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Janelle Monáe as Veronica, a Black woman, who hugs a young Black girl. She has a long ponytail and a striped headband.

BitchWatch: The Most Anticipated Movies of 2020

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
January 3, 2020 at 4:41pm
From a strong start with Little Women to Janelle Monáe in Antebellum.  Read more »
photo collage of a blonde, curvy femme with a closely-shaved head power posing and wearing a netted neon orange dress with a pink leopard print, sunglasses and hoop earrings.

Very Online: Feminist Publishers Are Finding Alternatives to Facebook Overlords

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
January 3, 2020 at 10:06am
The patriarchy is in the algorithms. Read more »
four teenagers, three white and one Black, pose side by side against a graffitied wall in The Craft

Popaganda: The Feminist Beauty Secrets of Witches

by Carmen Rios
January 3, 2020 at 9:53am
Carmen learns about the closely connected histories of witchy feminist movements and patriarchy-smashing glamour magic, how to cast spells for self-love and social change, and what makes a bar of soap into a magically political self-care device. Read more »
Cynthia Erivo, a Black British woman, portrays Harriet Tubman, a darkskinned Black woman dressed in a brown outfit and holding a gun in her land with a Black child in her right arm

End All, Be All: A Roundtable About “Harriet” and the State of Black Film Criticism

by Gloria Oladipo
December 20, 2019 at 5:32pm
We need to give critics space to ply their craft without pitting them against the films, the audiences, and/or each other. Read more »
Botham Jean, a Black man with short, Black hair, smiling in a photo

Posthumous Humanity: Remembering Botham Jean, the Lone Police Victim Media Properly Covered

by Gloria Oladipo
December 20, 2019 at 5:12pm
The coverage of Botham Jean’s death represents a course correction for media coverage of police brutality against Black victims, but there were still glaring errors. Read more »
Three young women of color stand in a row doing a dance from "Heathers." Above their heads from left to right reads, "Pence, Trump Rudy."

Very Online: What TikTok Reveals about Gen Z’s Impeachment Concerns

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
December 20, 2019 at 4:03pm
TikTok offers a unique space for young people to engage with each other and feel validated in their political opinions. Read more »
Rudy Guiliani, an elderly white man who's balding, glares at the camera

Ugh, You Again?: The Most Unwelcome Comebacks of 2019

by Andi Zeisler
December 20, 2019 at 12:52pm
It seems like the ugliest, most nonsensical, and most harmful things are the ones repeating on us like a rancid Christmas ham. Read more »
Robert Pattinson, a pale white man wearing a blue shirt, crouches beside Kristen Stewart, a pale white, thin woman with shoulder-length brown hair, on a rock in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2

Staking Capitalism: The Undead Will Rise as Our Economy Spirals Into Chaos

by s.e. smith
December 19, 2019 at 11:26am
Vampires aren’t the only thing returning in the near future: an economic recession is coming as well. Read more »
A collage of Letitia Wright, a Black woman, the characters from Steven Universe, including Steven Universe, a young, chubby white boy, and June/Offred in The Handmaid's Tale, who wears red and has her hair covered.

The Most Impactful Pop Culture Phenomenons of the 2010s

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
December 18, 2019 at 5:39pm
As we speedily approach 2020, we reflect on some of the most memorable moments in pop culture of the last decade. Read more »
Kaitlyn Dever as Amy Antsler, a white teen girl with reddish brown hair. She wears a denim jacket with a patch that says "sisters" and drives a car.

The Role of Disgust in Contemporary Queer Female Films

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
December 18, 2019 at 5:21pm
Lesbian films focusing on “grossness” is a misguided attempt to combat hypersexualization. Read more »

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Sojourner Truth, Unveiled

by Deesha Philyaw
April 29, 2009 at 2:58pm

The leaders of the [women's suffrage] movement trembled on seeing a tall, gaunt black woman in a gray dress and white turban,...

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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 »

Why You Should Pay for Porn

by Casey Quinlan
April 29, 2015 at 7:27pm
If you’re a progressive middle-class individual, chances are you think about where your food comes from. Maybe you try to buy shoes that are... Read more »

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 »