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New Book "Action" Is a Candid Reflection on Sexuality

by Rachel Davies
June 21, 2016 at 1:52pm
The honest book mixes memoir with sex-ed. Read more »

Oh Joy Sex Toy: The Rumble Vibrator

by Erika Moen
June 21, 2016 at 1:15pm
Artist Erika Moen tests out a futuristic-looking new vibrator—with mixed results. Read more »

Ask Bear: After Orlando, I'm Scared to Take My Child to Pride

by S. Bear Bergman
June 21, 2016 at 11:58am
“Your support is needed. Especially this year.” Read more »

Designing a Tampon That Can Test for Cervical Cancer

by Mika Doyle
June 21, 2016 at 11:18am
The “smart tampon” would test your blood flow for signs of cancer and other conditions. Read more »

Comedian Negin Farsad Talks About "How to Make White People Laugh"

by Sarah Mirk
June 20, 2016 at 9:14am
Iranian-American comedian Negin Farsad is equal parts subversive and hilarious.  Read more »

Bisexual Erasure in Grace and Frankie

by Jillian Richardson
June 17, 2016 at 11:06am
The show’s creators completely ignore the possibility that Robert and Sol could be sexually interested in both men and women. Read more »

Artist Lisa Hanawalt Talks Hot Dogs, Bojack Horseman, and Why It Helps to Give Anxiety a Name

by Sarah Mirk
June 17, 2016 at 10:11am
Welcome to the land of talking dogs and poop jokes. Oh and also sincere, vulnerable feelings. Read more »
a Black woman stands in a tunnel with a flashlight

Visibility Isn’t Enough: Abigail Mills and the Failed Promise of “Sleepy Hollow”

by Cate Young
June 16, 2016 at 11:59am
All’s fair in love and television. But that doesn’t mean everything’s equal. Read more »

Reading "The X-Men" As a Queer Text

by Sarah Mirk
June 16, 2016 at 10:57am
They're outcasts who choose their own family, explains comics scholar Ramzi Fawza.  Read more »
Bani Amor hitchhiking in central Ecuador

What Does it Mean to Decolonize Travel?

by Amy Lam
June 15, 2016 at 9:48am
Writer Bani Amor is challenging the way tourism and travel writing usually center on white stories. Read more »

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It's Time to End the Long History of Feminism Failing Transgender Women

by Tina Vasquez
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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 »

Know & Tell: The Literary Renaissance of Trans Women Writers

by Katherine Cross
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For so long, the people who wrote about us were not us. Finally, that is beginning to change. Read more »

Oh Joy Sex Toy: How I Realized I'm Asexual

by Erika Moen
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Artist Kiku H shares her personal experiences learning what it means to be asexual. Read more »

A Look at How Media Writes Women of Color

by Victoria Law
November 17, 2014 at 5:07pm
Nearly every Saturday morning, feminists of color hold Twitter discussions taking a deeper look at issues, such as gender violence. It’s the... Read more »