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Marissa Alexander and the Color of Violence
Art collaboration by Mazatl/Dignidad Rebelde, courtesy of the Free Marissa campaign.
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Lemony Snicket and a Series of Predictably Racist Events
Daniel Handler onstage in San Francisco in 2012. Photo by Robert Gray, via Creative Commons.
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Born This Way?: Why an evidence-based stance on sex and gender is good for science and for feminism
Scarcely a week goes by without a study on gender differences in the brain making headlines. “Female brains really ARE different to male minds,” reported the Mail Online on July 28, while a day later Salon framed the same research as “Women are getting smarter faster than men.... 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.
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Ms. Opinionated: How Do I Talk to My Partner About Porn?
Welcome to Ms. Opinionated, our weekly advice column dealing with questions of life, love, feminism, and pop culture. Submit your anonymous questions here. This week,... Read more »
The History of Women in Geek Culture Should Not Be Overlooked
This anxiety over gender is deeply tied to nerds’ concerns about the mainstreaming of geekdom.
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Oh Joy Sex Toy: The Mystic Wand
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week, artist Erika Moen finds herself in need of a brand-new vibrator.
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A Look at How Media Writes Women of Color
Nearly every Saturday morning, feminists of color hold Twitter discussions taking a deeper look at issues, such as gender violence. It’s the best kind of Saturday morning breakfast club.
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One-Sentence Reviews of the Lesbian Netflix Canon
Lez face it: when you’re a ladygay like myself, cruising the internet for something to watch, you realize very quickly that there are a whole lot fewer gay films in the world to watch than straight flms.
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Confessions of a Lifelong Football Fan
It shouldn’t be controversial to say that the only thing that the NFL cares about is money.
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