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Mad Woman
Feminist takes on literature and culture.
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Sex in the time of fascism
In ‘One Night Only,’ dystopia meets romcom with disastrous effects for us all
"I wanted to watch powerful men get what’s coming to them"
Author Emily Lynn Paulson does the Mad Woman Intake
Towards a feminist theory of love
Stuff to read and watch that you too can use as an antidepressant, including my take on The Invite
Behind every male genius is a woman doing invisible labor w/ Jo Piazza
Watch the replay of our live conversation
Join me for a cowriting session today
Weekly Write Like a Madwoman sessions start today at 12pm PT/3pm ET
The spectacle of the madwoman
On Lindsay Clancy, feminist revenge narratives, and the desire for cosmic justice
"I do like feeling things. I really do."
Author and basketball player Mac Crane does the Mad Woman Intake
Introducing Write Like a Madwoman sessions
Weekly creative inspiration & cowriting—starting next Friday!
'The Ultimatum' is an unimaginative take on love and relationships
In the Netflix dating show, marriage is not only the peak life goal, and the definition of love, it's also the measuring stick of another person’s worth.
Why don't men read books written by women?
Feminism is not to blame for the gender divide, men who don’t read are.
"I was definitely taught to care for other people’s feelings over my own"
Author Julie Buntin does the Mad Woman Intake
Is any man safe?
Progressive men prove once against that they are not immune to rape culture.
Anatomy of a manchild
It’s his summer (again), we’re just living in it.
Girl rivalry & the paradoxes of feminism
The Olivia/Taylor dichotomy
"I am simply mad about... middle-aged women reinventing themselves"
Novelist and bookstore owner Emma Straub does the Mad Woman Intake
What to binge right now
What to watch after a long day in the sun.
Olivia Rodrigo knows men make women sick
The thin line between love and pathology in ‘you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love’
The subversive art of sucking at stuff
I'm playing tennis now, and I'm teaching my kids to enjoy being bad at things.
"The feelings I thought would kill me were actually essential for my survival"
Author Allie Rowbottom does the Mad Woman Intake
Beyond heteropessimism
What will it take for us to hear the content of women's complaints?
Hot reads for hot divorcée summer
Let's glamorously inhale books in the warm sand
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