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10 Trans Advocacy Organizations to Support

by Bitch HQ
October 26, 2018 at 6:56am
Is donating money enough? No. Read more »
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: “Halloween” Makes Women-Led Horror History

by Bitch HQ
October 23, 2018 at 3:00am
The new Halloween had the biggest opening for a horror film with a female lead and for any film with a female lead over the age of 55. Read more »
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: #TransRightsAreHumanRights

by Bitch HQ
October 22, 2018 at 3:00am
This is not the first time the Trump administration has attempted to narrow trans rights. Read more »
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Louis CK Victimizes Himself on Stage

by Bitch HQ
October 18, 2018 at 3:00am
After the New York comedian admitted to exposing himself to five women without their consent, he joked that he “lost $35 million in an hour.” Read more »
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Georgia Suppresses Black Voters

by Bitch HQ
October 12, 2018 at 3:00am
At least 53,000 voter registration applications, the large majority of them from Black voters, are being held for additional screening. Read more »
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Charlottesville White Supremacists Face Federal Charges

by Bitch HQ
October 3, 2018 at 3:00am
The four men charged were “among the most violent individuals present in Charlottesville“ at the Unite the Right rally in 2017. Read more »
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Popaganda: Queering Virginity

by Soleil Ho
August 30, 2018 at 10:03am
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 »
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Naming Fears: Vivek Shraya on Vulnerability as a Tool for Transformation

by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
August 23, 2018 at 12:54pm
What if saying “I’m afraid” was just as much of a statement of resilience as “I’m not afraid?” Read more »
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Aretha Franklin is Immortal

by Bitch HQ
August 17, 2018 at 6:00am
Rest in power, Aretha. Read more »
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Moving Past Toxicity: Fighting for a New Vision of Masculinity

by Imran Siddiquee
August 14, 2018 at 12:44pm
What is the masculinity that exists beyond patriarchy? Read more »

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Know & Tell: The literary renaissance of trans women writers

by Katherine Cross
Winter 2015 • (Re)Vision
For so long, the people who wrote about us were not us. Finally, that is beginning to change. Read more »

Mock & Awe: Janet Mock on Truth-Telling, Community Building, and Writing the Story She Had Been Waiting for Her Whole Life

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by Tina Vasquez
Spring 2014 • Maps & Legends
“Redefining Realness” is written with astounding honesty and heart. Read more »

It's Time to End the Long History of Feminism Failing Transgender Women

by Tina Vasquez
February 17, 2014 at 1:26pm
The marginalization of transgender women in feminism is not new, but the decades-long debate has taken on new dimension thanks to social media and the ease of finding strangers’ personal information online. Read more »

Politically Correct Language Isn't Just About Being Polite—It's About Survival

by Leela Ginelle
February 10, 2015 at 12:23pm
Photo by Phillipe Leroyer (Creative Commons). Two weeks ago, Jonathan Chait published the lengthy essay “Not a Very P.C.... Read more »