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11 Podcasts for Your New Normal

by Addissyn House
July 14, 2021 at 9:51am
New and old voices as you travel to and from work, on road trips, and just around the house. Read more »
Leah Johnson, a Black woman with long black hair and a black shirt, smiles brightly at the camera

“Rise to the Sun” Torches the Illusion of Perfection

by Arriel Vinson
July 9, 2021 at 12:30pm
What does it mean to love people, even when we know we could lose them? Read more »
Zion Moreno as Luna La, a Latinx girl wearing a colorful shirt holds up a phone to Jordan Alexander as Julien Calloway, a bald teenager looking straight ahead, and Savannah Smith as Monet de Haan, a Black girl with curly hair in a ponytail in Gossip Girl

With New Reboots, TV Tries to Fashion a Contemporary Queer Elite

by Dejan Jotanovic
July 8, 2021 at 4:30pm
I couldn’t help but wonder: Was the rise of the queer elite a sign of progress, or propaganda? Read more »
Kamie Crawford, a lightskinned Black woman with long, brown hair, smiles brightly at the camera

“Catfish” Still Has Lessons To Teach Us

by Evette Dionne
July 7, 2021 at 11:57am
There’s no better time than quarantine to really understand why people end up talking to people for long periods of time without meeting in person. Read more »
A photo of actors Aisha Dee, a biracial woman with curly black hair, Meghann Fahy, a white woman with light brown hair, and Katie Stevens, a white woman with long, dark brown hair, are hugging on the set of their show The Bold Type.

Dressed for Comfort: The Series Finale of “The Bold Type” Is Fashionably Emotional

by Addissyn House
July 6, 2021 at 4:35pm
The series finale of The Bold Type is a call back to the five seasons Kat, Jane, and Sutton shared on Freeform. Read more »
Three young women in sunglasses and coats (one Brown woman with a brown braid and two white-passing women with their brown hair pulled off their faces) hold boxes of tampons and pads in August's advertisement.

Environmental Expenses: The Multifaceted Costs of Period Products

by Addissyn House
July 6, 2021 at 12:47pm
Many people with periods are forced to pay sales tax on already expensive, disposable products for their periods. August and Rael are just some companies that are making period products accessible. Read more »
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You Can Sit With Us: Reflecting on the Legacy of the “Baby-Sitters Club”

by Elizabeth Hall
July 1, 2021 at 10:00am
Why do we love what we do? How has our love failed us? Read more »
Amina Mucciolo, a Black person with colorful hair pulled into a bun, poses on a street corner with their hand over their mouth

Super Saturated: Amina Mucciolo Sits Atop the Rainbow Curve

by Mary Retta
July 1, 2021 at 9:00am
Amina Mucciolo is many things—a YouTuber, an Instagrammer, a designer, an artist—but through it all, she has remained true to herself.  Read more »
Riley Keough as Stefani, a thin, white woman with a blond ponytail, looks at Taylour Paige as Zola, a thin Black woman with long, brown hair in Zola

Is Hollywood Ready for the Realness of “Zola?”

by Dr. Jon Paul
June 30, 2021 at 2:14pm
You can’t tell stories about Black women without Black women creators. Read more »
collage of Anne Hathaway as Andy, a white woman with brown hair, in The Devil Wears Prada

Cerulean Blues: “The Devil Wears Prada” Fashions a Cautionary Tale

by Sarah Rosenthal
June 30, 2021 at 1:47pm
Most media outlets still favor the image of equality over doing the real work that true equality would require. 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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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 »

Will Filming the Police Keep Us Safe?

by Victoria Law
February 5, 2015 at 10:31am
There’s a cultural idea that having someone looking over our shoulder makes us behave better. From fake security cameras to Elf... Read more »

One-Sentence Reviews of the Lesbian Netflix Canon

by Sara Century
November 13, 2014 at 10:52am
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 »