- 1. 3 Intriguing New Novels By Women Tackle Family Secrets and Childhood Trauma: Reviews
- (Books)
- Mika in Real Life: A Novel By Emiko Jean (William Morrow) At 35, Mika Suzuki is nowhere near where her younger self had hoped she would be. Single, recently fired, living with her best friend ...
- Created on 30 June 2022
- 2. "Legends of Drag" Pays Homage To Drag Icons "Of A Certain Age" Who Paved The Way For The Queens of Today ...
- (Books)
- ... of survival, and ones that need to be relayed and heard. From the trans women that started the Compton Cafeteria Riots and the Stonewall Inn Uprising (hey Marsha) that catapulted the gay liberation movement, ...
- Created on 21 June 2022
- 3. Making Her Mark: Claw Money Looks Back on 20 Years of Her Subversive Streetwear Brand
- (Style)
- ... of the few women writers in the male-dominated world of graffiti, under the name "Claw Money." Initially written off by the highly political graff world, Gold, a native New Yorker, went hard and earned ...
- Created on 08 June 2022
- 4. Amber Heard and the Limits of #MeToo: The Best Feminist Takes on the Depp v. Heard Verdict
- (Feminism)
- ... it can be difficult to look through the veneer and see how the taunting and ridicule directed at Heard hurts real women. Here’s a compilation of some of the best feminist takes on the verdict of Depp v. ...
- Created on 03 June 2022
- 5. Issa Rae and Jenny Slate Are Back With Brand New Projects: Our Top 10 Pop Culture Picks For Summer
- (Entertainment)
- ... of archival footage and rare interviews, the film—co-directed by Tia Lessin and Emma Pildes—features a group of heroic women who started an underground organization in Chicago in the late ‘60s to help ...
- Created on 02 June 2022
- 6. May Was National Masturbation Month. Here Are 10 Things I Learned From Self-Pleasuring (Almost) Everyday For 1 Month
- (Sex)
- Did you know May is national masturbation month? Yup, an entire month dedicated to touching yourself. The month came as a result of the then-Surgeon general, Joycelyn Elders, deciding that masturbation ...
- Created on 31 May 2022
- 7. New To Witchcraft? Here's a List of 10 Modern Day Witches To Get Into on TikTo
- (Living)
- ... in any way it would be that she’s versatile. Her shop is full of oils and candles to manifest whatever need be, taking an ancient art and making it accessible for modern women. Do you need money? She has ...
- Created on 26 May 2022
- 8. French Abortion Drama "Happening" Shows a Realistic Look At The Consequences of Repealing Roe v. Wad
- (Music)
- ... having had an illegal one, you would face prison time, as would the doctor—or midwife, friend, or unqualified stranger—who performed the procedure. The movie is a harrowing account of what women faced ...
- Created on 03 May 2022
- 9. Jewel Is Back With The R&B and Folk-Influenced "Freewheelin' Woman," Her First Album in 7 Years ...
- (Music)
- ... Just to help them. Because there’s so much guilt and it’s such a draining job. And not many women have our job. You know, there’s very few women in our industry and very few women that make it through ...
- Created on 02 May 2022
- 10. 10 Great Plus-Size Clothing Brands To Check Out—Including Lizzo's New Shapewear Line, YITTY
- (Style)
- Lizzo, the 33-year-old superstar artist and activist, is reclaiming power for plus-size women by launching her new, all-inclusive shapewear line. “We play by our own rules. We celebrate all bodies” ...
- Created on 29 April 2022
- 11. The Secret History of Women and Mushrooms: A Centuries-Old Tale of Empowerment, Enlightenment, Education, and Magic
- (Eat Me)
- For much of human history, women have been the main keepers and distributors of mycological knowledge. Here, we meet just a few of the female scientists, naturalists, farmers, and healers who have been, ...
- Created on 28 April 2022
- 12. These 3 New Non-Fiction Titles Explore Women's Relationship to Money, The Personal Narrative, and Feminism in Myanma
- (Books)
- ... critic and help you see that your story is valid and worth writing.–ADRIENNE URBANSKI Women Talk Money: Breaking the Taboo Edited by Rebecca Walker (Simon & Schuster) Money, like politics and ...
- Created on 26 April 2022
- 13. "Dressing The Resistance" Features The Fashions of Women Activists, And Shows How People Have Historically Used Clothing To Activate Chang
- (Style)
- ... explores all the ways in which fashion has been used by women as a tool of activism. From Joan of Arc’s armor to the mere existence of the miniskirt, clothing has always been a powerful instrument for ...
- Created on 12 April 2022
- 14. Keke Palmer Scores Big For Black Women And Liberation In "Alice" Now Streaming On Deman
- (Movies)
- ... Courtesy of Rogers and Cowan PMK The most prominent theme is that of the Black women's resilience and self-reliance. The main character is especially symbolic of a time when the floodgates of information ...
- Created on 08 April 2022
- 15. Taraji P. Henson Was Just Appointed To The White House's HBCU Board Of Advisors – But What Does That Even Mean
- (Feminism)
- ... initiative is reestablished and back on track, and carries some powerful women as well. So far, there haven’t been many critiques of any of the appointees or their place on the committee— but, of course, ...
- Created on 08 April 2022
- 16. "You Are Worthy," Senator Cory Booker's Emotional Speech Defending Ketanji Brown Jackson Reminds Us How Significant This Historic Moment Is For Black Women (And Has Us Reaching For The Tissue Bo
- (Feminism)
- ... judge—lest we forget, Brett Kavanaugh is a judge, too, and he defo isn’t the poster boy of grace—but the unrelenting pressure put on Black women to be infallible and remain cool, calm, and collected while ...
- Created on 25 March 2022
- 17. Madison Butler Disrupts Gender Pay Inequity For Black Women, With Her Black Speaker Collection, a Database Full of Voices That Need To Be Heard
- (Feminism)
- ... believe the pay gap is a result of biases, not by choice. With Black women being paid 63% of what non-white Hispanic men were being paid the pay gap persists. According to a recent paper by Jeffrey ...
- Created on 25 March 2022
- 18. Fiona Apple Is Using Her Star Power For An Urgent Legal Cause—And She Wants Your Help
- (Feminism)
- ... not the case for many people. “We’re all here to take care of each other,” Apple said in a Facebook Forum with Life After Release, a women-led group of formerly incarcerated women, founded by Qiana ...
- Created on 18 March 2022
- 19. Trevor Noah Made An Important Point About The Kim-Kanye-Pete Davidson Situation—And Got Kanye Banned from Instagram
- (TV)
- ... toward Kim, calling out victim-blaming, and how the public constantly ignores women in need until it's too late. Unpacking the Kim-Kanye-Pete situation and the harassment many women face when trying ...
- Created on 18 March 2022
- 20. Lizzo, Melanie Lynskey, Barbie Ferreira, And More Are Calling Out Body-Shamers
- (Entertainment)
- ... behaviors of the press in a series of tweets. "Can we please stop asking women about their weight in interviews, especially when it's completely irrelevant," she tweeted. "Every time I’m asked about my ...
- Created on 14 March 2022
