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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez smiles while standing on stage. She has long brown hair and wears red lipstick and a white blouse.

Savior to Suit: Why Do People Want to Hate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez?

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
November 4, 2020 at 1:31pm
AOC is a politician, not a martyr. Read more »
Donald Trump stands in front of hedges waving his hand

This Election Was Always Going to Come Down to Consent

by Shea Tuttle
November 3, 2020 at 12:26pm
45 doesn’t care if the voters consent to his presidency. Read more »
a close-up shot of Vanessa Kirby, a white woman, holding Shia LeBeouf, a bearded white man's face in her hands in Pieces of a Woman

Shot to Pieces: “Pieces of a Woman” Is a New Take on a Well-Worn Trope

by Jourdain Searles
November 2, 2020 at 1:46pm
What does it mean to make an “authentic” film about tragedy? Read more »
Kamala Harris, a light-skinned Black woman with short, brown hair, poses for a selfie with two Black women flanking her on each side

Understanding Kamala Harris, the Great Multiracial (Black) Hope

by Dr. Shantel Gabrieal Buggs
November 2, 2020 at 1:09pm
Will her election as vice president open the floodgates for another false “post-racial” moment in the mainstream social and political imagination? Read more »
Luciano Garbati’s Medusa With The Head of Perseus is a naked gold statue with long snake-like hair holding a gold man's head

Monstrous Men: The Medusa #MeToo Monument Has an Oedipal Complex

by Erin Thompson
October 30, 2020 at 11:28am
The statue embodies is the long historical pattern in which male competition plays out in the exploitation of female suffering. Read more »
Joe Biden, an elderly white man with short, gray hair and wearing sunglasses, stands surrounded by camera at the Iowa State Fair

We Won’t Overcome: Joe Biden Erroneously Sheds the Shadow of Stuttering

by Sophia Stewart
October 30, 2020 at 10:02am
The former vice president has always championed the traditional ableist notion of “overcoming.” Read more »
A white woman with stringy blond hair and huge blue eyes looks at the camera. Behind her, a handprint stains glass.

BitchWatch: 11 Scary (and Not-So Scary) Films to Watch This Halloween

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 29, 2020 at 11:20am
Feminist horror is often overlooked, but we’re here to highlight some of our favorites. Read more »
a thin, white woman sits on the floor in a meditation pose with hair wrapped around her eyes

To Well and Back: The Bleak Future of Positive Thinking

by Nora Salem
October 28, 2020 at 3:00pm
America’s problems can’t just be manifested away. Read more »
A woman on a laptop. She sits in bed and wears a t-shirt and fuzzy socks.

How Sex Educator YouTube Went from Guiding Light to Worrisome Shadow

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 28, 2020 at 12:02pm
In 2016, YouTube was a space to learn any and everything about sex; maybe, in 2020, it simply isn’t anymore. Read more »
President Donald J. Trump and U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett stand on a balcony. They are both white and dressed up.

What Just Happened: The Confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett

by Bitch HQ
October 27, 2020 at 1:51pm
Amy Coney Barrett sets a dangerous precedent.  Read more »

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