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four white women dressed in mid-century dresses in Little Women

Forever Your Girls: “Little Women” Is a Film in Conversation with Its Own History

by Jourdain Searles
January 10, 2020 at 3:25pm
Greta Gerwig offers a meditation on the novel’s biggest themes, rather than a familiar narrative trajectory. Read more »
a side-by-side collage of three books: A Black Women’s History of the United States, Whiter, and Wandering in Strange Lands

BitchReads: 17 Nonfiction Books Feminists Should Read in 2020

by Evette Dionne
January 10, 2020 at 2:36pm
Well-researched and well-written nonfiction books, like the 17 on this list, leave us with more information than we came in with. Read more »
Peggy Orenstein, a white woman with short, blond, curly hair, poses for the camera

“Boys & Sex” is Groundbreaking, But Leaves Gaps for Queer Boys

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
January 10, 2020 at 8:51am
Boys & Sex is a timely and relevant read in our current political and cultural context. Read more »
Victoria Pedretti and Penn Badgley star as Love and Joe, a white couple standing together in a kitchen, in You

Sinister Niceness: On “You,” Killers Don’t Change their Spots

by Evette Dionne
January 8, 2020 at 1:35pm
If Season 2 is any indication, we have no choice but to overlook the obvious in favor of granting white men an inherent innocence; it’s a default. Read more »
Summer walker, a young Black woman, sings on stage. Her hair is in a long blond ponytail and she wears a t-shirt.

Over It: Is There Room for Anxious Black Girls in Music?

by Mary Retta
January 8, 2020 at 1:16pm
We owe Black women musicians the space to take care of themselves. Read more »
a side-by-side collage of three books: When You Were Everything, Felix Ever After, and The Voting Booth

BitchReads: 25 YA Novels Feminists Should Read in 2020

by Rachel Strolle
January 7, 2020 at 3:07pm
2020 has some of the most exciting and vibrant YA new releases. Read more »
photo of Chani Nicholas in a striped hoodie

Chani Nicholas Is Queering Astrology One Meme at a Time

by Marina Watanabe
January 7, 2020 at 11:02am
While astrology isn’t a religion, it connects us with something larger than ourselves without the politics that come with institutionalized religion. Read more »
Awkwafina, an Asian woman with jet black hair, holds a Golden Globe statuette while she smiles

Does Representation Still Matter at the Golden Globes?: A Point/Counterpoint

by Evette Dionne
January 6, 2020 at 5:10pm
Though the Golden Globes made progress around inclusion in 2019, it still has major issues with diversity. Read more »
a side-by-side collage of three books: I Don't Want to Die Poor, Hood Feminism, and Wow, No Thank You

BitchReads: 9 Essay Collections Feminists Should Read in 2020

by Evette Dionne
January 6, 2020 at 1:40pm
Writing an essay collection requires an enhanced level of self-interrogation as well as an ability to weave myriad ideas together through a single theme. Read more »
a side-by-side collage of three books: The Dragons, the Giant, the Women, All Boys Aren't Blue, and Fairest

BitchReads: 17 Memoirs Feminists Should Read in 2020

by Evette Dionne
January 3, 2020 at 5:59pm
Tapping into a person’s unique experience and seeing the world through their eyes for a few hundred pages can expand our individual worldview. Read more »

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