LAST MONDAY, MARCH 7TH marked the third anniversary of the 2013 re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). This landmark legislation, first passed in…
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…There is an argument for poetry being deep but I am not that argument. Eileen Myles, “A Poem,” Not Me I BECAME INTERESTED in Eileen…
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AMONG ALL OF THE DISCUSSION ABOUT #OSCARSSOWHITE, the fact that the Oscars are still, as they always have been, so very male was left out…
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MARCH IS A BIG MONTH FOR WOMEN IN THE SUPREME COURT, as the Justices hear arguments for two major cases of consequence for women’s reproductive…
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DEMI LOVATO is about to be showered with love by her LGBT fans at the 27th annual GLAAD Media Awards. Lovato, who is in a…
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WOMEN IN COMICS might have had a shaky start to 2016, after the Angoulême Festival snubbed female writers and artists entirely in its 43rd annual award, but…
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ALTHOUGH IT’S NOT FEASIBLE, I wish Academy voters had been able to see Lady Gaga’s Oscar performance of “Til It Happens To You,” the song…
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THE PHRASE “19th-CENTURY BLACK WOMEN WRITERS” probably brings to mind only one or two names. Sojourner Truth, probably; Phyllis Wheatley if you’re fancy. If you…
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DANIEL CRAIG deserved to be paid more than Rooney Mara for The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo… according to the actress herself, that is. The…
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JUST WHEN YOU THOUGHT the Oscars couldn’t sink any lower when it came to diversity in the show — or its lack thereof — Hollywood…
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LENA DUNHAM will not miss the constant questions about her weight and willingness to strip off on camera once Girls finishes. The writer/director has been starring…
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FROM SUFFRAGIST PAMPHLETS to the xeroxed zines of riot grrl, DIY publishing is one of the oldest tricks in the feminist book. Creating and controlling…
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