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"Gender is a negotiation" whether you realize it or not.
What does it even mean to be trans? That's the first question Torrey Peters asks readers in her new book, Stag Dance, and it's the question that everyone should be asking themselves right now.
Stag Da…
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
"Celebrity" just isn't hitting like it used to...
When twitch streamers can sway elections and viral videos can turn fifteen seconds of fame into hundreds of millions of dollars, it kind of makes you wonder: who's a real "celebrity" these days? And …
Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago
Is Hollywood soft censoring Palestinian art?
Last weekend, the Academy Award for Best Documentary went to a film that still lacks a U.S. distribution deal. 'No Other Land' is a powerful look at Palestine's southern West Bank, and has received w…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
The R-word is back. But why?
Over the past few years, Brittany has noticed the resurgence of the R-word - a word that otherwise left the cultural lexicon. And while that's troubling in and of itself, its return may also have lar…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
Want to be less lonely? Here are five tips.
We're back with a bonus episode of "All the Lonely People," a series diving deep into how loneliness shows up in our lives.
This week: how do we get out of loneliness? Brittany hears from listeners a…
Published on 9 months, 3 weeks ago
The WWE vs. the American education system
President Trump is calling for the end of the U.S. Department of Education, but so have other Republicans since the day it was formed in 1979. So why do Republicans hate it enough to lambast it, but …
Published on 10 months ago
What women want: to embrace their inner monsters
What do The Substance, Nosferatu, and Babygirl have in common? They externalize the characters' inner feelings - self-loathing, guilt, shame - in the most grotesque ways possible.
Ahead of the Academy…
Published on 10 months ago
Lonely? There's an app for that... but should there be?
We're back with "All the Lonely People," a series diving deep into how loneliness shows up in our lives.
This week: can tech cure our loneliness? Companies like Meeno (an AI relationship coaching app…
Published on 10 months ago
Artists vs. the White House
Several entertainers and artists have severed ties with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts since President Trump assumed chairmanship of the organization. This week, Brittany is joine…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago
Need a laugh in these trying times? 'One of Them Days' is the comedy for you
Keke Palmer and SZA play two down on their luck friends who run into a series of hilarious unfortunate events in One of Them Days.
Host Brittany Luse and IBAM producer Corey Antonio Rose joined NPR's…
Published on 10 months, 1 week ago