s brains are “wired.” Read more »

Black Women as Cultural Deities: A Review of “We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85”

Invisibility is the theme woven throughout “We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85,” an exhibit currently housed in the Brooklyn Museum. Read more »

Fandom is Feminist: Queering Boy-band Obsession in “Grace and the Fever”

Grace and the Fever follows high school senior Grace Thomas as she meets Jes, a member of her beloved Fever Dream. Read more »

Poetic Resistance Against Everyday Transphobia, Racism, Ableism: A Review of "When the Chant Comes"

Within its pages, When the Chant Comes delivers profound, often gut-wrenching meditations that explore what it means for Barrett to navigate life in the United States as a disabled, pilipinx-amerikan, transgender queer. Read more »

New Music Monday: Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm on the Healing Power of Music

Kaeley Pruitt-Hamm is using music to advocate for people who are chronically ill. Read more »

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