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No Grace For Women: “Queen Sugar” Traffics In Toxic Masculinity

Ralph-Angel’s relationships with women reveal his selfishness and fragile ego. Read more »

Forced Exile: How Queer Families Navigate Holidays

Outsider status makes going home especially anxiety-inducing for queer people. Read more »

Douchebag Decree: Christopher Columbus Was a Bloodthirsty Convicted Criminal

The United States still insists on giving a murderer a federal holiday alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., so here’s what contact between Europe and the Americas actually looked like. Read more »

Bitch In a Box : Black Girl Gift Guide

Black girls are magic is more than a t-shirt slogan. Read more »

Feel Me Up: The Incomparable Intimacy of Second Base

Stay here. Because second base is when the intensity of the kissing and desire gets to spread to the entire body. Read more »

The Fragility of Body Positivity: How a Radical Movement Lost Its Way

Focusing on feelings, clothing, and empowerment doesn’t combat discrimination. Read more »

Give Trans People Control Over Their Stories

In a society swimming in anti-trans propaganda, we need trans stories more than ever. Read more »

Fixed It For You!: Being Anti-Choice is Not Feminist

No thanks! Not looking for anti-choice women’s voices to be “a part of the national conversation” on feminism. Read more »

16 Trans Creators to Follow

From slam poets to academics, these 16 trans creators are changing the way their stories are told. Read more »

Backtalk: Louis C.K. & Election 2017

This week, Dahlia and Amy declare that Louis C.K. is cancelled after he’s finally admitted that the alleged rumors about him are true, albeit through a shitty non-apology. And they talk about the assault claims against Alabama candidate for Senate Roy Moore that will piss... Read more »

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

To imply that trans women pose a threat to cisgender women in restrooms is misinformation that preys on unfounded fears. Read more »

Tina Belcher's Sexual Revolution

Tina Belcher breaks all the rules of network sitcoms. That's why she's wonderful.  Read more »

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

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 »

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

The policing of feminist cred is the real moral contradiction. Read more »