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Elle Lorraine plays Anna, a dark-skinned Black woman with long, Black hair, sits horrified on a bed in in Bad Hair

“Bad Hair” Makes a Tangled Mess of Black Women’s Woes

by Cate Young
October 27, 2020 at 12:48pm
In his quest to create a fable about Black women’s hair, Justin Simien overlooks the actual function it plays in Black women’s lives. Read more »
Donald Trump, a white dumpy man, stands next to Joe Biden, a white man with gray hair, during the final presidential debate

Pillows, Sheets, and Goggles: 5 Feminist Takeaways from the Final Presidential Debate

by Evette Dionne
October 22, 2020 at 8:32pm
Donald Trump is a racist. Period. Read more »
Mindy Kaling, an Indian woman with long, black hair, stands beside Kamala Harris, a light-skinned Black woman with long, brown hair, in a kitchen

Kamala Harris Presents a Political Paradox for South Asian Voters

by Iman Sultan
October 22, 2020 at 3:10pm
Having roots in Black America and India doesn’t necessarily translate to a progressive record. Read more »
A close up of grass. A house looms behind.

Are You Muslim? and Other Questions White Landlords Ask Me

by Aruni Kashyap
October 22, 2020 at 9:00am
I can say that I am a Hindu and solve this problem. But I do not. Read more »
The TikTok logo and the words, “death becomes inescapable.”

Very Online: You Can’t Escape Death on TikTok

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 22, 2020 at 1:00am
We’re still learning what to do with death, both online and off. Read more »
Fathia Youssouf portrays Amy, a Black child with a red shirt, stands with three other children on a train track in Migonnes

Pausing the Panic Button: Can Religious Scholarship Teach Media Literacy?

by Rebecca Epstein-Levi
October 21, 2020 at 12:49pm
Moral panics about sexually disturbing or explicit media are hardly new or uncommon. Read more »
Dianne Feinstein, a white woman with short, black hair, speaks into a microphone in San Francisco in the 1970s as protestors stand around her

Dianne Feinstein Unexpectedly Makes the Argument for Term Limits

by Andi Zeisler
October 20, 2020 at 3:01pm
Maybe Congress shouldn’t be immortal. Read more »
A Black woman sits on a windowsill in a kitchen wearing sunglasses.

Mind Interrupted: The Horrifying Manipulation of Black Women’s Psyches

by Jordan Taliha McDonald
October 19, 2020 at 8:37am
The traumatic spectacles of these transformations often reveal so little about the interiority of the fictional Black women who experience them. Read more »
Ruth Bader Ginsburg, an old white woman with brown hair, wears glasses and a loose shawl and sits on stage while smiling.

RBG Fundamentally Shaped the Lives of Women with Disabilities

by Sarah Kim
October 16, 2020 at 12:00pm
Although the fight for disability rights is not complete, Ginsburg used her power and privilege to bring the fight for disability rights to the legal mainstream. Read more »
A thin white woman wears an elaborate wedding gown.

BitchWatch: 15 Shows Feminists Should Watch This Fall

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 16, 2020 at 10:04am
This list has it all, from scary shows to calming ones. Read more »

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