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The Radical Generosity of Arundhati Roy

After a 20-year hiatus from fiction, the Indian writer and activist returns to challenge the limits of the contemporary Indian novel.

The singer's music taps into a shared queer history of escape, longing, and disappointment—while reveling in the pleasure of all those emotions.

One Juneau-based nonprofit has decided to give it a try.

Offering sanitized versions of movies like Easy A is Hollywood's latest offensive against alleged copyright infringement.

To keep up with a faster fashion cycle, designers are reframing bare shoulders as a symbol of female empowerment.

In his new book-length poem, Tommy Pico sends up Hollywood and literary archetypes with a protagonist who begrudges the great outdoors.

On the eve of the group's final release, a look back at how the pioneering female R&B group represented for black women everywhere.

Jim Hines, who went viral for making gender-swapped book covers, explains how he raises social awareness with his sci-fi.

The menstrual technology in Anne With an E is historically accurate, if not entirely comprehensive.

Netflix's new adaptation is a welcome rejoinder to television's long history of ignoring—or vilifying—menstruation.