- 1. Women-Led Films Recognized, But Women Directors Ignored, at Latest Oscar Noms
- (Movies)
- ... to be the coveted Best Picture, of which the following films are nominated: All Quiet on the Western Front, Avatar: The Way of Water, The Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Everything Everywhere All at Once, ...
- Created on 27 January 2023
- 2. “Y’allternative”: Goth Meets Cowboy in This Trendy Aesthetic With a Rich History
- (Style)
- ... Old Western sensibilities. Envision an otherwise Wednesday Addams-esque outfit accessorized with a cowboy hat and boots, a bolo tie, and the sort of belt typically worn with a pair of classic Wranglers. ...
- Created on 17 January 2023
- 3. People on the Internet are Finally Talking About How Painful IUD Insertion Can Be
- (Living)
- ... Midwestern small talk with my doctor, but the cramping I experienced afterward left me curled up in my bed whimpering for the rest of the day. I was humbled, to say the least. It’s been over two years ...
- Created on 06 January 2023
- 4. How the Recent AI-Generated Avatar Trend Perpetuates the Western Male Gaze
- (Feminism)
- If you’re active on social media, chances are that your feeds have been flooded with AI-generated artsy pictures of the people you know. It’s also likely that you’ve downloaded Lensa and participated ...
- Created on 08 December 2022
- 5. Check out this Cool Vintage Iranian 70's Fashion Magazine from Before the Islamic Revolutio
- (Style)
- ... many is that it wasn’t that long ago when Iranian women shared the same amount of freedom in appearance and movement as their Western sisters, and proof of this can be found in back issues of an Iranian ...
- Created on 28 October 2022
- 6. Did You Know End-of-Life Planning Looks Different If You're A Person With A Fat Body? ...
- (Living)
- The English Poet John Donne said, “Death comes equally to us all” (true) and “makes us all equal when it comes.” Mmm, questionable. I’m guessing Donne wasn’t fat, ’cause it turns out, the typical Western ...
- Created on 26 October 2022
- 7. Lizzo Plays a 200-Year-Old Flute...And Racists Freak Out
- (Music)
- ... would call it a beautiful embrace of "our proud Western heritage." My column is an eye-roll:https://t.co/Zm7Ocv7qy6 — Rex Huppke (@RexHuppke) September 29, 2022 The people mad about Lizzo playing ...
- Created on 30 September 2022
- 8. 10 Nostaligic '90s TV Episodes That Will Warm You Up Better Than a PSL
- (TV)
- ... represent the bored angst of midwestern fall as well as That '70s Show has. In this particular episode, the crew takes to climbing onto and vandalizing a water tower to kill time when Kelso (Ashton Kutcher) ...
- Created on 28 September 2022
- 9. Women Have Been Aiding And Abetting Abortion For Centuries. So How And When Did The Witchcraft Narrative Begin?
- (Feminism)
- ... often referred to by the derisive Western term “witch doctors.” Keeping this wisdom alive is a powerful act of resistance by women who are still called “witches” for practicing these very same traditions, ...
- Created on 19 September 2022
- 10. We All Stan A Flowy Caftan
- (Style)
- ... caftans to life, quickly elevating a lazing-around-the-house look to one of effortless glamour. Caftans then reigned supreme in Western fashion, treating the public’s eyes to sights like Elizabeth Taylor, ...
- Created on 05 July 2022
- 11. From Cabaret Shows to Premium Cable, Performer and MC Murray Hill is Everywhere—and That’s Just The Way He Likes It
- (Entertainment)
- ... the City writer Jenny Bicks. The documentary-style show follows the quirky residents of the fictional Midwestern town of Flatch. Hill is one such resident—a local magic shop owner who peddles vapes on ...
- Created on 16 June 2022
- 12. Mass School Shootings and "Stranger Things": A Look at America's Obsession With Violence in Tv and Film and It's Effect On All Of ...
- (Entertainment)
- ... that we consume. From Tarantino’s Spaghetti Westerns that Roxane Gay once described as “farcically violent,” to the graphic Korean show Squid Games, which became an American obsession overnight. There ...
- Created on 14 June 2022
- 13. Carnations, Meat Hash, and ”Watching Your Mother’s Face”: 9 Mother’s Day Celebrations From Around the World
- (Feminism)
- ... western ways of celebrating Mother's Day with flowers, cards, chocolate and quality time aren’t wrong, here's a list of different ways that mothers are celebrated around the world. You never know—you might ...
- Created on 06 May 2022
- 14. The Secret History of Women and Mushrooms: A Centuries-Old Tale of Empowerment, Enlightenment, Education, and Magic
- (Eat Me)
- ... to accept the foreigners into her sacred healing ceremonies, and Gordon Wasson became one of the first Westerners to participate in such a ceremony. The couple gathered spores while there, which were brought ...
- Created on 28 April 2022
- 15. WTF is an NFT? A Tech Researcher And Artist Gives Tips On How Women Can Become NFT Artists and Start Making Bank
- (General)
- ... so much energy to “mint” (aka create) a token, NFTs are extremely detrimental to the environment (an NFT’s carbon footprint generally equals a month’s worth of the average Western household’s electricity ...
- Created on 28 March 2022
- 16. 10 Must-Watch TV Shows To Get Your Cathartic Coming-Of-Age Fix Now That ‘PEN15’ Is Over
- (TV)
- ... to a Western audience by teaching them what it means to be Muslim. Conversely, it doesn’t try to bear the burden of representing an entire religious group. Manzoor shows a nuanced (and underrepresented) ...
- Created on 19 January 2022
- 17. Bridget Everett’s Brilliant HBO series “Somebody Somewhere,” About a Midwestern Gal in Midlife Crisis, is Definitely Going to Be Your New Favorite Show
- (TV)
- ... of her sister, finds herself back in the midwestern town of Manhattan, Kansas, where she grew up, and where she is surrounded by all the same family drama and dysfunction of her childhood. (Everett herself ...
- Created on 14 January 2022
- 18. In Honor of Native-American Heritage Month Here Are 5 Indigenous Women History Makers You Should Have Learned About in Social Studies Class
- (Feminism)
- ... Over time, as Annie learned more about the key health challenges her community faced, she expanded her efforts into developing new strategies for improving trust in western doctors and medicine. She even ...
- Created on 15 November 2021
- 19. Favorite Shop "HausWitch" in Salem, MA, is Filled With Magical Products For House Cleaning and Self-Car
- (Living)
- ... your house like a witch! –ANNA GRAGERT BOUNDARIES IN A BOTTLE ($25) “This is the first product I stocked in the shop. It’s made by an incredible activist witch out in Western Massachusetts named ...
- Created on 26 October 2021
- 20. National Women's Soccer League Fires Coach After Sexual Abuse Allegations, Prompting Questions of Power Structures and Safety in Women's Spor
- (Feminism)
- ... to his coaching career. In fact, after the Portland Thorns launched an investigation against Riley in 2015, he was hired mere months later to coach the Western New York Flash, another NWSL team. Only after ...
- Created on 04 October 2021
