To go as far as she can, and yes, to be a little disgusting too, is the project of Sharon Olds “Odes.” The poems dig …
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Between the Chisel and the Gene: Neri Oxman’s Organic Design
Neri Oxman argues in her 2015 TED Talk that “the world exists between two design cultures, one that is designed for n…
Poem: Harlem 2012
by Sara Fetherolf
Sara Fetherolfʼs work has been published in numerous journals and nominated for a Pushcart Prize. She lives in Brookl…
Green Lights by Marilyn Minter
Marilyn Minter is an American artist currently living and working in New York City. She collaborated with Miley Cyrus…
Why Women Should Talk about Masturbation
While our society is coming to embrace women’s free sexual expression with a partner, we still tend to keep mum about…
Commodifying the Body: What Surrogacy and Prostitution Have in Common
A BDSM educator shares her experiences with sex work and explains the troubling implications of commodifying the body…
The Collapse of Fact and Fiction: Barbara Loden’s “Wanda”
When Wanda (played by Barbara Loden) divorces her husband and leaves her two small children behind, she is quickly st…
The Body Issue: A Note From the Editors
Simone de Beauvoir famously said, “To lose confidence in one’s body is to lose confidence in oneself.” Yet there are …