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Kristen Arnett, a white woman with brown hair and glasses, looks dead set at the camera

Kristen Arnett’s “With Teeth” Packs a Huge Bite

by Nylah Burton
June 3, 2021 at 2:14pm
As unreliable a character as Sammie is, the reader knows she’s not a liar. Read more »
a white queer person with long, blond hair and a huge white hat stands in profile at a Pride parade with a rainbow hand fan

Cute Overload: Pride, Kink, and the “Smol Bean–Industrial Complex”

by Jenna Mahale
June 2, 2021 at 2:30pm
It’s important to remember that respectability will not save us. Read more »
Sloppy Firsts is a book cover that features an illustration of a white woman with short, brown hair sitting cross-legged on the floor

Jessica Darling Saved Teen Girls in the 2000s. Can She Do It Again?

by Emily Cataneo
June 2, 2021 at 11:48am
For a lonely teenage girl looking for a reflection of herself in a culture that disdains her, a brutally honest, interiority-heavy YA book can be a lifeline. Read more »
a white, plus-size woman with blond hair reads a book on an orange couch with a small white dog

BitchReads: 17 Books Feminists Should Read in June

by Evette Dionne
June 1, 2021 at 4:06pm
The books just keep on coming. Read more »
Ashley C. Ford is a brown-skinned Black woman with a short black afro and glasses

“Somebody’s Daughter” Redefines the Way We Think about Love

by Nylah Burton
June 1, 2021 at 1:38pm
We have to be open to the idea that love can look and be so many different ways. Read more »
Zakiya Dalila Harris, a dark-skinned Black woman with a black afro, crosses her arms that are covered in a pink and teal patterned blazer

Sunken Place: “The Other Black Girl” Magnifies the Everyday Horrors of Racism

by Vanessa Willoughby
June 1, 2021 at 11:17am
What’s scarier than a villain who pretends to think like you and looks like you? Read more »
Grace Perry, a white woman with brown hair and glasses, wears a navy blue shirt as she poses against a brick wall

Remembering “Glee,” a Show That Fervently Celebrated LGBTQ Teens

by Grace Perry
June 1, 2021 at 10:07am
Glee changed the representation game for queer kids on TV, which, in turn, changed the real-life game for queer kids off TV. Read more »
Chrissy Teigen, an Asian woman with blond-brown hair, smiles on the red carpet in a bright orange dress

Chrissy Teigen Cyberbullied Teen Girls. She’s Not the Only One.

by Alexis Schwartz
May 28, 2021 at 4:49pm
She, like most of Hollywood, understood the gratification of tearing down other celebrities, particularly those considered “infamous.” Read more »
Lena Waithe as Denise and Naomi Ackie as Alicia, two queer Black women sitting on the bed together, in Master of None

Can “Master of None” Survive Aziz Ansari’s Scandal? We Still Don’t Know.

by Nicole Froio
May 28, 2021 at 3:34pm
Master of None lost one of its most compelling components: unflinching emotional honesty. Read more »
Zakiya Dalila Harris, a dark-skinned Black woman with a black afro, crosses her arms that are covered in a pink and teal patterned blazer

“The Other Black Girl” Verbalizes the Horror of Workplace Racism

by Evette Dionne
May 28, 2021 at 11:58am
Zakiya Dalila Harris puts a contemporary social lens on the horror her book details. Read more »

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