Culture

Taking Down the Flag Doesn't Signal the End of White Supremacy

by Victoria Law
July 10, 2015 at 1:53pm
Today, the Confederate flag finally comes down from outside the South Carolina capitol building.  Read more »

Cutting All the White People Out of Many Hollywood Films Makes Them Under A Minute Long

by Sarah Mirk
July 8, 2015 at 2:25pm
So often, I get to the end of a movie and then think, “Yep. That film was entirely white people.” Read more »

New Orleans Literary Journal "Mixed Company" Collects Black Perspectives on Art and Fiction

by Soleil Ho
July 8, 2015 at 9:51am
Many writers have tried to put words to the New Orleans experience. Read more »

Adult Industry Professionals Weigh in on "Hot Girls Wanted"

by Emily Cassel
June 29, 2015 at 2:58pm
In the trailer for Hot Girls Wanted, a young, aspiring porn star peruses her options.  Hot Girls Wanted is one of the most-talked-about documentaries of 2015, thanks in no small part to the... Read more »

Bree Newsome on Removing the Confederate Flag: "I Did it Because I Am Free."

by Sarah Mirk
June 29, 2015 at 2:07pm
Bree Newsome, as seen in a still from a video shot of her flag removal demonstration on Saturday. On Saturday, filmmaker and musician Bree Newsome did something many people have wanted to do for a long time. Read more »

All That You Change Changes You: A Conversation with Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

by Devyn Manibo
June 24, 2015 at 3:48pm
If you know anything about Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, you probably know she’s a tough femme whose work spans a wide and ever-growing range of conversations, topics, feelings, and experiences. Read more »

Oh Joy Sex Toy: OMG, It's HPV

by Erika Moen
June 23, 2015 at 2:30pm
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week, Erika Moen explains the basics of HPV.  Read more »

Women's Soccer Shouldn't Be Expected to Redeem FIFA

by Rachel Grozanick
June 23, 2015 at 2:06pm
A fan calling out FIFA's “turf war” at the women's World Cup this month in Vancouver, BC. ... Read more »

Woman, Fighter: Fallon Fox on Being the World’s First Openly Transgender Mixed Martial Artist

by Ellie Piper
June 18, 2015 at 3:30pm
Fallon Fox is the world’s first openly transgender mixed martial artist.  Read more »

In "3 1/2 Minutes," We See a Life Cut Short

by Nijla Mu'min
June 18, 2015 at 12:08pm
When I was a teenager, I’d get together with my girlfriends and drive places.  Read more »

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