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Posted inStory

Under the Influence: Watch(wo)men

by Soraya Roberts November 21, 2019January 13, 2023

We watch the (women) influencers watching the (heavily female) influencing industry, but the men aren’t entirely in the dark.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story

It’s Getting Hot in Here, So Take Off All Your Constructs

by Soraya Roberts August 16, 2019February 3, 2023

Hot Girl Summer has women subverting a feminine archetype, but only if they can embody it first.

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

On Beauty and Disability

by Aaron Gilbreath August 8, 2019October 19, 2022

Examining the body, disability, and the damaging idea of objective beauty.

Posted inStory

For the Thirsty Girl

by Soraya Roberts April 12, 2019April 21, 2023

Thirst used to be desperation, now it’s aspiration. And men are finding it hard to quench.

Posted inStory

What Gwyneth Paltrow and Great Expectations Taught Me about the Male Gaze

by saralouisey February 4, 2019October 19, 2022

Sara Petersen explores the origin of her desire to perform a certain type of femininity, and how the performance ultimately led her to pursue motherhood as a path to purpose.

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