When It Comes to Gay Politics, Sophie Hawkins Should Sit Down
by: Derrick Clifton “Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover” might’ve been a big hit in 1991, but Sophie B. Hawkins has a new record out and she wants all […]
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Hollywood’s Highest-Paid Lip-Biter: Why Kristen Stewart Is a Terrible Role Model for Young Women
by: Kaitlyn Conners According to Forbes last week, Kristen Stewart is officially Hollywood’s highest paid actress. Take this jump to reflect and take a deep breath. First, I think whoever did […]
A One-Woman Erotic Manifesto: How Sasha Grey Is Saving the Porn Industry
by: Mimi Nguyen “Come here, you have to see this porn.” I looked at my friend as I prepared our dinner from her kitchen stove and said something like, “Porn […]
Is Wal-Mart Paying the Gay Away?: Speculation on Why the Pride Parade Route Was Changed
by: Erica Feliciano A robbery has taken place in the Boystown community of Lakeview. The culprit? Wal-Mart. The big box, neighborhood-ruining store has made its way into Lakeview’s Boystown and […]
Femininity in Flux: Marina and the Diamonds’ Deconstruction of the American Woman
by: Kevin Sparrow America through the eyes of other countries has long been a feature of high and pop culture. In music, the perception of the modern American female has […]
Not a Role Model for Women: Why I Don’t Want to Be Carrie Bradshaw
by: Carrie Emge When I first meet people and tell them my name, I sometimes add, “Like Carrie Bradshaw.” I do this for a variety of reasons: Carrie rhymes with […]
Gut Wrench: The Importance of Frank Bidart’s “Like”
by: Greg Sato Frank Bidart’s poem “Like” was originally published in The New Yorker in 2009 and is available on the magazine’s website. The middle-aged and the very much-aged condescend […]
Marcia’s Law: It Takes a Victim to Make a Bully
by: Marcia Prichason Fourth grade was tough for me. We had moved from New York to Illinois two years before, and by that time other kids realized that in September […]
Queering the Pornographic: A Response to “Why I Hate Porn”
by: Jonathan Doucette I would like to take the opportunity to continue the important conversation raised by Timothy in his May 24th post, “Just as Pretty As You Want Them: […]
What’s Wrong With This Picture: Gender Inequality in Comic Books
by: Courtney Rust Alright readers: are you ready for this? This article is an interactive one. What I need you to do first is stand up. Yes, you! C’mon, stand […]
