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Super Bad: Busting the Myth of Super Bowl Sex Trafficking

by Padmini Parthasarathy
February 5, 2020 at 8:40am
Arresting those whose work is consensual is not “saving” them. Read more »
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“What Kind of Girl” Flips the Teen Domestic Violence YA Narrative on Its Head

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
February 4, 2020 at 3:27pm
High school is still high school and teenagers still struggle to understand how abuse happens. Read more »
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Off the Scale: Creating Fuller Stories About Fat People

by Samantha Puc
February 4, 2020 at 1:50pm
In order to continue creating more authentic stories about fat people, more fat creators must be hired in writer’s rooms, granted book deals, and tapped by Hollywood to adapt their stories. Read more »
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Returning Our Heads: Inside the Fight to Dismantle the (White) Gods of Hollywood

by Naomi McDougall Jones
February 4, 2020 at 12:53pm
White men have created 95 percent of the cinematic images we’ve ever seen in American mainstream films. Read more »
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BitchReads: 27 Novels Feminists Should Read in 2020

by Evette Dionne
February 3, 2020 at 5:04pm
We’ve already published our most-anticipated lists of nonfiction and young-adult books, but this one, featuring 27 adult novels, is special. Read more »
Kiera Please, a Black woman, scrunches her face in a mirror selfie. She wears Pokemon pajamas and a yellow beanie.

We Aren’t Alone: On TikTok, Black Girls Find Visibility—And Racist Hate

by Natelegé Whaley
February 3, 2020 at 4:36pm
Gen Z and millennial Black women content creators say the newly popular lip-sync app empowers their voices, but they still face the same misogynoir as their progenitors. Read more »
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Popaganda: Inside Michele Pred’s Feminist Artist Studio

by Carmen Rios
February 3, 2020 at 9:00am
Pred has spent the last few years transforming vintage purses into political statements. Read more »
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Very Online: Making Facial Recognition Easier Might Make Stalking Easier Too

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
January 31, 2020 at 3:59pm
 This technology is powerful and incredibly invasive. Read more »
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In Season 2, “Shrill” Challenges Viewers—and Itself—on Fat Politics

by Gina Escandon
January 30, 2020 at 9:32am
Shrill’s sophomore season widens the show’s narrative to explore other areas of Annie’s life and identity. Read more »
Donald Sutherland as President Coriolanus Snow, an elderly white man sitting behind a desk with a crown sitting on top of it, in The Hunger Games

Snow Thank You: “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” Can’t Redeem a Villain

by s.e. smith
January 29, 2020 at 4:38pm
Redemption has to be earned; attempting to retcon it through a perilous backstory is always a dicey proposition. Read more »

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Eat, Pray, Spend: Priv-Lit and the New, Enlightened American Dream

Elizabeth Gilbert, a white woman wearing a navy blue jumpsuit, leans forward and holds hand with and Oprah Winfrey, a Black woman wearing a gray cardigan and jeans
by Joshunda Sanders
Summer 2010 • Action
Even as reports on joblessness, economic recovery, and home foreclosures suggest that no one is immune to risk during this recession, the popularity of women’s wellness media has persisted and, indeed, grown stronger.  Read more »

The Forgotten History of the Women Who Shaped Modern Advertising

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by Ciara Lavelle
March 21, 2019 at 9:00am
It's easy to dismiss advertising as an anti-feminist industry. Read more »

Oh Joy Sex Toy: How I Realized I'm Asexual

by Erika Moen
January 5, 2016 at 11:11am
Artist Kiku H shares her personal experiences learning what it means to be asexual. Read more »

Dear Bear: My Partner Makes No Money. Is That a Problem?

by S. Bear Bergman
February 2, 2016 at 4:47pm
Our advice columnist offers a lesson in anticapitalist self-care. Read more »