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Photograph of the book cover for Made Up by Daphné B., featuring the silhouette of a femme body in pink

Beauty Marked: “Made-Up” Explores the Addictive Power of Artifice

by Sophia Stewart
October 20, 2021 at 8:40am
“Sometimes, to feel at peace, all you need is for someone to tell you what to buy,” writes author Daphné B. Read more »
Actress Margaret Qualley as Alex in "Maid" holds a small child on her shoulders on a walk through the woods

Messy Reality: “Maid” Puts an Unflinching Lens on Women in Poverty

by Alaina Leary
October 19, 2021 at 1:12pm
A lack of support for single mothers in poverty keeps the main character trapped in a cycle. Read more »
A Black woman wearing patterned dress on a pink couch, next to the portrait is the Carefree Black Girls book cover, it has a tan background and pink swirling lines

"Carefree Black Girls" Treats Black Women As Art

by Evette Dionne
October 19, 2021 at 11:28am
“The inspiration for the phrase and concept #CarefreeBlackGirl was the fact that, at that moment, I wasn’t feeling very carefree.” Read more »
Four young women are laying in grass, surrounded by trees, learning how to shoot. The one with red hair and the one Asian woman are pointing sniper guns.

Bloodlust: “Mayday” Is a Brutal, Irresistible Feminist Revenge Fantasy

by Ren Jender
October 18, 2021 at 1:19pm
Karen Cinorre delivers a bloody, cathartic thrill with Mayday. Read more »

Culture of Fear: 10 TV and Film Workers Call Out Hollywood Exploitation

by Lindsay Lee Wallace
October 18, 2021 at 1:00pm
The film and TV industry has been abusing its workers for decades with relentless schedules, stolen wages, grinding culture, unequal opportunity, and other hazardous conditions. Read more »
A white man wearing a blue zip-up hoodie and tan shirt looks directly at the camera. Behind him are a group of high schoolers paying him no mind, talking amongst themselves.

Words Fail: “Dear Evan Hansen” Is an Obvious Disservice to Mental-Health Representation

by Gloria Oladipo
October 15, 2021 at 3:00am
Corny and contrived, Dear Evan Hansen is an obvious disservice to mental-health representation. Read more »
Stand-up comedian Dave Chappelle speaking into a microphone on stage in a black leather jacket

Punching Down: Why Netflix Deserves Some of the Heat for Dave Chapelle’s Transphobic Comments

by Dr. Jon Paul
October 14, 2021 at 2:28pm
Focusing the blame only on the comedian is no longer enough. Read more »
Still photo of three wary-looking figures in green track suits

Bad Sport: “Squid Game” Exposes the False Rhetoric of “Choice” and “Resilience”

by Jennifer Chang
October 13, 2021 at 12:23pm
Resilience is admirable; challenging the system is intolerable. Read more »
A huge animatronic girl has its back turned against a tree with hundreds of people in green jumpsuits lined up in the distance behind her. The subtitle onscreen reads “Green Light, Red Light”

One-Inch Barrier: How Americans Watch Netflix’s “Squid Game” Matters

by Donald Collins
October 11, 2021 at 12:33pm
Americans really, really don’t like subtitles. Read more »
Author Keisha N. Blain is pictured, she is a Black woman with braids wearing black-rimmed glasses. Next to her headshot are three other images, two that picture activist Fannie Lou Hamer, a Black woman, speaking. The final image is of Blain's book cover.

Tell It Like It Is: Fannie Lou Hamer Sounded the Alarm on Forced Sterilization

by Bitch HQ
October 5, 2021 at 11:34am
Hamer was the first civil rights activist during the 1960s to openly address forced sterilization. Read more »

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