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“What made me want to start this entire organization was my anger. Being a Black woman in America, you have a lot of reasons to be angry.”
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“Open” by @RachelKrantz is an insightful and compassionate reminder that nonmonogamy—like any other intimate relationship—is only as viable as the humans involved make it.
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“Judy Blume gets well-deserved recognition for demystifying puberty and sex for generations of kids, but she should get a lot more for finding sweet, earnest humor in the aftermath of the Holocaust.”
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Orlando is still ultimately allowed to exert her autonomy at the film’s end, a resolution that is a far cry from the exploitative tragedies of films in the same decade like “Boys Don’t Cry.”
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We have recommendations for what to read in the fascinating genre of writing about writing including books by Elena Ferrante, Akwaeke Emezi, Mary Karr.
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Anonymous accounts build on a tradition of personal storytelling as a radical act, a notable tactic in the consciousness-raising groups that were central to the rise of second-wave feminism.
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Greta Gerwig’s “Lady Bird” and Celine Sciamma’s “Portrait of a Lady on Fire” employ a female gaze, while Barry Jenkins’ “Moonlight” and Jane Campion’s “The Power of the Dog” dismantle the violence associated with masculinity.
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