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Super Bad: Busting the Myth of Super Bowl Sex Trafficking
Arresting those whose work is consensual is not “saving” them.
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“What Kind of Girl” Flips the Teen Domestic Violence YA Narrative on Its Head
High school is still high school and teenagers still struggle to understand how abuse happens.
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Off the Scale: Creating Fuller Stories About Fat People
In order to continue creating more authentic stories about fat people, more fat creators must be hired in writer’s rooms, granted book deals, and tapped by Hollywood to adapt their stories.
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Returning Our Heads: Inside the Fight to Dismantle the (White) Gods of Hollywood
White men have created 95 percent of the cinematic images we’ve ever seen in American mainstream films.
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BitchReads: 27 Novels Feminists Should Read in 2020
We’ve already published our most-anticipated lists of nonfiction and young-adult books, but this one, featuring 27 adult novels, is special.
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We Aren’t Alone: On TikTok, Black Girls Find Visibility—And Racist Hate
Gen Z and millennial Black women content creators say the newly popular lip-sync app empowers their voices, but they still face the same misogynoir as their progenitors.
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Popaganda: Inside Michele Pred’s Feminist Artist Studio
Pred has spent the last few years transforming vintage purses into political statements.
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Very Online: Making Facial Recognition Easier Might Make Stalking Easier Too
This technology is powerful and incredibly invasive.
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In Season 2, “Shrill” Challenges Viewers—and Itself—on Fat Politics
Shrill’s sophomore season widens the show’s narrative to explore other areas of Annie’s life and identity.
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Snow Thank You: “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” Can’t Redeem a Villain
Redemption has to be earned; attempting to retcon it through a perilous backstory is always a dicey proposition.
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