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The Likability Trap: We Like to Root for the Antihero, But Not the Antiheroine
On TV, there’s a new guard of heroines calling the shots. From chipper Leslie Knope on Parks and Recreation to fractured Carrie Mathison on Homeland to narcissistic Amy Jellicoe on ... Read more »
Ms. Opinionated: I Got Friend-Dumped, So How Do I Find New Friends?
Welcome to the latest installment of Ms. Opinionated, in which readers have questions about the pesky day-to-day choices we all face, and I give advice about how to make ones that (hopefully) best reflect our shared commitment to feminist values—as well... Read more »
RuPaul's Drag Race Comic Recap: The Six Best Moments from Episode Six
I’ve been illustrating the best moments of RuPaul’s Drag Race all season long. In this week’s episode, inspired by Live Aid, the remaining queens sing for their lives. The stage shrinks as dead weight becomes painfully obvious, teetering off... Read more »
The Five Best Genderqueer Characters in Comics
Xavin explaining not fitting in to male-female gender roles in Runaways. via
Both print comics and webcomics seem to be paying more attention to being inclusive these days,... Read more »
What Happens When Your Son Falls in Love with a "Girly" Book Series?
It doesn’t take a skilled gender detective to deduce the target audience of the Rainbow Magic books for early readers. These wildly popular books feature covers that literally... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Here’s the latest of what we’re reading up on.
Advertising in men’s magazines... Read more »
Why Black Dolls Matter
As a little girl, Samantha Knowles didn't stop to consider why most of her dolls—her American Girl dolls, her Cabbage Patch Kids, her Barbie dolls—were black like her. But black dolls were not common in her upstate New York hometown, whose population remains overwhelmingly... Read more »
New Hannah Arendt Film is a Gem
I can often gauge the quality of a film by the length of time I sit at its closure reading the credits. When a film is great, I want to make sure that every person with a hand in the film was rightfully recognized. After ... Read more »
How Great Would it Be to Relaunch Golden Girls?
The Golden Girls' feminism is self-evident: Four outspoken, post-menopausal women live together and support each other through older age, dealing together with their grown kids, ex-husbands, and dating lives. And they are not the punchline—they make the punchlines. This show,... Read more »
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