When Will Hip-Hop Have Its #MeToo Reckoning? By Danielle Jackson Commentary It has already, time and time again.
Janelle Monáe’s New Music Teases a Queer, Femme Sensibility By Danielle Jackson Highlight Singer Janelle Monáe’s first full-length album in five years, “Dirty Computer,” takes an explicit look at sexual expression and female identity.
On Junot Díaz’s ‘The Silence’ and Our Uncomfortable Reckoning By Danielle Jackson Commentary The aftermath of trauma sometimes means that victims become victimizers, but we have to find a way to talk about it.
To Hug, or Not to Hug? By Emily Meg Weinstein Feature Emily Meg Weinstein considers the complexities of meeting and greeting in this #MeToo moment.
A Farewell to Fuckboys in the Age of Consent Culture By Minda Honey Feature Minda Honey explores the long unraveling of a #MeToo moment in the wake of cultural upheaval.
David Chang’s ‘Ugly Delicious’ Pushes Food TV in the Right Direction By Matt Giles Commentary ‘Ugly Delicious’ is everything that food TV should be, but a failure to address today’s most pressing issues leaves us wanting much, much more.
Homeward Bound: Allegedly a Sea of Sexual Harassment in the Field of Science By Krista Stevens Highlight A program to encourage women to take leadership positions in the field of science has sailed into the rough seas of the #metoo movement.
My Abuser’s Gender Made Me Doubt My Experience By Caroline Catlin Feature After an assault, Caroline Catlin questions the safety of queerness.
The Great Stink By Laurie Penny Feature It’s time for men to stop worrying about who they are, and start thinking about what they do.
A Speech and a Sermon By Catherine Cusick Highlight In her speech, Oprah reached out to “every man who chooses to listen.” Fifty years earlier, Martin Luther King, Jr. asked fearful men to speak up.
We’re All Mad Here: Weinstein, Women, and the Language of Lunacy By Laurie Penny Feature “He has demons.” The language of madness is the last resort for a society that can no longer deny the evidence of structural oppression and violence.
Where Do We Go From Here? By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary We are finally taking sexual harassment and abuse seriously. Now what?
