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Arts+Creators
A Hidden History Of Policing Female Pleasure (And Power)
Feeling pleasure isn’t just a little thing we should try to make more time for in our busy lives because it’s fun. It’s a radical act of resistance against a history of suppression and pain. Read more
The Sound Of The Bell As It Leaves The Bell
Sometimes amid damaging patterns, the loss of people we love, our creeping self-doubt and bone-tiredness with grey—we need reminding our life has been here, beautiful and shining, the whole time. Read more
Into The Gap: What Machine Learning Reveals About Gender And Writing
The technologies we are using to generate text—from auto-replies to articles—are learning the patterns in the set of texts we give them. And these technologies, in turn, are not only writing for all of us, but imposing the patterns they’ve learned. Read more
The Complicated And Painful Legacy Of Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss Enterprises continues to run its multi-million-dollar global portfolio almost thirty years after the beloved author’s death, but the specter of infidelity and suicide haunts the whimsical hills of his legacy. Read more
The Oscars May Be Insular And Elitist, But They Still Make Careers
In the 91 years of Oscar nominations, only 5 women have been nominated and two were in the last ten years. The historic and systematic exclusion of women from Oscar nominations cripples the careers of women directors.
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Here’s Your Abortion Survivalist Guide For An Impending Emergency: Q&A With Author And Activist Robin Marty
“I would be highly surprised if we don’t have a state where abortion is either illegal after six weeks or there’s no clinic. Honestly, I think the first thing that’s going to happen is we’re going to have a clinic-free state within the next twelve months. If I were going to put money on it I’d say it’s Missouri.” Read more
Meet The Artist Photographing Walls Scribbled With Mental Anguish In India
This the story of Deepa Saxena, a former teacher who, for the past ten years, has been inscribing her words on the walls of Meerut; a small town in Northern India. Read more
Filthy, Brilliant Drawings: The Enduring Legend Of Julie Doucet’s Feminist Comics
When Julie Doucet wrote the first comic of her eventual series ‘Dirty Plotte’ in 1987, no one — not even feminists — would publish her work. Decades later, she is one the most controversial and celebrated figures in the comics canon. Read more
For Whom the Bells Toll: The Life And Politics Of Bell Bottoms
When you wear bell bottoms you can’t help but take up space, and people can’t help but notice you. Fashion has always been used to send messages, or to exhibit social status or wealth. In many cultures, black at a funeral shows you’re mourning, just as a bride in white at her wedding represents purity. Victorian women wore Read more