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Open-Minded: Rachel Krantz on Nonmonogamy as a Labor of Love
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 »
Immortal Machine: Vauhini Vara Processes Death Through A.I.
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.
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In “Body Work,” Melissa Febos Delivers a Meta-Memoir
Melissa Febos’s latest, “Body Work,” is a bold and exhilarating mix of memoir and master class.
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TikTok’s “Hoochie God” Is Not Afraid to Say What Needs to Be Said
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.
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“The Invisible Kingdom” Shines a Light on Women’s Chronic Pain
Bitch interviewed Meghan O’Rourke, author of The Invisible Kingdom, about the gender bias in medicine and the plight of the “invisible” illness.
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Remembering bell hooks in Her Own Words
Bitch interviewed the legendary feminist scholar bell hooks in our Winter 2000 issue.
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Juhea Kim Talks Korean History and Why Books Should Break Us Open
A new book explores the power of artistic imagery from Venus to Beyoncé.
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What We’re Listening to: Black Belt Eagle Scout Champions Indigenous Resilience
“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 »
What We’re Watching: “Belly of the Beast” Uncloaks a Vile Prison Practice
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 »
Women in the Picture: The Art Historian Challenging the Western Gaze Through a Feminist Lens
A new book explores the power of artistic imagery from Venus to Beyoncé.
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