Bitch 50
What Just Happened?: Christine Blasey Ford Is a Goddamn American Hero
Are we all okay? Is everybody hydrated and reminding each other to unclench our teeth, lower our shoulders, and keep our pets close?
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Net Loss: The U.S. Open Stole More Than a Point from Serena Williams
Naomi Osaka winning her first major Grand Slam title should’ve been a complement to Williams’s own legacy.
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Smashing Barriers: Mara Altman and Virgie Tovar On Body Acceptance, Fatphobia, and Imagining a New World for Women
Diet culture is just the newest form of women’s subjugation.
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Backtalk: Don’t Waste Hannah Gadsby’s Time
This week, Dahlia and Amy dig into Hannah Gadsby’s tremendous, heartbreaking, and honest Nanette. Gadsby’s Netflix special gives us insight into what it means to to tell one’s story to wide acceptance—at one’s own expense. Using comedy as an example, Gadsby asks: Is it enough to be in... Read more »
A Displaced Body: “Sick” and the Elusive Search for Wellness
I continue to be poor. I continue to be sick. The system keeps me that way.
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Tammy Duckworth is Unapologetically Paving the Way for Disabled Mothers of Color
Senator Duckworth unapologetically brings her full self into every space she navigates as a parent, veteran, politician, and disabled woman of color.
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Backtalk: Junot Diaz & MeToo
This week, Dahlia and Amy talk about the latest in this #MeToo movement and what accountability can look like. More and more stories are coming out across industries of those who are abusing their power and we’re beginning to see more claims within the literary world. Last month, Junot Diaz... Read more »
Sometimes it Snows in April: The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. Still Echoes Through Today’s Gun Violence Activists
For decades, April has marked a somber commemoration in the annals of gun violence, and this month is no exception.
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Presenting The First-Ever Bitch 50
The Bitch 50 recognizes the most impactful creators, artists, and activists in pop culture whose imaginations extend beyond normalizing and affirming the same mainstream messages.
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