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Anna Duggar, a white woman with shoulder-length brown hair and wearing a purple dress, poses with her husband, Josh Duggar, a white man wearing a black suit

Inside the Quiverfull World That Made Josh Duggar

by Eve Ettinger
May 13, 2021 at 2:14pm
It’s hard for Quiverfull escapees and child sexual abuse survivors to feel any relief that the law is holding Josh Duggar accountable. Read more »
Laura Donnelly and Ann Skelly play Amalia and Penance, two white women wearing a red and black gown, and holding hands in The Nevers

“The Nevers” Can’t Escape the Joss Whedon Curse

by Nicole Froio
May 13, 2021 at 10:45am
There are too many characters, too many high-stakes plotlines, and not enough explanation for how it all connects. Read more »
a thin white woman with short bleach blond hair sits on the bed and stares at the screen of her Macbook laptop

Mean to an End: How Online Harassment Became a Feature, Not a Bug

by Jenna Mahale
May 12, 2021 at 4:01pm
The facilitation of harassment may be social media’s most reliable content strategy. Read more »
Aly & AJ, two young white women brown hair, pose together on the beach with their arms entwined

All Grown Up: The Triumphant Return of Aly & AJ

by Elly Belle
May 12, 2021 at 2:17pm
There’s an evident maturity in their new music, one which strays from the more cookie-cutter pop and rock that came after their Disney days. Read more »
Demi Lovato, a white person with short, brown hair, sits in a cream chair while wearing a cream blazer full of perfume bottles

Tight Reins: The Careful Construction of Demi Lovato’s Docuseries

by Sadaf Ahsan
May 11, 2021 at 9:00am
We love to keep our pop stars under a tight lens. Read more »
a collage of Saweetie, a lightskinned Black woman wearing a mesh shirt and gold chains, and Rihanna, a lightskinned Black woman wearing a light blue gown surrounded by imagery related to social media

Saweetie, Rihanna, and the Memeification of Domestic Violence

by Heven Haile
May 10, 2021 at 10:05am
What does it mean to live in a society where violence against women and girls is treated as comedic fodder? Read more »
Aidy Bryant plays Annie, a plus-size white woman with short brown hair who is smiling while holding her phone, in Shrill

Body and Soul: In Its Final Season, “Shrill” Explores the Fear of Being Seen

by Jourdain Searles
May 7, 2021 at 9:32am
We’ve seen Annie face off against the world; now it’s time for her to face herself. Read more »
Gina Frangello, a white author with shoulder-length brown hair, sits in a leather-backed black chair and smiles at the camera

Gina Frangello Writes Complex Women. Is That Why She’s “Unlikeable?”

by Jennifer Berney
May 6, 2021 at 1:30pm
Gina Frangello is surprised to find herself suddenly being a poster girl for rage. Read more »
Bucky and Ayo stare intensely at each other while several feet apart. There is a dilapidated yellow building in the background.

Bucky With the Good Arm: Fans’ Response to Wakandan Justice Is Peak Whiteness

by Alexandria Bennett
May 5, 2021 at 10:00am
As the internet ruminates on Marvel’s latest hit show The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, one scene in particular has ignited debate across Twitter. Read more »
Larissa Pham, an Asian, pensive woman wears wire rim glasses in front of greenery

Beautiful Suffering: “Pop Song” Bears Witness to the Power of Different Loves

by Oliver Haug
May 4, 2021 at 11:25am
Maybe it’s human instinct to want to capture our emotions, to bottle and preserve them for others to see. Read more »

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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 »

It’s Time to End the Long History of Feminism Failing Transgender Women

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by Tina Vasquez
May 20, 2016 at 11:28am
To imply that trans women pose a threat to cisgender women in restrooms is misinformation that preys on unfounded fears. Read more »

All Hail the Queen?: What Do Our Perceptions of Beyoncé's Feminism Say about us?

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by Tamara Winfrey Harris
Summer 2013 • Micro/Macro
The policing of feminist cred is the real moral contradiction. Read more »

It's Time to End the Long History of Feminism Failing Transgender Women

by Tina Vasquez
February 17, 2014 at 1:26pm
The marginalization of transgender women in feminism is not new, but the decades-long debate has taken on new dimension thanks to social media and the ease of finding strangers’ personal information online. Read more »