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Feminists Install Temporary Memorial to Rape Survivors on Washington Mall
The National Mall got a new memorial yesterday, if only briefly. As part of One Billion Rising, Baltimore-based feminist group FORCE installed a temporary memorial... Read more »
Please Don't Let Flight Win Any Awards, Unless It's One For "Most Sexism"
“You put me in a broken plane!” wails Denzel Washington’s character, secret alcoholic pilot Whip Whitaker, in Flight, after crash-landing a malfunctioning 737. Replace “plane” with “movie,” and he’s exactly right.
The ... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Hey, it’s Friday! Happy early weekend, and here’s a bunch of news from around the web.
• The champion Paralympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been charged with the murder of... Read more »
Get Messy With the Pulp Issue
It’s here! The Pulp issue has landed!
Yesterday we debuted our cover on Twitter and Facebook and today we’re excited to share even more. Now you can read select articles from the issue while you salivate at home for your pen-weilding, orchid-saving,... Read more »
Side Effects Indicts Big Pharma, But Does it Villainize Gays?
Spoiler Alert: This blog post discusses nearly all of the film’s many plot twists.
Last month, director Steven Soderbergh seemed to “come out” as the gay community’s latest Hollywood ally when he complained to the press about the impossibility of finding $5 million—a... Read more »
Does Writing Romance Novels Kill Masculinity? No!
Today is Valentine’s Day, which is usually considered the most romantic of holidays, a day when our society celebrates monogamous, often heterosexual, love. It is no surprise, then, that romance novels become... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Happy V-Day Bitch Lovers!
This V-Day, show your solidarity in ending gender-based violence by joining One Billion Rising – a worldwide anti-rape protest. To find a rising happening near you today, take a look at the... Read more »
RuPaul's Drag Race Comic: The Six Best Moments from Episode Three
In the third episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, twelve queens remain to fight tooth and nail polish for the crown. In this leg of the competition, a children’s show challenge separated the Muppets from the babies. I’ve illustrated my six favorite moments from ... Read more »
The Film "A Birth Story" is a Graphic Tale of Badass Midwifery
If you’ve never had bedside seats to a live birth, here’s your chance.
Raw, nostalgic, and lovingly-crafted, Sara Lamm and Mary Wigmore’s feature-length documentary, “A Birth Story: Ina May Gaskin and The Farm Midwives” captures the 1970s... Read more »
The Feminist Facebook Army: How FORCE Spoofed Victoria's Secret with Social Media (and Didn't Get Sued)
Baltimore feminist group FORCE took the world by surprise last December when they launched a line of fake Victoria’s Secret, dropping underwear emblazoned with phrases like “Consent is Sexy” and “Ask First” at Victoria’s Secrets... Read more »
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