Monstrous Poetry: Kenji Liu Is Using Frankenstein as a Metaphor for Toxic Masculinity
It’s easy to write something that criticizes toxic masculinity, or our current president, or any number of things in the news about guys acting badly.
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“Made in Heaven” Injects Feminism into India’s Big Wedding Industry
Though the show is purportedly about the lives of the wedding planners, its goal is in fact to not just challenge the patriarchy but to crush it under a designer heel.
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Vivien Green Fryd Charts the Feminist Artists Who’ve Painted #MeToo for Decades
Against Our Will challenges us to witness without looking away, exploring sexual violence as a discrete subject of American art with unflinching analysis.
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Turn Down for What: Why Media Amplifies Rape Apology
Instead of putting women in control at the heart of their own narratives, society talks around them, keeping them voiceless and powerless.
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What’s Our Damage?: Revisiting the Legacy of the Teenage Alpha Bitch
These characters understood that being a teenage girl was synonymous with hypervigilant performance.
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Believe Me: Genderqueer and Nonbinary Survivors on Visibility and Identity
Those living at the intersection of nonbinary and survivor are forced to reconcile with others reshaping their bodies and needs.
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Home Remedies: Megan K. Stack confronts the global impact of class, privilege, and “women’s work”
Domestic labor isn’t just a “mom” issue—it affects the entire world.
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I Kissed Consent Goodbye: Purity Culture and Sexual Violence on Evangelical Christian Campuses
Purity is tarnished by sexual contact, regardless of circumstances, and the only recourse is to pray for a “second virginity.”
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Fleshed Out: What Four Sex-Themed Resorts Taught Me About Consent
The objectification of women permeates almost every aspect of our culture. Can these resorts block out such a pervasive force?
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The Untold Story of Women in the Zapatistas
Zapatista women now choose their own partners, they often have two to four children, and there has been a dramatic decrease in domestic violence.
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