Hot Girl Summer has women subverting a feminine archetype, but only if they can embody it first.
defying gender norms
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Busting Broncos and the Patriarchy
After nearly a century of being denied the opportunity, women are riding bucking broncos in American rodeo once again, and regaining the respect they deserve.
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Semi-Fluid States: The Rigid Line of Straightness
Minda Honey interrogates her sexuality and questions the future of straight-by-default.
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America’s Duded-Up Kitchens
Companies have re-coded their appliances to capitalize on men’s entry into the kitchen, and they’ve taken their stereotypes with them.
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A Fat Body and a Fat Mind: On Taking Up Space, Unapologetically
Carmen Maria Machado’s stunning essay in Guernica on the power of women who take up space is an important read for people of any size.
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The High Price of Breaking Ground
McMahon hired her in 1997, and Chyna became the first woman to battle male wrestlers in the WWF ring, much to the chagrin of many fans, who protested Chyna’s presence by throwing batteries at her and spreading nasty rumors. (One was that she had the world’s largest clit; another, that she had a penis.) But […]
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When a Sibling Transitions
In Glamour, Meghan Tear Plummer reflects on her sister’s transition to her brother late in life, and wrestles with what his liberation means for their relationship.
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Musical Genius Is a Gendered Idea
But really, what is a musician’s voice if not distinctive? Isn’t that… good? Entire pieces have been written about the voices of Bob Dylan and Tom Waits, so American and vital and wise in their manly scratchiness, like unshaved bristle and whiskey and dirt. Man voice make music good. Woman voice music bad: Too high. […]
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‘Why I Created My Own World’: Mark Hogancamp on ‘Marwencol,’ The Fantasy Town Where He’s a Hero
“I know Hogancamp’s story well, but every time I hear it, I’m struck by his resilience, and also by how cruel and violent people can be.”