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The Patriarchy Is in the Pudding
Making Christmas pudding is turning out to be like childbirth or menopause—one of those things women don’t talk about, and when you get there yourself, you realize that it would’ve been great for someone to have mentioned incontinence, vaginal dryness, or the need for inordinate upper body strength... Read more »
In 2019, “Charlie’s Angels” Isn’t Just about Girl Power—It’s a Critique of Male Leadership
In 2019, Charlie’s Angels is less about impossibly perfect women saving the world.
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The Final (Male) Frontier: “Lucy in the Sky” and “Proxima” Bring Women Astronauts down to Earth
The final frontier continues to be a male-dominated arena, fertile ground for storytelling that taps into masculine psychologies in symbolically grandiose fashion.
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The Teen Girls of “Big Mouth” Are Its Saving Grace
While Big Mouth is a show about teens of all genders, it shines best when it delves into the worlds and inner workings of its teen girl characters.
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How @EmoBlackThot Infiltrated Black Women’s Safe Spaces
At times, she seemed too good to be true. And now we know she was: @EmoBlackThot was not our dark-skinned digital big sister; in fact, she wasn’t a sister at all.
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Drop the Fry: Judging Elizabeth Holmes’s Voice Comes down to Bias
Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Google Assistant have one thing in common: They all have female-identified voices and names.
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Gazed and Confused: How Do We Define the “Female Gaze” in Film?
A female gaze can’t simply be found in the deliberate desexualization of women, or in clever quips about smashing the patriarchy.
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Bye Sharam: Indian Women Are Tapping into the Enduring Power of Memoir
Sharam, or shame, is one of patriarchy’s most powerful weapons, and it begins early.
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Bad Mouths: The Long History of Sanitizing Women’s Language
Many of us think of washing someone’s mouth out with soap as an outdated punishment for ill-tempered children, but for a long time it was also commonplace as a corrective for women.
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False Alarm: The Tale of JT Leroy Is a Hoax with Layers
Like its subject, JT LeRoy is about so much more than it seems.
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