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Three women wearing hijabs look up at an American flag. In that same direction, the sun shines over tall buildings in the background.

20 Years Later, Muslim Women Reflect on Post-9/11 Islamophobia

by Aaliyah Dasoo
September 10, 2021 at 3:04pm
Suspicious looks. Verbal harassment. Unshakeable fear. Read more »
photo-illustration of Sherman Alexie holding a #MeToo placard

Where There's Smoke: Sherman Alexie and the Toll of Literary Tokenism

by Amanda Gokee
September 8, 2021 at 1:43pm
Alexie was the singular voice of Native American literature. Maybe he shouldn’t have been. Read more »
black and white line illustration of overlapping hands

“My Body, My Choice” Doesn’t Meet the Demand of this Moment

by Barbara Sostaita
September 3, 2021 at 11:14am
“My body, my choice” is highly individualistic and—in the end—fails to convey the ways we’re bound up with each other. Read more »
Pro-choice protesters perform outside the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021 in Austin, TX. They are wearing shirts that say “Bans off our bodies” and raising their right fist

What Just Happened: The Texas Abortion Ban

by Bitch HQ
September 2, 2021 at 2:37pm
The SCOTUS decision essentially spits on 50 years of constitutional precedent protecting abortion access. Read more »
Steve Zahn as Mark, a distraught white man sitting at the bar beside iMurray Bartlett as Armond, a white man wearing a colorful shirt, in The White Lotus

“The White Lotus” Shines Its Tiki Torch on Settler Colonialism

by Dejan Jotanovic
September 2, 2021 at 9:00am
The White Lotus looks to critique masculinity and its many toxicities. Read more »
Yahya Abdul-Mateen II plays Anthony, a dark-skinned, tall Black man, who is wearing a paint-splattered jean jacket in Candyman

Summoning Yourself: The Role of Conjure in “Candyman”

by Lea Anderson
September 1, 2021 at 9:00am
Sometimes desire is layered with disbelief, but the summoner gets what they asked for regardless. Read more »
Lorde, a thin, white woman is shown from below in a yellow body suit on the cover of Solar Power

Sun Worshiper: Lorde Doesn’t Want to be a Messiah—or Does She?

by Torrey Crim
August 31, 2021 at 11:27am
She doesn’t want to be a messiah; she wants to be a devotee. Read more »
a collage of two book covers: How We Fall Apart, a photo of an Asian teenage girl with black hair split up into various pieces and A Lesson in Vengeance, a black book cover with an illustration of purple flowers and cobwebs

Academia Is Even Darker than We Thought

by Alaina Leary
August 31, 2021 at 11:24am
Katie Zhao and Victoria Lee are shaping the canon of dark academia. Read more »
A colorful illustration of Pip Millett, Lion Babe, Billie Eilish, Torres, and Tinashe

5 Feminist Albums That Got Us Through August

by DeAsia Paige
August 31, 2021 at 10:38am
As summer winds down, new releases from artists such as Cleo Sol, Billie Eilish, and Tinashe will hit the spot. Read more »
Made in China, a yellow book cover that features a photo of rusty scissors, is cropped against a photo of Anna Qu, a thin, Chinese woman with a black bob

Loose Threads: Anna Qu Wants Us to Know the Truth About Garment Factories

by Hannah Bae
August 26, 2021 at 1:20pm
Anna Qu relied on her powers of observation to survive a punishing home environment. Read more »

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