Culture

Kaitlyn Greenidge, a dark-skinned Black woman with long black locs, stands outside and smiles slightly

“Libertie” Questions the Nature of Freedom Itself

by Jordan Taliha McDonald

March 23, 2021 at 9:44am

What does it mean to be free? Read more »

an illustration by Tara Anand of a South Asian Gen Z kid holding up their phone and their parent reading a newspaper as they sit next to each other on a couch giving each other the side-eye while the world burns outside the window behind them.

Boomer to Zoomer: Grim Generational Relations Aren’t An Accident

by Mary Retta

March 22, 2021 at 1:29pm

There is only one winner in a generation war, and it’s not millennials or boomers or Gen Z—it’s capitalism. Read more »

Gabbi Tuft, a white woman with long blond hair, wears a black tank top reading “she bad.”

Cis Gatekeepers Have No Place in Trans Stories

by Britni de la Cretaz

March 19, 2021 at 9:19am

Allow trans people to tell trans stories on their own terms and through their own lens. Read more »

Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) and Vision (Paul Bettany) in WandaVision.

Is “WandaVision” Celebrating or Condemning the Military?

by Amelia Merrill

March 18, 2021 at 11:23am

WandaVision is unsure of its footing when it comes to S.W.O.R.D. and the FBI. Read more »

12 AAPI Organizations to Support Amid Increasing Anti-Asian Violence

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

March 17, 2021 at 2:29pm

Listen, donate, and take action. Read more »

a photo of journalists sitting down at a press conference writing in notebooks

We Owe It to Women Journalists to Protect Them from Harassment

by s.e. smith

March 17, 2021 at 11:54am

The stakes for women journalists, especially BIPOC women journalists, are possibly higher than they’ve ever been. Read more »

Set in the 1980s, the Yi family stands in a field in rural Arkansas. From left to right: Alan Kim skipping joyfully, Steven Yeun, in the foreground, puts his hands on his hips, Noel Kate Cho smiles and skips, and Han Ye-ri has her arms at her sides

In Its Joy, “Minari” Expands the Boundaries of the American Dream

by Hannah Bae

March 17, 2021 at 10:00am

The art of storytelling involves a series of critical decisions about what you leave in and what you edit out. Read more »

a purple, pink, and yellow mixed-media portrait of Queen Latifah, a fat Black woman, with painted strokes and symbols featuring a black and white photo by Al Pereira. She wears a tall weaved headdress, matching jacket, and her finger by her mouth

Her House: Queen Latifah Recreated the Rom-Com in Her Image

by Cate Young

March 17, 2021 at 9:00am

Queen Latifah’s oeuvre demonstrates that satisfying Black rom-coms for fat women are possible, even if Hollywood is resistant to making them. Read more »

The Sarah Everard Case Proves That More Cops Won’t Make Women Safer

by Nicole Froio

March 16, 2021 at 1:57pm

We have to reframe how we think about women’s safety. Read more »

Rebecca Carroll, a light-skinned woman with a big, curly afro smiles brightly

How Do Transracial Adoptees Survive the White Gaze? Just Ask Rebecca Carroll.

by Andrea Ruggirello

March 16, 2021 at 10:00am

Your story is bigger than your adoption. Read more »

Sojourner Truth, Unveiled

by Deesha Philyaw

April 29, 2009 at 2:58pm

The leaders of the [women's suffrage] movement trembled on seeing a tall, gaunt black woman in a gray dress and white turban,...

a blue and white illustration of a woman in Amish attire standing next to a fan and a chicken

by Audrey deCoursey

Spring 2014 • Maps & Legends

Dubbed “Amish romance novels,” “Amish fiction,” or the more waggish “bonnet rippers,” these novels just one entry point into the varying images of Amish communities in U.S. popular culture. Read more »

The Dramatic History of American Sex-Ed Films

by Sarah Mirk

June 17, 2014 at 10:29am

In 1948, in a seventh grade classroom in Eugene, Oregon, a teacher dimmed the lights and flipped on 16mm projector. A film called Human... Read more »