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Instead of fighting about one article written by one woman, I thought I’d list a bunch of articles/videos/etc. that were created in 2011 by multiple women! All of these things are great and I enjoyed them very much.*
Everything Maura Johnston writes for The Village Voice
Anna Holmes’ The Disposable Woman for The New York Times
Sheila McClear’s The Last of the Live Nude Girls
Allie Brosh’s Adventures in Depression for Hyperbole and a Half
Emily Nussbaum’s “The Rebirth of the Feminist Manifesto” for NYMag
Julie Klausner’s How Was Your Week? podcast
Mary H.K. Choi’s “All The Young Girls” for The New York Times
Issa Rae’s The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl series
Molly Lambert’s “In Which We Teach You How To Be A Woman In Any Boys Club” and “In Which We Consider Why Shorty Always Wanna Be A Thug” for This Recording
Carolita Johnson’s “The Evolution of Ape-Face Johnson” at The Hairpin
Liz Labacz’s “The Best Time I Met My Birthmother” at The Hairpin
Edith Zimmerman’s “American Marvel” for GQ
All of Jenny Zhang’s fiction for Rookie
Mikala Bierma’s Videos
Irin Carmon’s “The Next Front In The Abortion Wars: Birth Control” for Salon
Anne Helen Petersen’s “Classic Hollywood” series at The Hairpin
Nell Boechenstein’s “Now That Books Mean Nothing” for The Morning News
Sady Doyle’s “Pop Culture Comfort Food” for Rookie
Maria Bustillos’ “Inside David Foster Wallace’s Private Self-Help Library” at The Awl
Michelle Dean’s “Homeland and Enlightened: Women On The Verge of Nervous Breakthroughs” at The Awl
Natasha Vargas-Cooper’s The Celebrity Rehab of Dr. Drew for GQ
Tavi Gevinson’s “Two Blocks Over” for Rookie
Riese’s “It’s Not Britney, Bitch” for Autostraddle
Erin Gloria Ryan’s “Lady Macgyver” series for Jezebel
Anna Holmes’ “Spotlighting the Work of Women in the Civil Rights Movement’s Freedom Rides“ for The Washington Post
Mallory Ortberg’s “So You’ve Decided To Drink More Water” for The Hairpin
*(Please note that this is an extremely incomplete list, as it was pulled from the ADD archives of my brain, and I know that I’m missing some important pieces, which I will add as soon as I remember/the meds kick in/unicorn dinosaur rainbow)
Reblogging this so I can go through and read these later.
