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A Black woman sits on a windowsill in a kitchen wearing sunglasses.

Mind Interrupted: The Horrifying Manipulation of Black Women’s Psyches

October 19, 2020 at 8:37am

The traumatic spectacles of these transformations often reveal so little about the interiority of the fictional Black women who experience them. Read more »

A thin white woman wears an elaborate wedding gown.

BitchWatch: 15 Shows Feminists Should Watch This Fall

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

October 16, 2020 at 10:04am

This list has it all, from scary shows to calming ones. Read more »

A black and white portrait of Nikki Giovanni, a Black woman with short, blond hair, holds her hand up to her chin

BitchReads: 11 Books Feminists Should Read in October

by Evette Dionne

October 16, 2020 at 9:14am

For those updating their fall reading lists, we have books for everyone. Read more »

Billie Eilish, a white young woman, has black-dyed hair and is very pale. She leans out of a trailer and wears an oversized, pastel-colored outfit.

Billie Eilish’s Body Is Not Ours to Claim

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

October 15, 2020 at 2:33pm

“I feel you watching, always. And nothing I do goes unseen.” Read more »

Janelle Monáe plays Veronica, a Black woman with short, black hair, holding a torch in a dark field, in Antebellum

Trauma Loop: “Antebellum” Mishandles Its Message

by Vanessa Willoughby

October 15, 2020 at 9:39am

The film is fixated on racism as an act of overt violence, but racism is so monstrous because it can appear so deceptively normal. Read more »

a Black man with short, black hair, and a blue shirt sits on a concrete bence reading a book

Personal Connection: #OwnVoices, Outing, and the Ongoing Quest for Authenticity

by s.e. smith

October 14, 2020 at 9:00am

Not all authors feel safe, comfortable, or interested in being out to readers about their identities. Read more »

Yola, a dark-skinned Black woman with a short, curly afro, poses against a pale purple and blue background, playing her guitar

Yola Is the Unconventional Queen of Country Soul

by Evette Dionne

October 13, 2020 at 10:30am

Black artists from all around the world are continuing the tradition of upending the expectation that country music is a genre reserved for white artists. Read more »

Two white gay men flirt at what looks like Pride. One has a rainbow arm band.

Denouncing White Supremacy Must Be a Movement, Not a Trend

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

October 9, 2020 at 2:04pm

Reclamation isn’t for everything, and it’s not for everyone. Read more »

Lily Collins as Emily in Emily in Paris. Emily is a white girl with long brown hair. She wears a red beret and looks surprised while sitting at a brunch table outside.

In “Emily in Paris,” Being Thin and White Is a Path to Success

by Rachel Charlene Lewis

October 9, 2020 at 1:01pm

Emily is yet another thin white woman who fails upward. Read more »

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Latinx woman with long, black hair, and wearing glasses, has a gray mask over her face

Go Low: The Time for Civility Is Over

by s.e. smith

October 9, 2020 at 12:41pm

We don’t pay our representatives to be scared, hiding behind the apron strings of civility. Read more »

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

by Tina Vasquez

February 17, 2014 at 1:26pm

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 »