There’s a direct line from missing and murdered indigenous women to the repression of Native women’s contributions to art and culture, but those long-silenced voices are now making themselves heard.
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The Diabolical Genius of the Baby Advice Industry
On the modern explosion of a confusing, quackery-filled, yet irresistibly addictive book genre.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Story
American Dirt: A Bridge to Nowhere
“Jeanine Cummins can write about Mexico — but she will be judged on whether her writing actually captures the experiential and emotional and ethical complexity of that place, and she will be judged with extra care because she is an outsider.”
Posted inReading List
Sex Work and Workers: A Reading List to Get You Beyond Law & Order SVU and Pretty Woman
The best way to learn what being a sex worker is like is to listen to sex workers.
Posted inNonfiction
Your Turn
Damon Young looks back at his family’s journey toward homeownership, and what that can really mean when you’re black in America.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
Remembering Pete Shelley of the Buzzcocks
The Buzzcocks’ enduring influence might have surprised punk frontman Pete Shelley, but not his fans.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Digital Age Won’t Kill Paper
Just like handwriting survived long after the introduction of print, paper is still very much part of our internet-era economy.
Posted inStory
Fashions Fade, But Fleabag Is Forever
The jumpsuit is great, but it won’t get you a hot priest or a BAFTA — you’re not Fleabag (or Phoebe Waller-Bridge).
Posted inStory
When Did Pop Culture Become Homework?
When art is a should or a must or a have to, when we turn it into a chore, it is the opposite of what art is supposed to be.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes
Who Benefits from Homeless Relocation Programs?
Many American cities offer the homeless free bus tickets to move somewhere, but do these relocation programs do vunerable populations more harm than good?
