Culture
“What Doesn’t Kill You” Tells the Gut-Churning Truth about Chronic Illness
Crohn’s disease is unpredictable, cruel, and gross. There’s no way around that.
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In “We Are the Ashes, We Are the Fire,” Women’s History is Lifesaving
The novel is a meditation on the power of uncovering past heroines.
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Twisted Trauma: “Malcolm & Marie” Evaluates the Young, Female Muse
Marie is a muse without divine favor: She must know invisibility so that he might know its opposite.
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Under the Red Light: Privacy Concerns Abound with the Silhouette Challenge
Though the challenge was meant to be empowering, it quickly backfired.
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What the T.I. and Tiny Abuse Allegations Reveal about Hip Hop and Power
We don’t live in a society where the abused get justice.
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Meet Fantastic Frankey, the YouTuber Changing Nerdom from Inside Out
That’s what the Fanboy Fighter moniker is: fighting men who are protecting the genre.
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In It Not to Win It: Indie Game Designers Queer Time, Space, and Play
Queering virtual worlds goes beyond including LGBTQ characters or storylines.
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No, Shitty Men Have Not Been Purged From Media
Every woman, nonbinary person, or person of color who is driven from journalism because of the shitty men in charge leaves us poorer as a culture.
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Very Online: Can Claudia Conway’s Platform Save Her?
“My mom deserves to go to jail—that’s unreal.”
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Slippery Soft: The Rise of the Manic Pixie Dream Boy
Manic Pixie Dream Boyism resists the clean-cut mold of macho masculinity.
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