culture
Only Women’s Solidarity Can End Women’s Suffering
Senegalese auteur Ousmane Sembène's final film, "Moolaadé," takes on female genital mutilation
Apr 18 - Kemi Falodun
essays
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Warren Ellis Picks Five Books By Women You Should Read
The comics giant contributes to our Read More Women series
Apr 11 - Electric Literature
Read More Women 
Why Are Indonesians Being Erased from Indonesian Literature?
What we lose when Indonesian writing is evaluated according to Anglophone preferences
Apr 11 - Tiffany Tsao
books 
The Myth of the Consistently Great Writer
Publishing suffers from Paul Varjak syndrome, where successful writers are insulated from criticism
Apr 10 - Carrie V. Mullins
writing 
Philip K. Dick’s Unfinished Novel Was a Faustian Fever Dream
The sci-fi author died before he could write "The Owl in Daylight," but he described trippy plot ideas about aliens, music, and Disneyland
Apr 5 - Kristopher Jansma
Unfinished Business 
“Bad Boy” Publishers Aren’t Mavericks—They’re Depressingly Mainstream
The documentary "Obscene" tries to praise 1980s publisher Barney Rosset for breaking boundaries, but only shows how far we haven't come
Apr 4 - Manuel Betancourt
culture 
The Woman Who Rewrote Me
What happens when the person you love treats you like a character in one of her stories?
Apr 2 - Jedediah Berry
writing 
How Media Coverage Undermines Women Authors
You're not imagining things: A new report confirms that women get diminished, diminishing treatment
Mar 28 - Carrie V. Mullins
writing 
What Science Can Learn from Constipated Dogs
"Gulliver's Travels" shows us how modern science could benefit from a little satire
Mar 21 - Andrei Smolnikov
books 
Liking Books Is Not a Personality
The invention of “bookishness,” and why Marie Kondo is so threatening to people who buy in
Mar 19 - Hannah McGregor
culture 
