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An old black-and-white photo of women protesting in Iran in the 80s. Many of them are yelling, with their fists in the air. They're protesting an (at the time) newly enforced dress code for women in Iran, requiring women to dress a certain way or else lose their jobs.
Gender

You Should Give a Sh*t About: Gender Apartheid

Under international criminal law, apartheid only applies to discrimination based on race. A new open letter argues it should apply to gender discrimination, too.

by Anna Lind-Guzik

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A line drawing of a woman's upper torso. Her arms are crossed in front of her, her hands covering her breasts. Underneath them, a pale blue-green aura is emanating from her chest, and pink and red flowers are blooming, further obscuring her breasts.
Motherhood

A Personal History of Breastfeeding

by Lacy Warner

A collage of screenshots, from various Muslim TikTok content creators, engaging in all sorts of different styles of content creation. In one video, the creator is dressed in a banana suit; in another, the creator is answering a question about cosplay; in another, it appears to be a cooking tutorial. The screenshots are overlapping, with various degrees of opacity, giving the feeling of rich, diverse array of content.
Internet

The New Faces of Being Visibly Muslim Online

by Anmol Irfan

An illustration of a larger figure contorted and in motion, bending over and arms spread, legs buckling. The person is featureless in the face, smooth and curved. Two smaller figures are grabbing and pulling at the larger figure, one grabbing at its wrist, and the other at its calf. We can just barely perceive an orb of light rising from behind the shoulders of the larger figure. The entire illustration is bathed in dark purple.
Covid

Long Covid Skepticism is a Slippery Slope

by Anna Hamilton

A vintage, black-and-white photo of a man walking into a building with a large "MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES" sign. He's wearing a long sleeved white button-down, high-waisted pants, and a cowboy hat. You can't see his face. On the site, there's a sandwich board sign that says "park here for information," next to an old-fashioned car.
Opinion

America Needs a Democracy, Not a Divorce

by Raina Lipsitz

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An illustration of two friends lying on the floor, one wearing a light blue, short sleeved collared shirt, her hands clasped over her chest and her eyes closed; the other woman is wearing a pink blouse and is leaning on her shoulder, looking up at the sky. Behind them there is a checkered blanket and bouquets of flowers. In two inserts, we see the woman in the pink shirt alone, clearly in pain and grieving.
Old Friends

“Then Came the Bodies”

by Marianne Eloise

An illustration of five friends, arms linked, exploring somewhere new.
Old Friends

The Healing Power of the Friendship Retreat

by Alanna Bennett

A painting of a woman from behind, holding a glass of wine and looking out at a party where everyone is socializing.
Old Friends

No New Friends

by Amil Niazi

An illustration of a photo album, with two people in different photos reaching out across the page towards each other.
Old Friends

How Do You Reconnect with Someone You Haven’t Spoken to in a Decade?

by Lio Min

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Politics

Drag queen Vanity is under a spotlight in the foreground, while most of the background is black. Her red hair is teased high in an up-do, with the front smoothed back. She's in profile, looking off to the side, and is wearing a large earring with many large gemstones. She's wearing a low cut muted green dress, with a crystal broach at the waist.
LGBTQ+

Tennessee’s Anti-Drag Bill Doesn’t Exist in a Vacuum

by Chrissy Stroop

A mother sits cross-legged inside of a dark wooden structure, looking at a pot on a fire. She is holding a young child, who is grasping her necklace and putting it in their mouth. The woman is wearing a dark blue and black knit cap, a long-sleeved gray shirt, and a red skirt patterned with large leaves. The child is wearing a lighter blue knit hat and a white garment. There are chalk drawings on the wooden walls behind them.
Human Rights

The Forgotten Women of West Papua

by Katie Dancey-Downs

Photograph of Kurdish exile and former Swedish Parliament member Amineh Kakabaveh, a woman in her early 50s with black wavy hair below her shoulders. She's wearing red lipstick and pearl earrings, and a colorful dress with a pattern of various fruits and flowers. She is looking off to the right.
Politics

What Will Amineh Kakabaveh Do Next?

by Fréderike Geerdink

An open box of matches with dark blue tips, over a red background. On the front of the box is a photo of Elon Musk's face, outlined in Twitter blue.
Gender

Why Do So Many Men Destroy What They Can’t Control?

by Anna Lind-Guzik

A woman gets her blood pressure checked by an employee at the Planned Parenthood clinic in Isolo, Lagos. A child sits in her lap, curiously watching what is happening.
Abortion

The Overturning of Roe v. Wade Didn’t Just Affect America

by Nelly Kalu

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A triptych of illustrations of Persian/Iranian foods in bright colors: a kebab, a pomegranate, and faloodeh (a traditional Iranian desert of vermicelli noodles in frozen sugar and rosewater syrup). The background is a bright but blurry Iranian flag, a stripe of green, white, and red.
Food

Becoming Persian

by Helen Donahue

Book cover for Whorephobia: Strippers on Art, Work, and Life, edited by Lizzie Borden. The cover is a bright pink with an abstract fishnet design in a darker pink, with a fun 70s font on top.
Books

Stripper Archive

by Antonia Crane

An illustration of a variety of hands reaching upwards from a turbulent body of water, clearly drowning. Above the water is a frazzled spiral of sky. No one is coming to their aid.
Opinion

When Gig Workers Inadvertently Become Care Workers

by s.e. smith

Climate Change

In Defense of Slow Rail

by Alex Park

A collage of images featuring a jacket with block printing, a close up of another jacket, parts of Pakistan's flag, and yellow and white price stickers in different currencies all over, with a deep brown background.
Fashion

Made in Pakistan

by Anmol Irfan

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