Adele may have dropped a bombshell with just one word at her Las Vegas residency on Saturday. Entertainment Tonight reported that during a portion of the show where Adele took audience questions, one attendee asked her if she could marry her. Adele responded, “You can’t marry me, I’m straight, my love. And my husband’s here […]
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So many films that are considered essential queer cinema do not have happy endings. Brokeback Mountain, the love story between two cowboys in Wyoming based on a novella by Annie Proulx, certainly does not see Jack Twist and Ennis Del Mar live happily ever after. The tragic real-life murder of transgender man Brandon Teena is […]
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Coutersy of Ardell + Design Leah Romero I vividly recall being 16 years old and accompanying my grandmother to the Sephora in New York City’s Times Square. She methodically walked every aisle, picking up any product that caught her eye—fascinated by the packaging and the formulas and the color offerings, as joyful as a kid […]
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On 23 October, 1915, over 25,000 women marched along Fifth Avenue in New York City advocating for women’s suffrage. Among them, 27-year-old Francis Marion, a woman with a rebellious side and an iron will, who would later become the highest paid writer in Hollywood and the first writer to receive two Academy Awards. Born Marion […]
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Today in Feminist History is our daily recap of the major milestones and minor advancements that shaped women’s history in the U.S.—from suffrage to Shirley Chisholm and beyond. These posts were written by, and are presented in homage to, our late staff historian and archivist, David Dismore. October 22, 1915: The rapidly rising tide of […]
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