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Star Trek Into Feminism: Three Ways the Sci-Fi Series Needs to Change
Star Trek has a reputation.
For almost fifty years, the disempowered and the marginalized and the outcasts have held up Star Trek as a show that said, “This is what we can aspire to: a humanity that has evolved beyond inequality and oppression”. The show presents a vision of Earth that has moved... Read more »
Oh Joy Sex Toy: The Fleshlight
Each week on Oh Joy Sex Toy, Erika Moen digs into a different part of the sex industry. This week, she tests out a Fleshlight.
Read on for a thrilling NSFW sex toy review comic in the... Read more »
On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup
It’s Wednesday again! Here’s some feminist news to start your day.
The San Francisco Chronicle recently picked up on the fact that no human being is illegal and ... Read more »
Five Jokes About Feminism (That Are Actually Funny)
Well, gang, there’s some good news and some bad news. The good news is that feminist comedians and feminist critiques of comedy have been all over the news lately! Woo! Yay!
The bad news is that this is, in large part, because there are a bunch of people who think that they have a... Read more »
The Race of Khan: Whitewashing in the New Star Trek Film
Star Trek: Into Darkness came out this weekend, and like any good Trekkie, I was eager to see the film. And although I came away from doing so feeling satisfied, there was one thing that stuck in my craw.
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All Hail the Queen?: What Do Our Perceptions of Beyoncé's Feminism Say about us?
The policing of feminist cred is the real moral contradiction.
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Rise of the Penis Piñata: The big business of bachelorette parties.
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A few weeks ago, I attended a friend's bachelorette party. In the days preceding, my kitchen morphed into a workshop dedicated to constructing penis-shaped objects to eat and to hit. Resting atop my kitchen table like a prize pig at a state fair was a large pink papier-mâché... Read more »
Gaming the System: Are women-led games D.O.A.?
“'We had [some companies] tell us, 'Well, we don't want to publish it because that's not going to succeed. You can't have a female character in games. It has to be a male character, simple as that.'”
That's what game developer Jean-Max Morris was told when he tried to... Read more »
The Virtues of Watching Feminist Porn With Strangers
Watching porn in an auditorium filled with people helped me take a critical look at my sexuality.
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Ms. Opinionated: I Want My Ex At My Wedding
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 values—as well as advice on what to do when they don... Read more »
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