Culture

Creating Home: This LGBTQ Bookstore Is Amplifying Voices in the Queer South

The queer community in North Mississippi is a secret society. Read more »

Backtalk: We Made It Through 2017

The year that felt like a decade with the inauguration of 45, no gun reform in sight, attacks on marginalized communities through policies, the normalization of supremacists, and, of course, the Weinstein effect. But we made it through because we have one another and we believe in the possibility... Read more »

The Fragility of Safety: Beyond the Promise of #MeToo

We find ourselves at an impasse. Who, anymore, is safe? Read more »

New Year, Old Goals: Your New Year’s Diet Resolution Will Fail

Diets don’t work—not in the long-term anyway. Read more »

Douchebag Decree: Stop Talking, Matt Damon

Please go away forever, Matt, and take your bad opinions with you. Read more »

Travel Baggage: Flying the Unfriendly Skies

The overlapping conspiracies of capital and patriarchy, white supremacy and nativist perpetuation are gnarled at the airport’s automatic doors. Read more »

Bitch in a Box: Gifts That Support Women of Color

From shirts and shoes to undies and nail decals, these gorgeous gifts are made by and support women of color. Read more »

Bitch In a Box: Body-Positive Gift Guide

There’s power in making statements through clothing and political commitments. Read more »

It’s Bloody Fantastic: Find a Lover Who Loves Period Sex

I learned in my early 20s that anything less than Team Bloody Awesome is a red flag. Read more »

Bitch In A Box: Gift Guide for Plant Lovers

Inject some still life into busy lives with these gifts. Read more »

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Why You Should Pay for Porn

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 »

She-Hulk, Attorney at Law: She's Mean, She's Green, and She Believes in Due Process

Avenger. Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Member of the Fantastic Four. Read more »

One-Sentence Reviews of the Lesbian Netflix Canon

Lez face it: when you’re a ladygay like myself, cruising the internet for something to watch, you realize very quickly that there are a whole... Read more »

Black Girls Hunger for Heroes, Too: A Black Feminist Conversation on Fantasy Fiction for Teens

What happens when two great black women fiction writers get together to talk about race in young adult literature? That's exactly what happens... Read more »