Culture

Creating Home: This LGBTQ Bookstore Is Amplifying Voices in the Queer South

The queer community in North Mississippi is a secret society. Read more »

Backtalk: We Made It Through 2017

The year that felt like a decade with the inauguration of 45, no gun reform in sight, attacks on marginalized communities through policies, the normalization of supremacists, and, of course, the Weinstein effect. But we made it through because we have one another and we believe in the possibility... Read more »

The Fragility of Safety: Beyond the Promise of #MeToo

We find ourselves at an impasse. Who, anymore, is safe? Read more »

New Year, Old Goals: Your New Year’s Diet Resolution Will Fail

Diets don’t work—not in the long-term anyway. Read more »

Douchebag Decree: Stop Talking, Matt Damon

Please go away forever, Matt, and take your bad opinions with you. Read more »

Travel Baggage: Flying the Unfriendly Skies

The overlapping conspiracies of capital and patriarchy, white supremacy and nativist perpetuation are gnarled at the airport’s automatic doors. Read more »

Bitch in a Box: Gifts That Support Women of Color

From shirts and shoes to undies and nail decals, these gorgeous gifts are made by and support women of color. Read more »

Bitch In a Box: Body-Positive Gift Guide

There’s power in making statements through clothing and political commitments. Read more »

It’s Bloody Fantastic: Find a Lover Who Loves Period Sex

I learned in my early 20s that anything less than Team Bloody Awesome is a red flag. Read more »

Bitch In A Box: Gift Guide for Plant Lovers

Inject some still life into busy lives with these gifts. Read more »

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Politically Correct Language Isn't Just About Being Polite—It's About Survival

Photo by Phillipe Leroyer (Creative Commons). Two weeks ago, Jonathan Chait published the lengthy essay “Not a Very P.C.... Read more »

Game Changer: Why Gaming Culture Allows Abuse... and How We Can Stop It

You're a Bolshevik feminist jewess that hates white people… and you expect to be taken seriously when you're “critique-ing” ...

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In a Bizarre 1976 Comic Book, Spider-Man Fought the Villain of Misleading Sex Education

Last week, I came across a very strange comic book: in 1976, Planned Parenthood teamed up with Marvel to publish a one-off comic in which... Read more »

Know & Tell: The Literary Renaissance of Trans Women Writers

For so long, the people who wrote about us were not us. Finally, that is beginning to change. Read more »