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Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain and the gendering of martyrdom. Recent documentaries highlight the unequal treatment of male and female artists, even in death.

Dr. Lee Lakeman talks with Chris Hedges about power and the possibility of forming true resistance.

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Glosswitch on “privileged bitches” and Rihanna’s #BBHMMVideo:

There has to be an allowance that one cultural product can prompt several narratives at once, some of which contradict one another. It is not just a matter of “seeing the context.” There is more than one context, more than one viewer, more than one victim, more than one way of justifying more than one form of hate.

John Green and other New York Times Bestselling authors gang up on a teen girl for making a tumblr post about how she feels creeped out.

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Susan Cox

Susan Cox is a feminist writer and academic living in the United States. She teaches in Philosophy.