Culture

Police Violence: As Real As Real Can Be

While other kids heard fairy tales and nursery rhymes, I heard stories about racially-motivated police violence.

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Don't Pick: Flash Fiction

She closed in on the open pores enlarged ten times their normal size by a high magnification pocket mirror.

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Count Down SNL's Best Feminist Moments With Us

To honor Saturday Night Live’s 40th anniversay, we celebrate its grossest, weirdest, best moments of female comedy.

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The Best (And Worst) Books We Were Forced To Read In High School   

In honor of Harper Lee coming out with a new book, we look back at those formative high school years . . .

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This Week In Pantsuit Politics: Greece's New Parliament President Stands Up To Sexist Bullies

Also this week: Scotland's first female prime minister continues to kill it, and Hillary takes on anti-vaxxers.

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Ravishly's Top 5 Reads Of The Week

Left Shark musings, an analysis of "plus-size," and why women should pop the question . . . among other treasures. You know what to do. Ravish it.

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Bob Barker Gave Me These Freckles: Suicide In A Patriarchal Society

Suicide is a calculated escape from desperation—it is also a paralytic of the patriarchy, used to thin the herd of potential disruptors.

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Yes, I'm A Bearded Lady; No, I'm Not "Grateful" For Your Attention

“I actually like women who look like you.” How do I begin to explain what is wrong with that statement?

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