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Killer Crush

Inside Tumblr’s serial killer fandom.

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Parry Hotter and the Six-Figure Book Deal

"Pull to publish" adult fantasy based on Dramione fanfic is funneling money to one of the world's most notorious transphobes.

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Blank Slate

Spiritual emptiness is clearing our closets.

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Think of What We Can Do, Together

Recent TV and film like “IT: Welcome to Derry” and “Moana 2” show us why we love Artemis II: collectivism and hope are the only way to survive dark times.

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Male Rape is No Joke

But pop culture often treats it that way.

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The Women Gather: Black Patrons Forge Deep Healing in Art Spaces

Museums are under attack, but Black women curators, artists, and patrons are still nourishing themselves and each other through the arts.

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Marketing the Monster

Has trans identity become a sales pitch?

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The Paradox of Thrift

My newfound love for thrifting high-quality items inadvertently triggered old childhood traumas and memories of imposter syndrome .

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Bad Mouths

The long history of sanitizing women’s language.

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The Radical Idea That Children Are People

And they deserve rights too.

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Eat, Pray, Spend

Priv-lit and the new, enlightened American dream.

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How the Religious Right Won the Trump Era

Media failed to reckon with the evangelical support for Trump and we’re all paying the price.

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Under Your Spell

Revisiting “Buffy’s” first lesbian kiss 25 years later.

Sex Workers Versus the Algorithm

Sex Workers Versus the Algorithm

No seriously, fuck the algorithm.

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Remote Control

Distance learning isn’t a last resort. It’s an opportunity.

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Sacred Shelves

Two new books give Black bookstores the reverence they deserve.

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The Future Is Fembot

What does that mean for women?

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Pretty In Pink

Inside the community of nail artists telling ICE to get fucked.

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Sweet Hereafter

The bitter past and promising future of sugarcane.

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Dehumanizing Humans, Personifying Computers: Why Modern Fascism Wants You to be Lonely

Welcome to fully-automated luxury fascism. Can I take your personhood?

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Sticky Fingers

What have we learned from a decade of sexting?

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Ain't We Women, Too?

For many incarcerated women, the state is their abuser, but the gender-based violence we experience behind bars goes ignored.

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Helen Keller Conspiracy Theories Are Awash With Ableism

We don't need better social media moderation: We need to dismantle stereotypes about disabled people.

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I Saw My Own Search for Sunlight in “Heated Rivalry”

'Heated Rivalry' dares to ask: Why should queer athletes be forced to choose between their identity and their sport?

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Craving the Other

One person’s beef with cultural appropriation and cuisine.