“Surviving R. Kelly” Serves Up a Toxic Cocktail of Misogynoir and Masculinity
When Black girls are expected to avoid predators, while white girls are expected to be protected from them, that’s misogynoir.
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Oh, the Places Rage Will Take You: “Last Woman Standing” Reckons with Comedy’s Predators
As a culture, are we fully invested in seeking justice for women who have suffered at the hands of men?
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Mother Knows Best: The Family Secrets at the Heart of “Sharp Objects”
At the center of Sharp Objects is a culture that’s intimately familiar in many parts of the rural United States.
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Signs, Saints, and Symbols: Transgender Kids in Media are Not Here to Forgive You
By not allowing trans kids to grow into adults, even if it’s just on TV shows, writers take away their futures.
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White Night: 40 Years after Jonestown, Well-Intentioned White Women Are Still a Menace
The role of white women in Jonestown is a stark reminder that even the most progressive among us may be inclined to support dominant power structures when it suits us.
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Her Own World: The Unsettling Objections to Teen-Girl Cartoon Reboots
The cultural expectation that young girls should uphold the beauty standards imposed on adult women is a slippery slope.
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What Just Happened? : Far-Right Violence Isn’t a Fringe Reaction to Trump’s Dehumanizing Rhetoric—It’s the Whole Point
This isn’t about what just happened. This is about what keeps happening.
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The Intimidation Game: Donald Trump and the GOP’s History of Voter Suppression
These laws are very deliberately crafted to target people of color, low-income people, and disabled people.
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Breaking the Covenant: What Does Solidarity Look Like for Sexual-Assault Survivors?
Women who publicly support men who abuse and violate women are communicating that your pain does not matter.
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It’s Time to Embrace Feminism’s Anger
“Feminism” is Merriam-Webster’s Word of the Year, but “anger” should be in there too.
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