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Finish Line

Bronson Lemer -
This essay is part of Avidly’s “Too Real” series, guest edited by Carissa M. Harris: a series of short, vivid essays focusing on a...

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On Paul McCartney’s Beard

#HairStudies Jill Spivey Caddell -
At the intersection of #HairStudies and contemporary Dad Discourse lies Paul McCartney’s beard. Get Back, Peter Jackson’s meticulous and beautiful reimagining of footage from...

“Never Been a Scared Bitch”:

Bodies and Minds Ruby C. Tapia -
“And since they wanna pay attention, I’ma bill it on ‘em” (Young M.A)2: Round 1 Fight films hit different for fighters. The difference stems from...

This Is How An Iconic 1980s Ad Doomed Women

Bodies and Minds Devorah Blachor -
Why are women still primarily responsible for the unpaid labor of parenting and domestic work? As women struggled under the pressures of the Covid...

My Uncle, Pedophile: On Writing the Difficulty

Bodies and Minds Jonathan Alexander -
The popular and even some of the scholarly literature on writing about trauma, including childhood sexual abuse, suggests that such writing should be healing...

Twenty-Five Years Later

Bodies and Minds Michelle Chihara -
The past few weeks—scratch that—the past few years have been triggering for many women. Most recently, at Harvard, a bunch of powerful professors closed...
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