Relationships
No Foes, Real Friends: “Insecure” Has a Love-Hate Relationship with the Classic Marriage Plot
In a time when there are more single adults in America than ever before, it’s depressing to see Insecure suggest that Issa requires this much contrived romantic failure to justify her realization that a man won’t “fix” her life.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Queer Love on “The Bachelor”
Finally, the queer love story we all deserve.
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The Parent Trap: Birth-Control Sabotage Is an Insidious Kind of Abuse
The high-profile nature of Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson’s relationship exposes young people to this horrific form of abuse through a joke that downplays its actual harm.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: The Retroactive Representation of Fantastic Beasts
Who knew that Nagini was actually a Korean woman this whole time?
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Popaganda: Queering Virginity
On her Netflix one-woman show, Nanette, Hannah Gadsby opines, “There’s only ever been two options for a little girl to grow up into: virgin or whore…. And I don’t fit neatly into either of those categories. Virgin or whore? I mean, on a technicality, I’d get virgin.” Virginity is a weird, nebulous... Read more »
Naming Fears: Vivek Shraya on Vulnerability as a Tool for Transformation
What if saying “I’m afraid” was just as much of a statement of resilience as “I’m not afraid?”
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BitchReads: 15 Books Feminists Should Read In June
We’re six months into 2018, and the great books just keep coming.
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i’m samantha irby and i’m here to take your call*: *if you promise you’ll subscribe to Bitch
if it helps, picture a bunch of celebrities pretending to talk on phones behind me as i implore you for your help.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: The "Jessica Jones" Cast On Season 2 and #MeToo
The team gathered for a Q+A at Netflix’s FYSEE panel event to discuss the show’s themes of trauma and PTSD, as well as the decision to have season two directed entirely by women.
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