Women of colour’s sexuality in Nicki Minaj’s “Anaconda” VS. J.Lo and Iggy Azalea’s “Booty”:
“I’m not saying that any time a woman displays her body it has to be subversive or a statement; rather, it all contributes to the way women’s bodies are seen in media, so we should be mindful of that.” [The Music]
I wrote about the women of Masters of Sex. [TheVine]
Household chores aren’t a woman thing: they’re a person thing. [Jezebel]
When celebrities become spokespeople for feminism. [The Guardian, Kill Your Darlings]
“There’s something suspicious about anyone eager to identify with the oppressed”: on male feminists. [The Cut]
Cosmopolitan US editor Joanna Coles talks about the magazine changing its politics. [NPR]
On the semiotics of the Basic Bitch. [The Cut]
And a “thot” is like the black version of a Basic Bitch: “both pinpoint a woman’s consumption habits in order to impugn her character”. [Slate]