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No Grace For Women: “Queen Sugar” Traffics In Toxic Masculinity

Ralph-Angel’s relationships with women reveal his selfishness and fragile ego. Read more »

Forced Exile: How Queer Families Navigate Holidays

Outsider status makes going home especially anxiety-inducing for queer people. Read more »

Douchebag Decree: Christopher Columbus Was a Bloodthirsty Convicted Criminal

The United States still insists on giving a murderer a federal holiday alongside Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., so here’s what contact between Europe and the Americas actually looked like. Read more »

Bitch In a Box : Black Girl Gift Guide

Black girls are magic is more than a t-shirt slogan. Read more »

Feel Me Up: The Incomparable Intimacy of Second Base

Stay here. Because second base is when the intensity of the kissing and desire gets to spread to the entire body. Read more »

The Fragility of Body Positivity: How a Radical Movement Lost Its Way

Focusing on feelings, clothing, and empowerment doesn’t combat discrimination. Read more »

Give Trans People Control Over Their Stories

In a society swimming in anti-trans propaganda, we need trans stories more than ever. Read more »

Fixed It For You!: Being Anti-Choice is Not Feminist

No thanks! Not looking for anti-choice women’s voices to be “a part of the national conversation” on feminism. Read more »

16 Trans Creators to Follow

From slam poets to academics, these 16 trans creators are changing the way their stories are told. Read more »

Backtalk: Louis C.K. & Election 2017

This week, Dahlia and Amy declare that Louis C.K. is cancelled after he’s finally admitted that the alleged rumors about him are true, albeit through a shitty non-apology. And they talk about the assault claims against Alabama candidate for Senate Roy Moore that will piss... Read more »

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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 »

Will Filming the Police Keep Us Safe?

There’s a cultural idea that having someone looking over our shoulder makes us behave better. From fake security cameras to Elf... 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 »