Culture
Vivien Green Fryd Charts the Feminist Artists Who’ve Painted #MeToo for Decades
Against Our Will challenges us to witness without looking away, exploring sexual violence as a discrete subject of American art with unflinching analysis.
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Snake Eyes: The Power to Turn the Patriarchy into Stone
A feminist analysis of the myth of Medusa reclaims her curse as a powerful protection against the male gaze.
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First of Many: Jamia Wilson, Lisa Lucas, and Kima Jones on the Future of What We Read
These pioneers are transforming the future of literary culture for readers and writers of color.
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Finally, There’s a Comedy Where Disability Isn’t the Punch Line
The show offers a protagonist who experiences insecurities that most people, disabled or not, can relate to.
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“Homecoming” Homework: 7 Books to Read after Watching Beyoncé’s Epic Documentary
Homecoming is so much more than just pop culture; it’s a masterclass on “schoolin’ life.”
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Family Matters: “Good Talk” Offers a Panacea for the Worst of Times
For a country obsessed with the national “conversation about race,” Mira Jacob’s graphic memoir, Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations, offers an illustration of all the ways it can go right—and wrong.
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Turn Down for What: Why Media Amplifies Rape Apology
Instead of putting women in control at the heart of their own narratives, society talks around them, keeping them voiceless and powerless.
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Building Trust: #MeToo and Media’s Responsibility to Survivors
Publications need to build trust with survivors so that their stories can be told.
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What’s Our Damage?: Revisiting the Legacy of the Teenage Alpha Bitch
These characters understood that being a teenage girl was synonymous with hypervigilant performance.
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Every Breath You Take: Season 2 of “Killing Eve” Is Fuel for Our Obsession
Is Eve’s obsession with Villanelle or with the prospect of unpacking the psyche of female killers?
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