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Maya Cade Reframes the Legacy of Black Cinema

Still from movie. A grainy, desaturated shot of a Black woman kneeling down, buttoning a young Black kid's shirt on a city street.
by Rosa Cartagena
April 1, 2022 at 11:34am
Rosa Cartagena interviews Maya Cade about her work on the Black Film Archive, as well as movie recommendations from the collection.
Author photo of Rachel Krantz, a white woman with long curly brown hair and a blue t shirt. Next to her is the cover of her book, Open.

Open-Minded: Rachel Krantz on Nonmonogamy as a Labor of Love

by Andi Zeisler
April 1, 2022 at 11:03am
Journalist Rachel Krantz, a founding editor of Bustle, was 27 when she met Adam, a professor who encouraged her curiosity about nonmonogamy and dominant/submissive dynamics. What happened next is detailed in Open: An Uncensored Memoir of Love, Liberation, and Non-Monogamy (... Read more »
Headshot of Vauhini Vara, an Indian woman with long, black hair. She smiles at the camera in front of a blue background.

Immortal Machine: Vauhini Vara Processes Death Through A.I.

by Jenna Mahale
April 1, 2022 at 10:25am
Jenna Mahale interviews writer Vauhini Vara about her work with GPT-3, an A.I. writing program that she collaborated with on a recent essay about her loss of her sister. Read more »
Melissa Febos, a white woman with blue eyes and black long hair, looks directly at the viewer. On the right of the author is a small image of her new book's cover, which shows a blue figure of a woman on a yellow background. The title reads "Body Work."

In “Body Work,” Melissa Febos Delivers a Meta-Memoir

by Laura LeMoon
March 18, 2022 at 2:28pm
Melissa Febos’s latest, “Body Work,” is a bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and master class. Read more »
three screenshots of Nia Jones's TikTok videos: 1. Nia is wearing a green top and speaking into the camera against a sparkly background 2. Nia is speaking in front of a podium at an abortion protest 3. Nia is wearing a black top and looking at the camera

TikTok’s “Hoochie God” Is Not Afraid to Say What Needs to Be Said

by Alexis Oatman
March 15, 2022 at 2:35pm
Nia Jones, who is better known as Hoochie God, is using her platform to offer a safe space to Black women both online and in real life. Read more »
A headshot of author Meghan O’Rourke next to the cover of “The Invisible Kingdom”

“The Invisible Kingdom” Shines a Light on Women’s Chronic Pain

by Brijana Prooker
March 8, 2022 at 5:32pm
Bitch interviewed Meghan O’Rourke, author of The Invisible Kingdom, about the gender bias in medicine and the plight of the “invisible” illness. Read more »
A black-and-white photograph of bell hooks, a Black woman wearing a scarf and earrings, looking directly into the camera with a soft smile.

Remembering bell hooks in Her Own Words

by Bitch HQ
December 15, 2021 at 2:36pm
Bitch interviewed the legendary feminist scholar bell hooks in our Winter 2000 issue. Read more »
Author Juhea Kim in a bright red shirt in front of an orange background. To her right is a picture of the cover for Beasts of a Little Land

Juhea Kim Talks Korean History and Why Books Should Break Us Open

by Edi Kim
December 13, 2021 at 2:34pm
A new book explores the power of artistic imagery from Venus to Beyoncé. Read more »
photo of Black Belt Eagle Scout artist KP, a Portland–based Swinomish/Iñupiaq singer-songwriter with bangs and long dark hair, wearing a black knit top and silver turquoise jewelry as they stand outside in front of a green marsh and forest

What We’re Listening to: Black Belt Eagle Scout Champions Indigenous Resilience

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
December 10, 2021 at 4:26pm
“I come from a family and a tribe that really respects our land and our water. I wasn’t seeing that respect from capitalists, the [Obama] administration, and this very colonial [system]. I don’t say “Indians never die” in the song, but that name came to me when I wrote it. I want us to feel... Read more »
headshot of “Belly of the Beast” director Erika Cohn, a white woman with dark brown wavy hair and light eyes, wearing a leather jacket and hoop earrings, smiling in front of a brown textured background

What We’re Watching: “Belly of the Beast” Uncloaks a Vile Prison Practice

by Evette Dionne
December 10, 2021 at 3:36pm
Across the United States, incarcerated people are experiencing medical malpractice as a continuation of the country’s legal eugenics policies from the ’40s and ’50s. People with wombs are being sterilized—given partial and full hysterectomies—for routine reproductive concerns ranging from severe... Read more »
Author Catherine McCormack, a young blonde woman with long hair, stands in front of green foliage. Next to her is an image of her book cover for Women in the Picture.

Women in the Picture: The Art Historian Challenging the Western Gaze Through a Feminist Lens

by Nicole Diaz-Radlauer
December 2, 2021 at 12:27pm
A new book explores the power of artistic imagery from Venus to Beyoncé. Read more »

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