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Sex Workers Deserve Better than OnlyFans

by Kitty Stryker
August 26, 2021 at 1:18pm
Why would OnlyFans bite the hand that feeds it? Read more »
Kerri Strug, a white female gymnast with short light brown hair, and Simone Biles, a Black female gymnast with black hair pulled off her face.

Twists and Turns: Simone Biles, Kerri Strug, and the Trouble with “Taking One for the Team”

by Lorelei Ignas
August 26, 2021 at 1:17pm
She showed the world she was more than a mule for Olympic medals. Read more »
Aaliyah, a thin, Black, woman with long, wavy Black hair poses against a red background as she stares directly at the camera

20 Years Later, Aaliyah’s Musical Legacy Is Still Untouchable

by Natelegé Whaley
August 25, 2021 at 2:14pm
She is still the patron saint of R&B-pop, a genre that emerged during the late ’90s and early aughts. Read more »
Ilana Glazer plays Rose, a white woman with short brown hair, who is lying on her back in a hospital gown on an exam table

Demon Seed: “False Positive” Treats Wombs as Receptacles for Terror

by Sadaf Ahsan
August 25, 2021 at 10:36am
In each of these films, it’s the male ego that guides the doctors and fathers. Read more »
a protestor in a navy blue windbreaker holds up a poster of Andrew Cuomo, an aging white man with short, curly, brown hair, during a protest

Surprise, Surprise, Andrew Cuomo Was Never an Advocate for Women

by Gwen Snyder
August 24, 2021 at 3:19pm
Abusers succeed because we’re still largely comfortable allowing men to paternalistically insert themselves into sexual misconduct accountability discourse as so-called arbiters, experts, and advocates. Read more »
Julie Rodgers, a thin, white woman with her blond hair pulled into a ponytail and wearing a light-blue collared shirt, looks down in a church pew in Pray Away

False Hope: Can Anyone Stop Religious Conversion Camps?

by Reece Sisto
August 18, 2021 at 1:51pm
Pray Away cracks open the duality of “belonging.” Read more »
Jesse Leigh, a Chinese and American nonbinary actor, stands with a clip board and short brown hair next to Dana L. Wilson, a Black woman with shoulder-length black hair.

Land Mine: Did “Rutherford Falls” Need to Center a White Guy?

by Amanda Gokee
August 18, 2021 at 10:05am
The story draws on a narrative that has gained traction in the reckoning around race and history. Read more »
Mary Hawke, a white woman with light brown hair, is laying on the ground as she is being dragged by her feet and her mouth open in a scream.

Queer Fear: The “Fear Street” Trilogy Refuses to Bury Its Gays

by Alani Vargas
August 17, 2021 at 11:41am
Fear Street refuses to prioritize straight, white leads like the slasher films of the past. Read more »
White woman with long brown hair wearing a black t-shirt holds a cardboard sign that reads "We Are The Change" as she stands amid a protest.

5 Feminist Organizations Fighting Planet Earth’s Climate Crisis

by Addissyn House
August 13, 2021 at 3:20pm
5 feminist responses to climate change. Read more »
three white Jewish people sit together at a pool in their swimsuits on My Unorthodox Life

The Conditional Feminism of “My Unorthodox Life”

by Viviana Freyer
August 13, 2021 at 11:53am
Growing as a feminist doesn’t mean shrinking as a Jew. Read more »

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