Culture
When Comedy is Political Activism: Interview with the “Throwing Shade” Podcast Hosts
Over the past decade, the reign of “The Daily Show” and “The Colbert Report” have shown that comedy news shows just might be America’s favorite way to digest politics.
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Racial Diversity in Nickelodeon's Golden Age
To anyone being raised in the 90s, whether as a kid or teenager, the new book ... Read more »
Why We Need to Talk About Race in Adoption
Two years ago, on vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains, I saw a white couple at a restaurant with their Asian daughter. Though her father told her to quit staring, I felt the girl's eyes on me all through the meal. I smiled at her, feeling a strong sense of kinship, a pang of sympathy. As a... Read more »
Oh Joy Sex Toy Comic: Ropes!
This new installment in artist Erika Moen’s entirely NSFW comics series about sex toys takes a knotty turn. While Erika recover from too much traveling and sickness, her awesome, talented friend... Read more »
All Praise Adventure Time's Princess Bubblegum!
This week’s episode of the cartoon Adventure Time (titled “The Suitor”) revolved around a young man named Braco courting our favorite science fanatic, Princess Bubblegum. By the... Read more »
Ms. Opinionated: I'm Worried My Religious BFF Might Be Marrying An Abuser
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 »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
Happy Memorial Day weekend! If your plans include reading, here are some links to get you started.
• Yet another teenage girl has committed suicide after months of school bullying—this time, the... Read more »
Sassy Grandmas and Angry Old Ladies: Comparing the Comedy Comebacks of Betty White and Joan Rivers
Everyone loves a comeback, the more unexpected the better–and no recent comeback was more unexpected than Betty White’s.
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Race & Body Issues in Nalo Hopkinson's "The Chaos"
When I first picked up Nalo Hopkinson’s The Chaos last summer, I thought, “Finally! A book with a young woman of color as the protagonist!” Of course... Read more »
Fighting for the Right to Go Topless
This past week, the news broke that New York City began to instruct its police officers this winter that to make sure they act accordingly to legality of women going topless in public. It’s easy to dismiss this law with a punch line, but the truth is that instructing all of New York’s... Read more »
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