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Biphobia and Bisexual Erasure Lead To Health Complications For Bisexuals
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(Sex)
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March is Bisexual Health Awareness Month, and while bisexuals make up the largest part of the LGBTQ+ “pie” (54.6% of LGBT identifiers are bisexuals) they don’t get nearly enough recognition– either ...
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Created on 24 March 2023
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Lana Del Rey Grapples with The Patriarchy in New Song, and It’s Making Us Even More Excited For Her Upcoming Album
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(Music)
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... for it?” With this line, Rey not only allows us to bear witness to her story, but she echoes a common fear that is held by so many gender-oppressed people, and specifically survivors of sexual assault. ...
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Created on 17 February 2023
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HBO’s New Animated Comedy “Velma” Is Getting Absolutely Flamed On Twitter
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(TV)
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... a children's show (at all). Velma contains violence, nudity, sexual content, and swearing, all of which sheds a much different light on our beloved childhood characters. There are also some rather questionable ...
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Created on 13 January 2023
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"Women Talking" Demonstrates the Power of Solidarity Among Wome
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(Movies)
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... in the face of an unimaginable injustice. Set in rural Bolivia in the early 2000s, the film follows the story of a group of women who come together to take a stand against the sexual violence that they ...
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Created on 11 January 2023
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How the Recent AI-Generated Avatar Trend Perpetuates the Western Male Gaze
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(Feminism)
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... to the generated images being highly sexualized, she observed that she looked “like a white woman in most of the pictures.” In a racist and colorist society riddled with instances of gendered anti-Black ...
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Created on 08 December 2022
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15 Celebrities Who Won The Internet This Halloween
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(Entertainment)
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... Many people have raised the question of whether or not the sexualization of a character from a children’s movie is appropriate (or necessary), but Kendall Jenner for sure knows how to turn a costume into ...
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Created on 31 October 2022
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Queer Period Pieces Like Abbi Jacobson's "A League Of Their Own" Are A Reminder That LGBTQ Rights Are Still Under Atta
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(TV)
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... and James Byrd Jr., Hate Crime Prevention Act in 2009, codified the terms sexuality and gender identity for the first time in federal statute, signaling a national commitment to ending hate based violence. ...
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Created on 13 October 2022
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Let's strip down to it: Strippers are unionizing and demanding basic work right
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(Feminism)
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... has changed drastically within the last few years. The acceptance of women owning their sexuality has developed gradually. But the focus is no longer on whether or not society approves of it; instead, ...
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Created on 09 September 2022
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MILCK Releases Music Video For "We Won't Go Back", Anthem of the Pro-Choice Movement ...
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(Music)
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... no I won’t keep quiet” in 2015 with songwriter Adrianne Gonzalez as a way to heal from the sexual assault, domestic violence, and depression she experienced as a teenager. The lyrics about pushing past ...
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Created on 18 August 2022
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Jodie Comer Serves Up A Revolutionary Performance In "Prima Facie," A Must-See As Women's Rights Continue To Be Attack
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(Movies)
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... and timely. Named after the legal term “prima facie” which means that there is enough evidence to establish something as fact until proven otherwise, this play explores how sexual assault cases are handled ...
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Created on 18 August 2022
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Scared With Her, Not for Her: Keke Palmer Shines in "Nope
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(Movies)
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... are more likely than white women to be portrayed as hypersexual, overbearing, and violent. In general, Blackness has often been associated with violence in film, with different iterations of the “dangerous ...
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Created on 04 August 2022
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6 Strategies We Can Take From Latin American Abortion Rights Activists During Our Fight for Reproductive Justice
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(Feminism)
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... [are at a] higher risk of being victims of human trafficking and other forms of sexual violence.” This is also the case in the United States, where female farmworkers are ten times more likely to be sexually ...
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Created on 06 July 2022
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Amber Heard and the Limits of #MeToo: The Best Feminist Takes on the Depp v. Heard Verdict
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(Feminism)
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... a sexual assault allegation, and take miniscule body adjustments as a sign of manipulation. None of that is supporting victims—it’s frightening them. With all of the sensationalism surrounding the trial, ...
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Created on 03 June 2022
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Ava DuVernay, Taraji P Henson, Cynthia Erivo And More: 9 Movies & Shows Featuring Black Women You Need to Stream This Black History Month
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(Entertainment)
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... features many black trans women like MJ Rodriguez and Sandra Caldwell, and deconstructs the problematic ways popular media has portrayed trans people. As a cishet person (cisgender and heterosexual), I ...
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Created on 16 February 2022
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10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
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(TV)
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... ensemble cast of teenagers, Sex Education serves up inclusivity, badass feminist characters (hello Maeve Wiley), and a skillful and nuanced approach to important themes like sexual harassment. Set in a ...
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Created on 19 January 2022
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United Nations Annual Climate Conference Recognizes Women As Trailblazers of Climate Action
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(Feminism)
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... ethnicity, sexuality, and religion. Environmental preservation requires mass change for those most affected by climate policy: women.
Developing countries are first to feel the effects of environmental ...
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Created on 11 November 2021
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An Increasing Number of Women in the UK Have Reported Being Pricked or "Spiked" With Drug-Filled Syringe Needles While Out in Public. Activists Are Calling For Safer Nightclub Condition
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(Feminism)
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"Needle Spiking” : A New Sexual Assault tactic Worries Many Women in The UK, A Call For Action Has Been Made.
As if the past few months in the UK weren’t already filled with numerous stories about ...
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Created on 02 November 2021
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Titane, the Surprise Winner of the Palme D'Or, is Everything You've Heard It Is, But Is It Really a Gender-Bending Queer Fil
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(Movies)
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... is on the “queerness” of its story. Alexia’s non-mainstream sexual attraction to cars, I’ll give you. Themes of a chosen family? Absolutely. But Titane has been praised for being “gender-defying” when ...
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Created on 01 November 2021
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Kathy Valentine of The Go-Go's Talks Sisterhood, Sobriety, and the Band's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Inducti
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(Music)
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... pool through music-centered events and fundraisers. Proceeds benefit worthy women's causes like Safe Alliance, a group that provides hope and healing to those impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault. ...
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Created on 29 October 2021
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You’re Invited: Celebrate "Project Runway's" Nina Garcia & Help Women Rise Against Violence at Womankind’s Virtual Gal
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(Sponsored)
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... to make decisions about their own bodies. However, we continue to witness troubling legislation and policies that further limit our community members’ access to reproductive and sexual health, and deny ...
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Created on 14 October 2021