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Gwen Stefani, a white woman with blond hair, poses alongside the Harajuku Girls, a group of four Japanese women dressed in all black

Delicate Goods: The Ornamental Objectification of Asian American Women in Pop Culture

by Sarah Wang
April 22, 2021 at 9:37am
Being Gwen Stefani’s add-ons superseded their place as human beings. Read more »
cropping of a black and white portrait sketch of a Black woman with short hair, her features are more detailed in the center of her face, while the top of her hair, chin, and neck are lightly outlined

Let Us Live: What Does Loving Black Women Really Look Like?

by Tatyana Fazlalizadeh
April 21, 2021 at 11:33am
What would it be like to celebrate Black women, not just as a performance or a trend? Without using them as a mascot for a movement. Without relying on them to save this country. Read more »
Three women in a pop punk band wearing cat ears posing with instruments.

Cat-Eared Brainwashing: “Josie and the Pussycats” Prophesied the Age of Influencers

by Dejan Jotanovic
April 21, 2021 at 10:41am
It’s a film that tickles the absurdities of the past and, in doing so, has successfully determined the misfortunes of our future. Read more »
The Darkling/General Kirigan, a tall white man in a regal jacket, holds a shining light in-between himself and Alina Starkov, a white teen with brown hair, in Shadow and Bone

“Shadow and Bone” Diversifies Its Fantasy World

by Alaina Leary
April 21, 2021 at 9:00am
The characters feel like a chosen family who are just starting to come together. Read more »
Colton Underwood, a young white man with short brown hair, smiles during an interview

Coming Out Doesn’t Excuse Colton Underwood’s Abusive Past

by Gabriela Ramos Tavárez
April 20, 2021 at 10:04am
Accepting this narrative is a disservice to queer folk who are or were closeted and have never abused their partners in the process of finding themselves. Read more »
Emily Contois, a white woman with brown hair pulled back, smiles slyly outside

“Diners, Dudes, and Diets” Reveals the Absurdity of Gendered Food

by Andréa Becker
April 20, 2021 at 9:00am
By naming and examining dude food, Emily J.H. Contois gives us the language and historical context for an omnipresent phenomenon we’ve all surely noticed. Read more »
Khloé Kardashian, a tall white woman, poses on Instagram in a sweat suit and a thong

Beyond Skin Deep: Khloé Kardashian, Madison Beer, and Social Media’s Unwinnable Beauty Game

by Lexi McMenamin
April 19, 2021 at 11:41am
We’re all body positive so long as that positivity includes warping ourselves beyond recognition. Read more »
Melody Hurd as Grace Jean and Deborah Ayorinde as Lucky in Them

“Them” and Us: Do We Need to Televise Black Pain to Take It Seriously?

by Shireen Rose Shakouri
April 19, 2021 at 11:09am
Stomach-churning violence against Black women is near constant. Read more »
Sutton Foster as Liza Miller and Hilary Duff as Kelsey Peters in Younger

One True Pairing: “Younger” Is Ultimately a Rom-Com about Women

by Scarlett Harris
April 16, 2021 at 1:40pm
The show is more than a rom-com about a cishet love triangle between Liza and two men. Read more »
a meme of Jenni Farley and Nicole Polizzi, two white women, with pink and purple text over their face

Unhappy Medium: The Business of Misery Memes

by Jenna Mahale
April 14, 2021 at 1:54pm
The meme has entered a new era as an emotional shorthand. Read more »

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