The Well Actually Andrea Grimes Jun 1, 2023

Can Social Media Host a Safe Space?

Andrea Grimes Jun 1, 2023

Since Twitter has turned into an unmitigated right-wing troll farm, users are looking to Bluesky in hopes of finding a well-moderated, inclusive haven for LGBTQ people, Black and brown people, and women. That doesn’t mean it’s an echo chamber.

Power Structures Brynn Tannehill Apr 27, 2023

Dungeons & Dragons Is the Game We Need Now

Brynn Tannehill Apr 27, 2023

The nearly-50-year-old fantasy game used to be the primary domain of nerdy white cis guys. But with collaborative storytelling as its core, it has become more accessible, imaginative, and inclusive, making it more popular than ever.

Fourth Estate Parker Molloy Feb 21, 2023

Legacy Media Tilts Two Ways: Center Right and Far Right

Parker Molloy Feb 21, 2023

Which is why we need independent news outlets who serve their readers and not conservative billionaire investors—to continue to bring unbiased, top-notch reporting. And we need them now more than ever.

Biography Paul Clements Jan 13, 2023

The ‘Conundrum’ Faced By a Pioneering Trans Travel Writer

Paul Clements Jan 13, 2023

In this exclusive excerpt, biographer Paul Clements offers a glimpse into way the late prolific English writer Jan Morris navigated a transphobic, misogynist literary world.

Pandemic Joe Osmundson Aug 25, 2022

We Can’t Fight Monkeypox “Ourselves”

Joe Osmundson Aug 25, 2022

Legacy media has reintroduced shame-based conversations from the AIDS era centering on behavioral change to contain an epidemic without mentioning vaccines. Have we learned nothing?

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State of Disunion Kaitlin Byrd Jun 7, 2022

When White Men Set Standards of “Normalcy”

Kaitlin Byrd Jun 7, 2022

White cisgender heterosexual men have assumed the power to define the terms for how to be—and not to be—in the world, rendering the rest of us aberrations. And that should terrify all of us.

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Social Science Joe Osmundson May 31, 2022

Does Shame Serve a Purpose Anymore?

Joe Osmundson May 31, 2022

People who feel shame believe one’s self is inherently wrong. Which might explain why those who most need to feel the emotion never do.

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First Person Lily Burana Dec 9, 2021

I Am Here to Remember the Forgotten

Lily Burana Dec 9, 2021

The writer reflects on how to grieve and most faithfully honor the life and work of L.A.-based artist and activist Diviana Ingravallo, who emerged during the AIDS pandemic and died an indirect casualty of COVID, rendered invisible by legacy media.

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Trans Rights Dianna Anderson Nov 10, 2021

The Anti-Trans and Anti-Abortion Connection

Dianna Anderson Nov 10, 2021

Anti-trans and anti-abortion protesters are trying to control the bodies of everyone who isn't a cis male. And they've proven they're willing to kill for it.

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TV Marcie Bianco Sep 9, 2021

I Want My Lesbian TV

Marcie Bianco Sep 9, 2021

Growing up in the 1980s, there was little in the way of queer representation on TV. Now we've shattered the celluloid closet. But is this progress restricted to our small screens?