Culture
#HandsOffCaster: Why the Policing of Female Athletes’ Testosterone Levels Needs to Stop
A scientist explains why worrying about athletes’ testosterone levels is baseless and offensive.
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Fumbling toward Ecstasy with a Self-Love Soundtrack
I realized I had been wrong about self-pleasure.
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Why Is Hollywood Still Shortchanging Women Directors?
Only 8 percent of the top 100 films were directed by women.
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Unzuck Your Life: A Post-Facebook Vision for Online Organizing
The rent on Facebook is just too damn high.
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Written Off: Why Aren’t Black Female Screenwriters Getting Their Due?
The exclusion of films written and directed by women, and particularly women of color, has long been an infuriating norm within the Academy.
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Shine Louise Houston’s Quest to Bring Porn to the Mainstream
The porn industry reflects our current cultural values of what is beautiful, who is beautiful, and who gets to be beautiful.
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The Weird and Wild World of Reddit Relationships
It’s not surprising that people turn to the internet for relationship advice.
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Toni Morrison Champions the Arts in “The Source of Self-Regard”
Let these Toni Morrison quotes about writers and creators inspire you.
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Toni Morrison Is the Source of Her Own Self-Regard
The Queen of American Letters has again blessed us with a work that is profound, soaring, and intimate.
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“Beloved,” Black Women, and the Limits of Freedom
Beloved is a touchstone for the complexities of today’s Black freedom struggle.
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