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Not a Follower, Not Yet a Leader: Women Cult Leaders Hold an Insidious, Misunderstood Power
The role of powerful women in cults has generally gone unnoticed by the new wave of creep-seeking entertainment.
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Sunday Kind of Love: Sex and Spirituality in the Black Church
Black female sexual propriety is not just conscribed by popular culture but also by an institution with a lot more gravitas and authority—the Black church.
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Inconvenient Women: “Disobedience” Tests Religion, Passion, and Choice
Disobedience is the kind of woman-at-a-crossroads film I love.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: "Sick" Questions How We View Women With Chronic Illness
There’s a class of illnesses—multi-symptomatic, chronic, hard to diagnose—that remain associated with suffering women and disbelieving experts.
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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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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Black Actresses Protested at Cannes
They’re done being told they can’t play prestigious parts.
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Untethered Women: Witches Are Celebrating the Resiliency of Spring
Why do modern witches celebrate a holiday that was initially associated with Christianity?
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Feminist Snack Break: "I am tired of being a Jewish man’s rebellion" is a Rude and Ridiculous Hate-Read
But I read it and I’m ready to complain about it.
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Sympathy For The Devil: How Jex Blackmore and the Satanic Temple are Fighting for Reproductive Justice
And they’re already scoring huge wins.
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Starved for Sainthood: The Divine Hunger of Catherine of Siena
When 33-year-old Catherine Benincasa lay dying of starvation, her final words were of triumph; she had done this to herself, on purpose, for God.
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