Eyes on Iran
Politically, Iran has been the focus for a while. But with over half of Iran's population under the age of 35 and many Iranians displaced in other countries, we are seeing a surge of youth art and culture.
Marjane Satrapi reveals what Iranian women talk about when they're alone in her 2005 comic book, Embroideries
Embroideries finds Satrapi back in Iran, taking place over one long afternoon as her women relatives and friends drink tea and talk over a favorite subject — sex. Embroideries is an X-rated (and actually entertaining) version of The View — one where grandmothers, mothers, and granddaughters talk about hymen restoration, the virtues of being a mistress, and the questionable aesthetic value of the penis.
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Pink is for Boys and Blue is for Girls
This is how it used to be for much of history. It is really only within the last 60 years that it flipped.
A rant on why pink automatically equals female.
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And she couldn’t look at fish again…
The Hairiest Ballerina (A Fictional Tale)
Well, kinda fiction.
Why Are Women Bad at Everything?
Let’s fall down this extremely politically incorrect rabbit hole together, shall we?