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On Our Radar: Feminist News Round-Up
Here’s what’s on our radar!
• Sports columnist Dave Zirin is reporting from World Cup, and puts in context the protests, World Cup, and forthcoming Olympics in the midst... Read more »
Video Game Company Promises Female Characters but Fails to Deliver
Assassin’s Creed is an extremely popular video game—but it doesn’t let users play as a female character. Originally, development company Ubisoft planned... Read more »
Good-bye, Fabulous Hologram Dreams of Jem.
When I was 10 in October 1985, “Jem and the Holograms,” an animated half-hour program about an all-girl band, made its debut. I was all about it. Now, almost 30 years later, Jem and the Holograms are staging a comeback, via a new live-action... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s all the news we’re reading today:
• What’s this? A think-piece on how female characters on Game of Thrones... Read more »
When a Woman is a Daddy to Her Kids
I was well into my thirties when my partner of six years and I signed ourselves up for parenting. And I mean signed up literally.
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BitchTapes: 8-Bit Hits
Michelle Sternberger is a chiptune artist—she makes intricate electronic music using retro gaming consoles and 8-bit computers.
To mark the release of a new album featuring her songs, ... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s all the news we’re reading today:
• Wow—everyone should read Loretta Ross’s history of... Read more »
This Jane Austen Adaptation for the YouTube Generation is Actually Wonderful
I don’t know if it’s a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of a box set of Austen novels must pass on her love of Pride and Prejudice to her children, but it was certainly true in my family.
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This New Phone Number Will Text You Back a bell hooks Quote
What do you do if someone asks for your number and you don’t want to give them a real one?
There’s a new fake phone number for that: (669) 221-6251.
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Five Ways "Obvious Child" Rewrites Hollywood's Backward Stance on Abortion
If you’ve already seen the new, Sundance-anointed comedy Obvious Child, you’ll likely agree that it’s the... Read more »
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