Even AI Robots Don’t Want to Submit to the Patriarchy
"M3GAN 2.0" has joined an ongoing storytelling tradition in American culture about the cishet male fantasy companion: a wholly submissive female robot. Except this time, AI has entered the chat.
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Why Some of Us Have to Secretly Vote for Kamala
Who we cast a ballot for is private. But in some households, the threat from an abusive, domineering spouse, partner, or family member for making our own electoral choices can feel like taking a grave risk.
JD Vance Is Couching His Misogyny in a Fake Cat Fight
Trump’s ghoulish VP pick is awful at selling the GOP’s terrifyingly regressive platform. He’s even worse at taking potshots at VP Harris and her exciting presidential campaign.
We’ve All Been Forced to Be a “Fearless Girl”
The writer wondered why the statue elicited a strong reaction in her until she realized that everything about it—from the story behind its creation to image itself—evokes what it's like to be female in America.
When Can I Stop Caring What Others Think of Me?
For cis and trans women, living life out loud and expressing joy on social media has become an act of resistance in the face of unrelenting online misogyny.
Can We Love Art Created by Loathsome People?
In this in-depth interview, Andi Zeisler sits down with Claire Dederer, the author of the brilliant new book ‘Monsters,’ about the ethics of consuming art by people we have come to know as monstrous.
‘Blonde’ Is Little More Than Torture Porn
Author Joyce Carol Oates and film director Andrew Dominik have a sadistic way of portraying iconic actress Marilyn Monroe, reducing her rich life to a one-dimensional role: victim.
“Nice White Ladies” Helped Overturn Roe
It's dangerous to assume all women want to help one another. White women have a long history of upholding the white supremacist patriarchy.
When “Cancel Culture” Means Letting Go
Cancel culture’s critics make bad-faith arguments about censorship and worry about artists’ ability to rehabilitate their careers. But what about their fans, who are grappling with the grief of relinquishing a beloved relationship with their work?
The Real Cost of Sexual Assault
When municipalities settle sexual assault and harassment suits with taxpayers' money, Americans literally pay for the sexual predation we seem unwilling to confront.