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Tyra Banks has red hair with blond highlights. She looks seriously at someone who isn’t in the shot.

We Were Rooting for You: On the Changing Legacy of Tyra Banks

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
May 13, 2020 at 3:34pm
Banks has been around since the ’90s, but it has taken this long to reckon with her true legacy. Read more »
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Next Level Subliminal Messaging: This YouTube Trend Promises Teens the Power of Self-Perfection

by Frannie Comstock
May 13, 2020 at 1:33pm
Subliminals call to mind new-agey fads of yore. Read more »
A person types on a laptop alongside the words "freelance isn't free".

Very Online: Twitter Has United Freelance Writers and Fair-Pay Advocates

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
May 8, 2020 at 10:50am
“People are reading more content, and there are more freelancers, but there are fewer editors and staffers, and less money.” Read more »
a meme of Lori Lightfoot, a Black woman with short gray hair, against the backdrop of a famous painting

Not Your Crisis Daddy: Is Memeing Politicians Critique—or PR?

by Vanessa Taylor
May 6, 2020 at 11:11am
Memes stand apart in a range of political coverage that includes everything from established news reporting to satirical forums. Read more »
two young thin women are climbing trees above a lake

Lose Yourself: The Complex, Comforting Allure of Not Being Seen

by Vanessa Taylor
April 23, 2020 at 12:38pm
What does it mean to be able to reject the gaze before it even happens? Read more »
AG, a red-haired woman wearing a black blazer, poses with her arms crossed

Inside the House: “Mueller, She Wrote” Is Sounding the Alarm on Trump

by Evette Dionne
April 23, 2020 at 9:18am
This government is our government, and it’s up to us to save it. Read more »
A desk with a laptop and tablet. Zoom, a video-chat platform, is pulled up on the screen.

Digital Vitriol: White Supremacists Are Capitalizing on Our Reliance on Zoom

by Mala Munoz
April 17, 2020 at 12:09pm
This recent wave of digital terrorism is a predictor of what’s to come. Read more »
A white woman with blond hair and a button up shirt on smiles against a breeze. There's a text overlay that reads, Okay, Karen.

Very Online: “Karen” Isn’t a Slur—It’s a Critique of Entitled White Womanhood

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
April 10, 2020 at 9:47am
A Karen’s racism is inextricable from her white womanhood. Read more »
A wide range of Animal Crossing characters, including human villagers and animal neighbors, on an island surrounded by beach and a boat.

Playing through It: 9 Video Games for Anxious People (That Aren’t “Animal Crossing”)

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
March 27, 2020 at 3:20pm
I reached out to the people of Twitter to gauge the video games anxious people are playing. Read more »
Gwyneth Paltrow, a thin white woman, wears a mask to the farmers market.

Celebrity Pandemic Posts Have Us Wondering—Do We Need Famous People?

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
March 26, 2020 at 3:20pm
Celebrities are really leaning into saccharine nonsense. Read more »

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A Look at How Media Writes Women of Color

by Victoria Law
November 17, 2014 at 5:07pm
Nearly every Saturday morning, feminists of color hold Twitter discussions taking a deeper look at issues, such as gender violence. It’s the... Read more »

Game Changer: Why Gaming Culture Allows Abuse... and How We Can Stop It

Game Changer Illustration by Jasmine Silver.
by Katherine Cross
Winter 2013 • Habit{at}

You're a Bolshevik feminist jewess that hates white people… and you expect to be taken seriously when you're “critique-ing” ...

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