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Tina Fey as Liz Lemon is smiling with an embarrassed expression against a yellow background. Black letters with orange accents say “Episode 1 The Straw Feminist”

Feminist-ish : The Straw Feminist Trope

by Marina Watanabe
November 11, 2021 at 12:07pm
Welcome to Feminist-ish: a video series deconstructing the feminist-adjacent tropes that we love to hate. Read more »
Natelegé Whaley, author of ‘Bad Fat Black Girl’, looks into the camera in a long sleeved white shirt and black tropical print dress. She stands at the bottom of stairs to apartment buildings outside, next to an image of her book's cover.

Hot Girl Shit: Trap Feminism Is Sesali Bowen’s Vision for Black Women

by Natelegé Whaley
November 10, 2021 at 2:10pm
“There are a hundred different types of hood girls in the hood,” says author Sesali Bowen. “[Look closer, there’s] an array of stories about Black resilience and Black beauty and Black excellence and creativity.” Read more »
Halsey dressed in a black crown, veil, and ornate gown with bold shoulders that leak upwards in watercolor.

Personal Parallels: Halsey’s Gothic Film Is a Gendered Journey Through Pregnancy

by Rachel Saywitz
November 9, 2021 at 3:46pm
“I am not a woman, I’m a god / I am not a martyr, I’m a problem.” Read more »
Kristen Stewart as Princess Diana standing on a lawn in dense fog in front of an English country house in a yellow tailored suit and tricornered hat

Frigid Family: “Spencer” Amplifies the Horror of the Royal Family

by Grace Lavery
November 5, 2021 at 2:24pm
 At last a Diana every bit as batshit as any of the inbred remnants of House Saxe-Coburg-Goth. Read more »
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How Media Moved the Goalposts on Women's Football: An Excerpt from “Hail Mary: The Rise and Fall of the National Women's Football League”

by Bitch HQ
November 3, 2021 at 2:30pm
Women’s football had to take what media coverage it could get. What it got wasn’t good. Read more »
A bright red book cover of "Femlandia" by Christina Dalcher, with a blue and white background.

Essentialist Thinking: "Femlandia" Provokes, but Doesn't Push Past the Gender Binary

by Nylah Burton
November 2, 2021 at 3:03pm
The insistent classification of Rooney’s work as Marxist has long felt like a stretch. Read more »
an illustration of two dark-skinned people, one in a wheelchair, pushes a block and two meditating in front of a garden

The Access Series

by Evette Dionne
November 1, 2021 at 10:53am
Access is still treated as if it’s a privilege, a burden, or a form of special treatment. Read more »
an illustration of a light-skinned person screaming out of a screen toward other disabled people

Language Wars: Callouts Obscure Vital Truths About Disabilities

by s.e. smith
November 1, 2021 at 10:52am
Talking about words and language use matters, especially when ableist or disablist language can enforce harmful beliefs about disability and disabled people. Read more »
an illustration of a man and a woman sitting beside each other on a purple couch looking at a TV with three people of various shades on the screen

In Living Color: Audio Description Looks Past People of Color

by Thomas Reid
November 1, 2021 at 10:51am
The exclusion of racial identification from AD continues to limit accessibility for blind people. Read more »
an illustration of two darker-skinned people working, one in the bed and the other at a desk, with a shadow of a boss standing between them

The Complex Future of Post-Pandemic Work

by Julia Métraux
November 1, 2021 at 10:50am
The COVID-19 pandemic has proven that remote work is possible for many industries. Read more »

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