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A Short History of Donald Trump's Feud With Rosie O'Donnell
An unusual and perfect opportunity to mess with Donald Trump has presented itself.
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Lane Moore Wants You To Feel Good: A Pre–Valentine's Day Chat With the Host of Tinder Live!
“A lot of my jokes could be done by someone of any gender. I’ve never been interested in, like, ‘I’m a woman, as you can see, and here are my ladyjokes.’”
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Performance Anxiety: Trump and the Commodification of Dissent in the Tech Industry
Advertising “resistance” as a brand carries a number of advantages: Covering up PR problems, protecting access to talented immigrant workers, and yes, also genuinely wanting to do the right thing.
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Backtalk: Bey's Announcement & Sundance Showdown
Dahlia and Amy talk about Beyoncé’s beautiful pregnancy announcement and what’s behind the imagery with Cate Young, Bitch Media’s 2016 Pop Culture Criticism Fellow. Check out Cate’s piece, “... Read more »
This Land Is Not Your Land: The Privatization of Public Space in the Trump Era
The move to privatize NPS land promises to serve as a way to justify the privatization of other public assets like schools, libraries, water, utilities, and even pensions and healthcare.
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A Square Peg at the Roundtable: On Jessica Williams and Why Black Women are Not Here to Save You
Black women are frequently and unfairly made to be the voices of reason in liberal, predominantly white spaces.
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The Super Bowl Commercials—It's Not Such a Small World After All
This current administration forces us to question everything around us, even the commercials we watch.
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The Self as Specimen: On "All the Lives I Want" and Feminine Feelings
Alana Massey’s debut collection holds a mirror to our celebrity obsessions and our hesitations toward women making art about themselves.
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Black Venus Rising: The Symbolism of Beyoncé’s Pregnancy Photos
Anyone who has seen Lemonade can tell you that Beyoncé is fond of bending symbols to her will.
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Pop Culture Prepared Me: The Trumpocalypse
So glad yet horrified that pop culture prepared me for these terrible, horrible, no-good, very-bad, troubled dystopian horror times!
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