Culture

In a New Harry Potter Production, Actor Noma Dumezweni Will Play Hermione

Casting a Black woman as Hermione is a big deal.  Read more »

Gift Guide: A Tribute to My Art Crushes

Bitch Media's art director recommends great presents from illustrators she loves.  Read more »

Growing Up As a Feminist in an Immigrant Family

Feminism has many faces. Toronto writer TK Matunda reflects on how to combine her Kenyan parents' traditions with her politics.  Read more »

Popaganda Episode: Growing Up Immigrant

When politicians and pundits talk about immigrants, they far too often use language that makes it seem like immigrants are… other. Not real Americans. Not able to be trusted. Their histories, experiences, and native languages, those should be pushed aside in favor of the “melting pot... Read more »

An A-Z Guide to Being a Muslim Ally

In the face of rising Islamophobia, a Muslim American writer shares 26 things you can do to help.  Read more »

Gift Guide: Presents for Cat Ladies

Here are a few gift ideas for the bona fide cat lady in your life. Many of them are puns.  Read more »

After James Deen, How Can the Porn Industry Keep Performers Safe?

A wakeup call to porn creators—and consumers.  Read more »

Gift Guide: Gifts for the Bourgeoning Teen Feminist in Your Life

Rookie Yearbook, anyone? Plus a journal, obviously.  Read more »

Messy, Beautiful Queers: Two Writers on Queer Kinship and Parenting

Read these two brilliant new books. Read more »

Gift Guide: Support Makers and Designers of Color

Support the valuable work of artists of color. Read more »

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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 »

Where My Girls At: Meet Two of Ferguson's Black Queer Activists

Amid national discussions of police brutality and systemic racism, Black women have been the loudest and most consistent voices demanding change. Read more »

Know & Tell: The Literary Renaissance of Trans Women Writers

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

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

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 »