- 1. Why I Traveled to Romania: A Journey Beyond the Stereotypes
- (Entrepreneurs)
- ... I approached the location, I felt curious and eager, and I left feeling fulfilled that my mission had been accomplished. My passion for creating travel content is obtaining rare visuals from locations ...
- Created on 15 March 2023
- 2. Here Are All the Women Who Were Nominated—and Snubbed—for This Year’s Grammys
- (Music)
- ... Charles has worked with icons such as Beyoncé and Missy Elliot, and Veltz worked on Demi Lovato’s recent album Holy Fvck, including helping to write the powerful and personal song “29” which made headlines ...
- Created on 30 January 2023
- 3. After the Should-Be 50th Anniversary of Roe, Organizations like We Testify are More Important than Ever
- (Feminism)
- ... to their mission, focusing on supporting and sharing the stories of marginalized women and queer/non-binary people. This is particularly fitting due to the organization’s roots in Frida Kahlo’s–an artist, ...
- Created on 23 January 2023
- 4. 6 Cancelled Shows That Left Us Shook
- (TV)
- ... Brie spoke to Decider about the show not being renewed by Netflix. “it will forever live on as, like, this great thing. I loved working on it — maybe more than anything I’ve worked on! — and I miss it ...
- Created on 04 January 2023
- 5. Sharp Stick: Lena Dunham's Dive Into Sex, Lovability, & The Space In Betwee
- (Movies)
- ... Sarah Jo does not feeds into stereotypes of Black women as wild and hypersexual. For Dunham, who already possesses a storied history of race-related missteps, this is not a good look. A 2013 article ...
- Created on 22 August 2022
- 6. Scared With Her, Not for Her: Keke Palmer Shines in "Nope
- (Movies)
- ... study of female agency in film from the University of Washington, which found that women are consistently rendered as submissive or dependent in comparison to their male counterparts. The study, however, ...
- Created on 04 August 2022
- 7. Alison Bechdel Just Updated the Rules to the Bechdel Test for a Very Specific Reason
- (Movies)
- ... — Hanna Rosin (@HannaRosin) June 7, 2022 Rosin was right in that the film offers little representation for lesbians, but she tragically missed the mark in minimizing the roles of the “cute gay ...
- Created on 08 June 2022
- 8. Want More Body Positive Kid's Books? Start Doing Better By Fat Characters, Says Children's Book Illustrat
- (Books)
- ... or neutrally associated, characters are still often extremely pigeon-holed, and given special permission to be fat only because of their specific job, role, or species. Mother or grandmother figures are ...
- Created on 25 February 2022
- 9. The Trailer For "The First Lady," A Film About Trailblazing First Ladies of America, Starring Viola Davis as Michelle Obama, Has Droppe
- (TV)
- ... Force One, we’ve seen many actors playing POTUS. While we’ve recently gotten a few more shows featuring female leads (Dahvi Waller’s Miss America and Greena Davis’ Commander In Chief), representation is ...
- Created on 22 February 2022
- 10. Phoebe Robinson on her Comedy Special, Book Release, and Starting a Publishing Imprint, Tiny Reparations
- (Entertainment)
- ... the first week it was released—that HBO commissioned a 2 Dope Queens TV series. The show ran for two seasons, with eight episodes that followed the same format as the podcast, but with the added bonus ...
- Created on 08 February 2022
- 11. 13 Women of Color-Owned and Operated Bookstores You Can Support Right Now
- (Books)
- ... woman with her hands in all things literary, entrepreneurial, and philanthropic. She also founded the Loveland Foundation, which has a special mission of uplifting Black women and girls and showing up ...
- Created on 04 February 2022
- 12. 10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
- (TV)
- ... Ayo Edibiri, making it a gut-busting and deeply cathartic watch. After Jenny Slate stepped down from the role of Missy in 2020 (because Missy is Black, and well, Slate is not) Edibiri took over as Missy’s ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 13. A New Study Finds Gender Bias in The Surgical Field Often Translates to Deadly Outcomes For Female Patients
- (Feminism)
- ... a revealing study surrounding gender biases and post-operative outcomes. The study, which originated from a control group in Ontario, defined these outcomes basesd on complications, readmissions, and death ...
- Created on 13 January 2022
- 14. In Response to Alarming Facts About Black Women's Maternal Health, Doula's Twitter Thread With Advice for Black Expectant Moms Goes Vir
- (Sex)
- ... such concerns with her midwife, Thea’s problems were dismissed as “normal,” later costing her life. Sky details more fourth-trimester advice in a follow-up thread from early December: “Postpartum: ...
- Created on 17 December 2021
- 15. A Tale of Two Murders: How the Deaths of 2 Women Lead to a Racial Reckoning in the UK
- (Feminism)
- Sarah Everard was a 33-year-old white woman who went missing after leaving a friend’s house in the evening and walking to her home in Clapham on March 3, 2021. She was missing for a week until her body ...
- Created on 29 November 2021
- 16. Netflix's "Avatar the Last Airbender" Prioritizes Asian American & Indigenous Representation In Recent Cast Updat
- (TV)
- ... fans for missing plot elements from the original story and misrepresenting the characters we all know and love. However, the biggest fault of this adaptation was its whitewashing of a narrative so ingrained ...
- Created on 04 November 2021
- 17. Josephine Baker, First Black Superstar of the Silver Screen, Makes Her Criterion Channel Debut In Featured Collection
- (Movies)
- ... in an upcoming limited series based on Sherry Jones’ 2018 novel, Josephine Baker’s Last Dance. Actress Paula Patton, best known for her work in Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) and Warcraft ...
- Created on 13 September 2021
- 18. Bridget Regan To Play Toxic Temptress Poison Ivy on Season 3 of the CW's Batwoman ...
- (TV)
- ... underworld. Poison Ivy, once known as Pamela Isley, was a botany student at Gotham University with a life’s mission of saving the planet. That is, until an evil professor injected her with plant toxins ...
- Created on 02 September 2021
- 19. Living in Her Truth: Mae Whitman Comes Out As Pansexual In Tweet About Role In LGBTQIA+ Friendly Show “The Owl House”
- (Feminism)
- In a Tweet praising Disney Channel show The Owl House, Mae Whitman came out as pansexual. On Monday, August 15th, the actress known for her role of Annie Marks in recently cancelled Good Girls, tweeted ...
- Created on 18 August 2021
- 20. We've Got a Long Way to Go: The Gossip Girl Reboot Promised Diversity, but Served Up More of the Same Old, Same Old Instea
- (TV)
- ... past mistakes with the reboot. It was this diversity that drew me to watch the reboot in the first palace. That being said, as entertaining as the show is, it misses the mark in some major ways. Screenshot ...
- Created on 17 August 2021
