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Feminism

Review: The Barbie movie punts meaningful concepts into the void and leaves us with nothing. But maybe that’s the point.
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Come on Barbie, give us nothing!

by Virginia Walcott July 27, 2023July 27, 2023

"This is not a sweeping biopic of a beloved figure, but it's clear that we want it to be." Barbie may have no point other than highlighting the irony of the astronomical public value assigned to the entertainment industry compared to that of its creators.

An abolitionist review of the Barbie movie's imaginative universe serves as a reminder that systemic oppression can indeed be destroyed.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Barbie: Pretty Police

by Eteng Ettah July 27, 2023July 27, 2023
Dark Matter, a sestina poem by Kelsey Smoot, is a complicating and uncompromising ode to Black womxn, exploring reflexes and returns of gender.
Posted inARTS & SOUL

"Dark Matter": A poem for grief & other loves

by Kelsey Smoot July 25, 2023July 25, 2023
Tina Turner performs onstage at the United Center, October 1, 2000. (Photo by Paul Natkin/Getty Images) How Tina Turner's abuse and trauma remains a hip-hop trope.
Posted inARTS & SOUL

How Tina Turner's trauma remains a hip-hop trope—and why we need to abolish it

by Justin A. Davis May 25, 2023June 15, 2023
Victim or survivor? The language of patriarchal violence. Assigning language of victimhood or survival to those who have experienced gender violence is dehumanizing—not empowering.
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Who said we all survived?

by Breya M. Johnson May 25, 2023May 24, 2023
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Five Black Southerners you should know this Women's History Month

by Scalawag Editors March 21, 2023March 21, 2023
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Women have long borne the brunt of over-policing. Now, they're the fastest-growing incarcerated population in Texas.

by Cynthia Simons August 25, 2022August 26, 2022
Posted inRACE & PLACE

The number of women in U.S. prisons is skyrocketing, but little data exists about their experiences.

by Chloe Craig August 25, 2022August 26, 2022
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Treva Lindsay and Melissa Harris-Perry on misogynoir, poverty, and violence

by Courtney Napier April 25, 2022April 25, 2022
Posted inARTS & SOUL

How radical feminist politics shaped one of ATL's most beloved neighborhoods

by Neesha Powell-Ingabire December 28, 2021January 19, 2022
Posted inRACE & PLACE

A Native Crew asks: 'Whose land are you skating on?'

by Justin Garcia November 24, 2020November 24, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

'Visionary and Pragmatic'—A Black Feminist Guide to Electoral Politics

by Danielle Purifoy October 6, 2020October 6, 2021
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

"If we can dismantle patriarchy and capitalism, we might be onto something"

by Gabrielle Hernandez January 28, 2020September 16, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Fighting climate gentrification with a radical community garden

by Maria Esquinca February 25, 2019September 27, 2022
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Black Body As Told By The Stirrups

by Xandria Phillips February 18, 2019September 16, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

I know the culture that produced Kavanaugh: tradition and violence at D.C. prep schools

by Alysia Nicole Harris October 8, 2018November 16, 2022
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Midwifery makes a comeback in Alabama

by Katherine Webb-Hehn September 3, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Linea Nigra

by Nikky Finney April 25, 2018December 3, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

A bill that gives human rights to embryos is headed to the South Carolina Senate floor

by Shani Gilchrist February 26, 2018September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Spilling new entrances for queer Black feminist possibilities

by Eden Segbefia February 1, 2018December 3, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Ain't coming back again

by Sarah Cheshire October 26, 2017October 1, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Flora Crater, Southern state politics, and the ERA

by Matthew Braswell September 19, 2017September 16, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Two poems: "The Ancestral Wombyn" and "Whispers From the Womb"

by Alexandra Butler September 6, 2017December 3, 2020
Posted inARTS & SOUL

Two poems: "Muse Redaction" and "Are There Parts of You People Wear Around?"

by M'Bilia Meekers August 30, 2017December 3, 2020
Posted inRACE & PLACE

Scenes in the lives of two Mississippi matriarchs

by Alysia Steele August 1, 2017November 16, 2022
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

What would it really mean to have a woman as the U.S. President?

by Sarah Bufkin November 8, 2016December 3, 2020
Posted inSOUTHERN POLITICS

Re-booting the feminist bookstore

by Samantha Schuyler February 16, 2016October 27, 2020

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