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Popaganda Episode: Wired
How are we wired? This episode talks with tech expert Ashe Dryden about why tech industries lose out when they're boys clubs,Code for America fellow ... Read more »
Oh Joy Sex Toy: Emergency Contraception
Each week, intrepid comics artist Erika Moen explores a different aspect of sex in Oh Joy Sex Toy. This week: Emergency contraception! How timely, with emergency contraception now being... Read more »
Feeling Pretty Good About Calling Bryan Goldberg a Douchebag
Remember when we called this guy a douchebag?
I’m feeling really good about the decision, thanks to a former employee for his website, Bustle, who... Read more »
Ms. Opinionated: My Live-In Partner Spends All His Money On Partying
Welcome to the latest installment of Ms. Opinionated, in which readers have questions about the pesky day-to-day choices we all face, and I give advice about how to make ones that (hopefully) best reflect our shared commitment to feminist... Read more »
"The Butler," My Grandmother, and the Politics of Subversion
My grandmother, Geneva Wright, in the 1950s in Syracuse, New York.
I grew up hearing a story.
My grandmother was a cleaning lady for a white family that kept the fingers and toes of black people in a jar on their mantle. No, this was not slavery. This was 1940’s South Carolina. When... Read more »
A Future Without Me: Matt Damon is the Great White Hope in "Elysium"
I love a summer blockbuster. I’ll take a dystopic future flick, a classic underdog tale, and all of the explosions you can send my way. When it comes to summer movies, escapism is a major draw; it’s nice to sit back and fully immerse yourself in an alternate reality.
But it’s... Read more »
Q&A With Michelle Tea on Her Alternative Parenting Project "Mutha Magazine"
After nearly two years of documenting the trials and travails of trying to get pregnant as a queer woman, Tea is starting up a new site, ... Read more »
Why "Solidarity" is Bullshit
Photo: One Tumblr user’s contribution to the #Solidarityisforwhitewomen discussion.
When I spoke to Mikki... Read more »
On Being Friends With White People
I eagerly read Brittney Cooper’s article on Salon this week, “The Politics of Being Friends with White People.” ... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Happy Friday! Here’s all the news on my radar.
• This is classic: A Missouri lawmaker files suit to personally exempt his wife and... Read more »
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