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Brewed Awakening: Has Coffee Culture Become Too Gendered? Talk Amongst Yourselves
Coffee—especially strong, black coffee—is coded as unquestionably masculine.
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No Innocent Dance: The Casual Imperialism of the American Tourist
Every Western tourist is a capitalist, exploiting the world with every step of their beaded thong sandal.
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Curses and Kitchens: “Jell-O Girls” Looks at the Secret, Sexist History of America’s Classic Dessert
“Jell-O Girls” is at once a memoir, a family history, and an overview of the domestication (and dissolution) of the American kitchen.
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Uninformed and Uncompensated: Between 23andMe and Ancestry, Who Owns Our Genetic Data?
With the increasing popularity of genetic home-test kits, our DNA might soon be at the disposal of scientists without our knowledge, with semi-dubious consent, and without any credit or compensation.
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Big Money, Little Vision: “Ocean’s 8” Serves Up a Marketplace Feminist Heist
Ryn, Helen, and Donna are challenging Bristol Cove’s violent legacy.
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Radical Bodies: “Dietland” Author Sarai Walker On Her Taboo-Busting Book’s Journey To TV
Dietland’s willingness to engage with difficult, complex subjects—not least of which is women’s anger—feels deeply resonant right now.
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Don’t Get Comfortable: Culture-Jamming Cardi B and “Bodak Yellow”
A liberatory reading of “Bodak Yellow” as an anthem of anticapitalist femme revolution
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President Ebenezer Scrooge: “A Christmas Carol” Offers a Valuable Lesson This Holiday Season
Donald Trump hasn’t grappled with the messages of any ghosts.
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The Price of Activism, According to Teen Vogue
If activism continues being commodified, it will drown out the voices of those who are actually fighting for marginalized people.
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