Waves is rare in its willingness to present a blurred marriage of volatility and sympathy without preaching or suggesting anything to the viewer. The movie itself crashes down on the audience like a wave, putting viewers in a state of constant unrest.
A new report from GLAAD (the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) shows that there has been an incredible improvement in the representation of the LGBTQ community across TV platforms this year.
Now more than ever, I value Hispanic Heritage Month as a time to reflect on my family’s personal story but also to acknowledge the stories of the entire community.
As of August 1, the Netherlands has instituted a ban on burqas and niqabs in public places, including hospitals, educational facilities, police departments, public museums, and public transportation. This recent policy change stands in stark contrast to the common narrative of Dutch people as tolerant and progressive, and highlights just how pervasive populism and Islamophobia currently are in Europe.
As I've grown older, the author whose words I have most often remembered, that has rescued and offered solace to my friends and me is Toni Morrison.
Our culture still does not accept “American” as a full identity, especially to those who look ethnically ambiguous or nonwhite. Your Americanism is less likely to be questioned if you resemble the white English immigrants who settled in New England in the 17th century. But otherwise, immigrants and their children who have lived in this country for years are still viewed as foreign.
This film takes place in 2006, at the height of over-surveillance of Arab and Muslim communities in a post 9/11 United States and gives viewers a much-needed view into the inner life of a Muslim American teen girl.
Since Sontag’s articulation of camp, however, camp has been elevated to a new cultural meaning and enactment, primarily by the LGBTQ community, and even more specifically by people of color in that community — a reality the Met Gala theme failed to acknowledge.
Although unearthing the trauma this illness has caused has been difficult, it has also taught me a lot about what it means to stand up for myself and the countless other people who have been affected by it.
In November 2018, the beloved teen magazine Rookie released its final post, marking the end of an era. To its young, mostly female readers, Rookie felt like an ideal older sister — someone who was cool, wise, a little rebellious, and, most importantly, treated you like an equal. But as special as Rookie was, it was far from unique.
Beyond not feeling represented or seen by my doctors, the persistence of a binary understanding of sex and gender in the medical field has failed to account for the way I, and patients like me, deserve and need to be treated.
Higginbotham has covered topics including death, sex, and divorce. Recently, she told the FBomb about her newest book, Not My Idea, which tackles racism and white privilege, and is available now.
Religion is the thread that runs through the heart of India, but these questions have hardly been explored in public. Indian women’s ideas about religion have particularly been ignored by these institutions. So I decided to ask them about it.
While there are no laws that blatantly incriminate homosexuality, same-sex marriage is not legally recognized in Kenya, a country that is also generally quite socially hostile to members of the LGBTQ+ community.
As season 3 of the “Nancy” podcast from WNYC Studios comes to a close, co-hosts Kathy Tu and Tobin Low took some time to tell the FBomb about their show, their lives, and which Queer Eye character they would be.
The Scarlett Johansson incident was hardly the first time a cisgender actor was criticized for taking a role many believe should have gone to a trans actor. In fact, a pattern of cisgender actors being cast as, and then inevitably critically acclaimed and rewarded for playing, transgender characters has emerged over the past few years.
As a kid, I did not understand queerness, although I undoubtedly embodied it in many ways. I wish I’d had an educational resource to help me understand and feel comfortable about my queerness much earlier in my life. So I made one. Queer Kid Stuff is an LGBTQ+ educational YouTube series for kids ages 3+ (but really, it’s for all ages).
I have found myself critically examining elements of my own privilege as an American from a metropolitan area that I had previously taken for granted.
The Masterpiece Cakeshop case isn’t really about cake at all. It’s about discrimination. This case could potentially lead to legalizing discrimination against the LGBT+ community because a couple requested a wedding cake and was denied.
Many women at women’s colleges dress in a way that transcends gender, in ways that do not align with societal expectations of how women are supposed to look. Our individual styles go beyond gendered expectations.
I have not yet come out to my family, and I began to wonder why I had to at all. Why is my identity one that has to be defined as “other” by our society?
In 2007, Anna Holmes created Jezebel.com, a website that revolutionized popular discussions around the intersections of gender, race, and culture. Since then, Holmes has had a wide-ranging career — she has contributed to The Washington Post and The New Yorker online and is a regular contributor to the New York Times Sunday Book Review.
By now, most young feminist are aware of the well-documented efforts students have made to push back against sexist dress codes. Administrators and teachers across the country continue to shame their female students for wearing “revealing” tank tops and shorts, claiming their exposed skin “distracts” male students. These dress codes, young feminists claim, are an affront to feminist progress...