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Mikaela Moody, Bratz, and Embracing Your Inner Child

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By Sophia-Joelle McDowell

When was the last time you played with dolls? For Mikaela Moody, the answer is pretty recently.

Moody, who has over 100 Bratz dolls to her name, is all about play. And after moving to Los Angeles in 2014 to pursue an acting career, Moody, now 27, is a self-proclaimed Life sized Bratz doll. 

Moody continues to act here and there (you may recognize her from the popular short inspirational Dhar Mann videos), but you’re more likely to find her making her own videos and posting them online. First it was cooking videos on TikTok, but as she lost interest in posting cooking content, Moody found herself creating videos that scratched a more nostalgic itch.

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A First Timer’s Guide to Butt Stuff 

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By The Babes (Katie Harbinson and Maddie Womack)
Art by Sarah Forgey & Whitney Young

Sometimes I reminisce on the first and only time I did poppers (an inhalant that causes muscle relaxation and dilation of the blood vessels)—on the dancefloor of a local queer club on a night out with friends. Over the sound of thumping bass, a mustached man dressed as a pilot educated me—a queer woman in her twenties—on how to inhale it properly, and then immediately asked if my butthole felt loose. I didn’t notice it. And come to think of it, I don’t often notice my butthole. Honestly, I neglect it sexually, mainly because I don’t know enough about it to incorporate it regularly.

Anal has been a thing for forever. We know this. It’s also a popular and pleasurable sex act in the gay community, and amongst queer people with penises in general. So much so, that cishet men will avoid washing their asses to avoid being perceived as gay. I don’t know—I heard it on TikTok. But if you’re homophobic, chances are you’re unsanitary. I don’t make the rules. 

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Lisa Cornwell and Her New Memoir on Sexism, Retaliation, and the Fight They Didn’t See Coming

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By Sophia-Joelle McDowell
Collage by Kelcie McKenney

Lisa Cornwell is a four-time Arkansas Women’s State Golf champion, a two-time AJGA first-team All-American, and a two-time All-State basketball player. In 1992 she was named the Arkansas Female Athlete of the Year and has been inducted into the Arkansas Golf and Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame. 

After her strong athletic career, Cornwell found herself on the path of journalism. Before Cornwell was an on-air host for Golf Channel, she worked for the Big Ten Networks and local affiliates in Mississippi, Tennessee, and Ohio. Over the years, she earned a reputation for delivering excellent interviews and was genuinely great at her job. 

As described in her book, Troublemaker: a Memoir of Sexism, Retaliation, and the Fight They Didn’t See Coming, Cornwell has never had a problem standing up to bullies. 

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Madigan’s Intersectional Feminist Podcast Might Just Be Essential Listening

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By Sophia-Joelle McDowell

When Trump campaigned for president in 2016, he rejected feminism. By the end of his presidency, the list of sexist comments he made was lengthy. His views on women fueled the growth of many feminist activists. Madigan and her previous co-host Keegan of the Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist podcast were no exception.

After attending a march the day after Trump was elected, the two wanted to make a more significant statement. Eager to keep the conversation going, Your Angry Neighborhood Feminist was born to create a space for support, education, and growth.

We spoke with Madigan about the podcast and goal to create a community of loving and like-minded intersectional feminists and a place for support.

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Community Accountability in the Wake of Gender-Based Violence

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By Max Sheffield-Baird

CW: discussion of domestic abuse, sexual assault, incest, victim blaming

Trauma is both a personal journey and a community reckoning. Survivors understand better than most that the abusers lurk amongst the illustrious, the trusted, and those who are seen as leaders in their community circles. This bears out in headline after headline, but even deeper and closer to home for so many of us.

Dr. Judith Herman’s book  Truth and Repair gives us a roadmap for truth, accountability, and healing as a community that does more than pay lip service to survivors. How many of us have been made to feel that it was our speaking our truth that was the problem instead of those who would use and abuse their authority against us? I wanted to know how survivors can navigate the personal and political, and Dr. Herman brings a lifetime of insights and experiences to this work.

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