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This week we're talking about feminist porn, Colson Whitehead's new book, "Harry Potter" updates, the legacy of I Love Dick, the Favela Painting Foundation, Ivanka Trump, and the glory of short stories.
This Is What A Feminist Porn Magazine Looks Like
From the outside, Math Magazine looks more like a vintage textbook or old-school medical journal than a porn magazine. And that’s exactly the point. “Our discreet design and name allow readers, also known as Mathletes, to inconspicuously look at pornography in public,” editor-in-chief MacKenzie Peck explained in an interview with The Huffington Post. (Read more here.)
Why White Americans Fail To Reckon With The Truth Of Slavery
The Underground Railroad is an instant classic that makes vivid the darkest, most horrific corners of America’s history of brutality against black people. (Read more here.)
The New ‘Harry Potter’ Book Seems Like Fan Fiction Because It Basically Is
By now, most of us Muggles have had ample time to read up on Cursed Child, so now’s your warning: This piece has as many spoilers as the Weasley’s garden has gnomes. (Read more here.)
Women Need ‘I Love Dick’ More Than Ever
Almost 20 years after Chris Kraus’ cult novel debuted, Jill Soloway brings the feminist masterpiece to your TV screen. (Read more here.)
Favela Painting Foundation Is Using Art To Rejuvenate Brazil’s Slums
Dutch artists Dre Urhahn and Jeroen Koolhaas started working in Rio de Janeiro over 10 years ago ― long before the Olympics or the World Cup shed international light on economic inequality plaguing the major Brazilian city. Back then, they said, nobody ever wanted to talk about favelas or the people living in them, except sporadically on the news.
That has changed quite a bit. (Read more here.)
'Americanah' Author Believes Ivanka Trump Secretly Opposes Her Father
“I just imagine that she doesn’t really believe her father is the right choice for the U.S.” (Read more here.)
The Must-Read Short Stories Behind 16 Great Movies
🚂 Yet another reason y’all need to get on the short fiction train. 🚂. (Read more here.)
Netflix recommendation of the week!
Need help figuring out what to watch on Netflix? Here's what our editors have to say about Tangerine: “Tangerine,” a devastating story of two transgender sex workers traversing L.A. by foot on Christmas Eve, was shot on iPhones and cost pennies to make. You wouldn’t know it, though, and to tout that as its key accomplishment would be a disservice."
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