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Three LGBT Gamers Talk About Queering Geek Culture

by Jennifer K. Stuller
December 9, 2014 at 5:28pm
Roll for love: Queer geeks in the 2012 Seattle pride parade. (Photo by Dan B) In the wake of ... Read more »

Oh Joy Sex Toy: Flicking the Bean

by Erika Moen
December 9, 2014 at 2:59pm
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. In this week’s comic, artist Erika Moen gets some alone time.  Read more »

Misogyny Kills

by Sarah Mirk
December 5, 2014 at 2:22pm
Canada established December 6 as a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.  Read more »

Who Could Say No to a Bilingual Comic Called "Lowriders in Space"?

by Sarah Mirk
December 4, 2014 at 10:54am
Lowriders in Space is a new comic that’s just as much of an adventure as it sounds like.  Read more »

The Long History of Presumed White Innocence and Black Guilt

by Claudia Garcia-Rojas
December 4, 2014 at 10:06am
Last night, thousands of people protested the failure to indict the police officer who killed Eric Garner. Photo by David Bledsoe.  One hundred and twenty-two years ago, ... Read more »

Oh Joy Sex Toy: The Best of 2014

by Erika Moen
December 2, 2014 at 12:07pm
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. In this installment, artist Erika Moen rounds up her favorite products from her entire year of testing out sexy stuff.  Read more »

A Female Codebreaker Finally Gets Fame in "The Imitation Game."

by A.K. Whitney
December 1, 2014 at 3:31pm
The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley, opened last weekend in limited release, and is already generating Oscar-talk.  Read more »

Embracing the Aftermath of Ferguson.

by cameron whitten
December 1, 2014 at 11:56am
A Portland police officer hugs 12-year-old Devonte Hart at a Ferguson protest in Portland, Oregon, last week. Devonte was holding a sign offering free hugs and the officer asked to take him up on the idea. Photo by Johnny Nguyen.  No indictment. I waited three months to hear the... Read more »

Hands Up, Don’t Spend

by Aya de Leon
November 26, 2014 at 4:01pm
“Hands Up, Don’t Shoot.” Photo from a Washington DC protest. Photo by David Shen.  In the wake of Ferguson, Black Friday takes on a whole new meaning. I recall with... Read more »

10 Films I Love About Queer Women of Color

by Sara Century
November 26, 2014 at 9:16am
Lets not beat around the bush, American cinema has some serious diversity issues. Read more »

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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 »

Politically Correct Language Isn't Just About Being Polite—It's About Survival

by Leela Ginelle
February 10, 2015 at 12:23pm
Photo by Phillipe Leroyer (Creative Commons). Two weeks ago, Jonathan Chait published the lengthy essay “Not a Very P.C.... Read more »

In a Bizarre 1976 Comic Book, Spider-Man Fought the Villain of Misleading Sex Education

by Sarah Mirk
April 23, 2014 at 3:52pm
Last week, I came across a very strange comic book: in 1976, Planned Parenthood teamed up with Marvel to publish a one-off comic in which... Read more »

Ms. Opinionated: I'm a Man. How Can I Help the Feminist Movement?

by Andi Zeisler
February 19, 2014 at 2:29pm
Welcome to Ms. Opinionated, our weekly advice column dealing with questions of life, love, feminism, and pop culture. This week, a reader... Read more »