Culture

Bitch in a Box: 12 Gifts For Your News-Obsessed Friend

In the interest of a light and bright holiday season, here’s a gift guide for your friend who can’t stop reading the news. Read more »

“Titanic” and the Power of Women Choosing Their Own Destinies

The sinking ship sold the film, but Rose’s journey is its most indelible legacy. Read more »

Taste It: Oral Sex Starts with Words

In the best case scenario, both parties can bring their attention fully to the cock/pussy/other at hand. Or, more precisely, at mouth. Read more »

Bitch in a Box: 8 Great Gifts for People You Won't See All Winter

Show your hermit homies some love with gifts that say “I won’t take it personally that you’ve skipped my Christmas-song karaoke night four years running, and I’ll see you this spring.” Read more »

President Ebenezer Scrooge: “A Christmas Carol” Offers a Valuable Lesson This Holiday Season

Donald Trump hasn’t grappled with the messages of any ghosts. Read more »

The Price of Activism, According to Teen Vogue

If activism continues being commodified, it will drown out the voices of those who are actually fighting for marginalized people. Read more »

Racial (Dis)Harmony: The Overestimated Post-racial Power of Meghan Markle

An assumed post-racial exceptionalism is often projected onto mixed-race people. Read more »

Backtalk: Believe Women & Just Say No to Normalizing Nazis

This week, Dahlia and Amy talk about the latest attempt by conservative “infiltration” group Project Veritas to discredit the Washington Post for covering the sexual abuse allegations against Alabama candidate for the Senate Roy Moore and how this undermines the true stories of survivors.... Read more »

Bitch In a Box: Karaoke Superstar Gift Guide

Sing your heart out this holiday season. Read more »

Black Queerness is Peak Blackness: Mykki Blanco’s Journey Out of This World

In this documentary, Black queer artists find a home in each other, in resistance, and in their creative work—a collective battle against queer erasure and censorship. Read more »

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Saying Goodbye to Maria and the End of a Sesame Street Era

Growing up, Sesame Street's Maria was one of the best Latina role models I had. Read more »

The Forgotten History of the Women Who Shaped Modern Advertising

It's easy to dismiss advertising as an anti-feminist industry. Read more »

The Feminist Power of Female Ghosts

The female ghost is an enduringly fascinating figure. Read more »

Eat, Pray, Spend: Priv-Lit and the New, Enlightened American Dream

Even as reports on joblessness, economic recovery, and home foreclosures suggest that no one is immune to risk during this recession, the popularity of women’s wellness media has persisted and, indeed, grown stronger.  Read more »