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Lady Gaga, a thin white woman with long platinum-blond hair, poses on the red carpet in a black gown

#MeFirst: Lady Gaga Doesn’t Need to Name Her Rapist

by Nicole Froio
June 3, 2021 at 3:12pm
Treating survivors as a monolith only perpetuates further violence against them. Read more »
Katie, Linda, Rick, and Aaron, a white animated family, stands together with two robots in The Mitchells vs. the Machines

Finally, a Neurodivergent Family Saves the World

by Jodie Hare
June 3, 2021 at 2:31pm
Just because a routinely ableist society often overlooks and underestimates neurodiverse people, that doesn’t mean they aren’t integral to the world around us. Read more »
a white queer person with long, blond hair and a huge white hat stands in profile at a Pride parade with a rainbow hand fan

Cute Overload: Pride, Kink, and the “Smol Bean–Industrial Complex”

by Jenna Mahale
June 2, 2021 at 2:30pm
It’s important to remember that respectability will not save us. Read more »
Sloppy Firsts is a book cover that features an illustration of a white woman with short, brown hair sitting cross-legged on the floor

Jessica Darling Saved Teen Girls in the 2000s. Can She Do It Again?

by Emily Cataneo
June 2, 2021 at 11:48am
For a lonely teenage girl looking for a reflection of herself in a culture that disdains her, a brutally honest, interiority-heavy YA book can be a lifeline. Read more »
Grace Perry, a white woman with brown hair and glasses, wears a navy blue shirt as she poses against a brick wall

Remembering “Glee,” a Show That Fervently Celebrated LGBTQ Teens

by Grace Perry
June 1, 2021 at 10:07am
Glee changed the representation game for queer kids on TV, which, in turn, changed the real-life game for queer kids off TV. Read more »
Chrissy Teigen, an Asian woman with blond-brown hair, smiles on the red carpet in a bright orange dress

Chrissy Teigen Cyberbullied Teen Girls. She’s Not the Only One.

by Alexis Schwartz
May 28, 2021 at 4:49pm
She, like most of Hollywood, understood the gratification of tearing down other celebrities, particularly those considered “infamous.” Read more »
Lena Waithe as Denise and Naomi Ackie as Alicia, two queer Black women sitting on the bed together, in Master of None

Can “Master of None” Survive Aziz Ansari’s Scandal? We Still Don’t Know.

by Nicole Froio
May 28, 2021 at 3:34pm
Master of None lost one of its most compelling components: unflinching emotional honesty. Read more »
Donkey, an illustrated brown donkey, and Shrek, a big green ogre wearing a vest, talk to each other outside in Shrek

Layered Onion: Remembering “Shrek,” the Ironic Film That Poked Fun at Us

by Rachel Klein
May 27, 2021 at 11:57am
Turning the fairy-tale genre on its head was a clever, if not totally novel, notion at the time. Read more »
girl in red, a white singer wearing a gray sweater, red hat, and red leather pants, sits on a chair in front of a teal background

5 Feminist Albums That Got Us Through May

by DeAsia Paige
May 27, 2021 at 9:51am
As always, music provides a much-needed escape from the confusion of our current times. Read more »
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The Bitch Media Fellowships for Writers

by Bitch HQ
May 26, 2021 at 12:50pm
Thank you to everyone who applied for the 2021 writing fellowships! Read more »

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