Culture

four white women dressed in mid-century dresses in Little Women

Forever Your Girls: “Little Women” Is a Film in Conversation with Its Own History

January 10, 2020 at 3:25pm

Greta Gerwig offers a meditation on the novel’s biggest themes, rather than a familiar narrative trajectory. Read more »

a side-by-side collage of three books: A Black Women’s History of the United States, Whiter, and Wandering in Strange Lands

BitchReads: 17 Nonfiction Books Feminists Should Read in 2020

by Evette Dionne

January 10, 2020 at 2:36pm

Well-researched and well-written nonfiction books, like the 17 on this list, leave us with more information than we came in with. Read more »

Peggy Orenstein, a white woman with short, blond, curly hair, poses for the camera

“Boys & Sex” is Groundbreaking, But Leaves Gaps for Queer Boys

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

January 10, 2020 at 8:51am

Boys & Sex is a timely and relevant read in our current political and cultural context. Read more »

Victoria Pedretti and Penn Badgley star as Love and Joe, a white couple standing together in a kitchen, in You

Sinister Niceness: On “You,” Killers Don’t Change their Spots

by Evette Dionne

January 8, 2020 at 1:35pm

If Season 2 is any indication, we have no choice but to overlook the obvious in favor of granting white men an inherent innocence; it’s a default. Read more »

Summer walker, a young Black woman, sings on stage. Her hair is in a long blond ponytail and she wears a t-shirt.

Over It: Is There Room for Anxious Black Girls in Music?

by Mary Retta

January 8, 2020 at 1:16pm

We owe Black women musicians the space to take care of themselves. Read more »

a side-by-side collage of three books: When You Were Everything, Felix Ever After, and The Voting Booth

BitchReads: 25 YA Novels Feminists Should Read in 2020

by Rachel Strolle

January 7, 2020 at 3:07pm

2020 has some of the most exciting and vibrant YA new releases. Read more »

photo of Chani Nicholas in a striped hoodie

Chani Nicholas Is Queering Astrology One Meme at a Time

by Marina Watanabe

January 7, 2020 at 11:02am

While astrology isn’t a religion, it connects us with something larger than ourselves without the politics that come with institutionalized religion. Read more »

Awkwafina, an Asian woman with jet black hair, holds a Golden Globe statuette while she smiles

Does Representation Still Matter at the Golden Globes?: A Point/Counterpoint

by Evette Dionne

January 6, 2020 at 5:10pm

Though the Golden Globes made progress around inclusion in 2019, it still has major issues with diversity. Read more »

a side-by-side collage of three books: I Don't Want to Die Poor, Hood Feminism, and Wow, No Thank You

BitchReads: 9 Essay Collections Feminists Should Read in 2020

by Evette Dionne

January 6, 2020 at 1:40pm

Writing an essay collection requires an enhanced level of self-interrogation as well as an ability to weave myriad ideas together through a single theme. Read more »

a side-by-side collage of three books: The Dragons, the Giant, the Women, All Boys Aren't Blue, and Fairest

BitchReads: 17 Memoirs Feminists Should Read in 2020

by Evette Dionne

January 3, 2020 at 5:59pm

Tapping into a person’s unique experience and seeing the world through their eyes for a few hundred pages can expand our individual worldview. Read more »

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Hot Under the Bonnet: The Cooptation of Amish Culture in Mass-Market Fiction

a blue and white illustration of a woman in Amish attire standing next to a fan and a chicken

by Audrey deCoursey

Spring 2014 • Maps & Legends

Dubbed “Amish romance novels,” “Amish fiction,” or the more waggish “bonnet rippers,” these novels just one entry point into the varying images of Amish communities in U.S. popular culture. Read more »