Culture
Freedom of Information: Libraries in the Age of Trump
Libraries are radical, evolving resources that function with the sole purpose of providing free access to information for the masses and creating intellectual equality.
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Ride or Die: Documentary "Ovarian Psycos" Paints a Complex Portrait of a Badass Latinx Bicycle Gang
Ovarian Psycos provides an intimate look inside contemporary East Los Angeles.
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The Year in Black Girl Magic
Everything is terrible, but Black women stepped up to keep the ship from capsizing by creating art, speaking out politically, and generally being excellent.
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Phoebe Robinson's Debut Book Takes on Race, Gender, and Pop Culture
There are infinite ways to be Black, and in You Can’t Touch My Hair Robinson deftly illustrates her own.
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The Physics of Melanin: Science and the Chaotic Social Construct of Race
There is much to be learned from studying melanin, including how racism can derail our capacity to nurture discovery.
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Misogynoir and Climate Change: Part IV—How Disaster Relief Fails Black Women
When we compound the realities of women’s disproportionate risks during disasters and Black people’s disproportionate environmental challenges, we can see how misogynoir functions in times of eco-crises.
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A Vacation is Not Activism: Part III—On Tourism and Ecosocial Disasters
Not only do post-disaster tourism profits seldom reach those in need, the industry also contributes to climate change by weakening natural shore protection and depleting desperately needed resources in vulnerable communities.
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The Least Convenient Truth: Part I—Climate Change and White Supremacy
While we must talk about the ways global warming triggers natural hazards, we must also confront what turns those hazards into full-scale disasters: racism.
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Backtalk: Bitch Media turns 20!
Party like it’s 1996! Listeners share stories of the first time they read Bitch and became radical teenagers. Plus, big news about the future of Backtalk—meet your new co-host Dahlia Grossman-Heinze!
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Male Tears for Fears: Embracing the Ironic Performance of Misandry
Women are using performative misandry as both comedy and coping mechanism; a way to bond with each other and commiserate about the seeming inevitability of their oppression.
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