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Feminist-ish: The “Little Miss Badass” Trope
The trope itself is powerful because audiences also often perceive young women as vulnerable and nonthreatening, and the reveal that a character is secretly a Little Miss Badass subverts their own expectations of the narrative.
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Must Every Murder Show Revolve Around a Dead Girl?
The victim is a black hole, an empty vessel, and a symbol of both innocence lost and the horrors of patriarchy.
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Inside the Quiverfull World That Made Josh Duggar
It’s hard for Quiverfull escapees and child sexual abuse survivors to feel any relief that the law is holding Josh Duggar accountable.
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Coming Out Doesn’t Excuse Colton Underwood’s Abusive Past
Accepting this narrative is a disservice to queer folk who are or were closeted and have never abused their partners in the process of finding themselves.
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Shrimpy Shenanigans: We Could All See How the Cinnamon Toast Crunch Saga Would End
While the internet revels in tasks like identifying racists and getting them fired, it can struggle with milkshake ducks that may not have neat, tidy stories.
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The Act of Naming: “Girlhood” Embraces the Monster Within
We’ll still be called sluts, witches, and harpies, so we may as well rise to the occasion.
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12 AAPI Organizations to Support Amid Increasing Anti-Asian Violence
Listen, donate, and take action.
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The Sarah Everard Case Proves That More Cops Won’t Make Women Safer
We have to reframe how we think about women’s safety.
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Joss Whedon and the Persistence of Prioritizing Male “Creative Genius”
What if we cared more about justice than “male genius?”
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Episodes Compound: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Isn’t Weaponizing Her Trauma
“Accountability is about creating safety,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
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