Culture
Separate and Unequal: Title IX’s Uncertain Future
Title IX, for all its importance, is still an imperfect piece of legislation.
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Taking Bumps: “GLOW” Mirrors the Real-Life Violation of Women Wrestlers
Wrestling is not (just) about gratuitous violence.
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Sentimental Miseducation: Alice Bolin Deconstructs the Dead Girl Narrative
From Nicole Brown Simpson to JonBenét Ramsey, Twin Peaks to Pretty Little Liars, the Dead Girl trope has haunted American media and pop culture decade after decade.
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Making Waves: The Slow Crawl Toward Making Swimming More Inclusive
Significant barriers obscure women, people of color, and disabled swimmers from entering the water.
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Bad Blood: “Hereditary” Finds the Horror in Denial and Repression
Hereditary is a fable about generational silence in the face of mental illness.
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Creative Friction: For Francesca Lia Block, Writing is Healing
Francesca Lia Block’s new book weaves memoir with lessons on the craft of writing to create a unique and visceral guide to creativity.
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Them, Too: Remembering the Lawsuit That Took on a Writer’s Room
Can writers’ rooms continue to justify creativity in the name of hashing out “uncensored” personal anecdotes?
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Backtalk: Summer Screen Faves
This week, Dahlia and Amy are ringing in the summer raving about some of the best anticipated film and television shows coming out. Dahlia has rounded up Bitch-approved TV shows and... Read more »
Activist DNA: The WNBA’s Radical New Initiative
This type of community or civic engagement is encoded in the DNA of the WNBA.
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Dear Kanye West: North and Chicago Are Not Your Karma
People call down girl children like plagues.
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