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POPAGANDA | The Feminist Beauty Secrets of Witches
A group of magical experts in witchcraft and beauty culture guided my investigation into the powerful potential of hexing the patriarchy, carrying empowering talismans and invoking the names of powerful goddesses alone to yourself in your room.
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Excerpts from Everything: The Pieces I’m Most Proud of From the 2010s
I came out in 2010, so this new year has particular resonance for me: It’s the span of time housing my entire queer, feminist career. These are things that I wrote that I am most proud of from the last ten years.
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POPAGANDA | The Feminist Guide to Escaping Diet Culture
I kicked off Popaganda’s GLAMOUR season by talking to feminist activists and academics about how diet culture is fueling the kyriarchy, and how all of us can escape its clutches.
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POPAGANDA | Burning Down the House
I talked to women advancing feminist agendas (and candidates) on Capitol Hill about what it will take to continue empowering women in politics to shake up the system.
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POPAGANDA | Real Talk with Feminist Trailblazers
Inspired by my own feelings of displacement and isolation in the movement, I talked to some of the most prominent intersectional feminist leaders about the challenges they’ve faced in their work to build a better feminism.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Patrisse Cullors is Imagining New Futures
I talked to the trailblazing movement leader about prison abolition, non-reformance reform and what she’s focused on in the midst of the 2020 elections.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Warning for Humanitarians
“As you get older,” the award-winning author told me, “you’re looking at your bag of fucks to give, and it’s empty, so you just say what she would say.”
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MS. MAGAZINE | Meet the #MeTooVoter
On the two-year anniversary of #MeToo’s viral explosion, I reported on the #MeTooVoter online campaign calling on political leaders to address sexual harassment and design solutions for safer workplaces.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Keeping Track of the Gender Gap on Impeachment
I broke down new polling data that reveals a growing gender gap shaping the unfolding impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump.
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MS. MAGAZINE | Gloria Feldt Wants More Women Empowered and in Power
Feldt talked to me about the 50 Women Can program and the results she’s already seeing—and even handed down some advice for activists looking to leverage their voices to accelerate change.
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