Why We Shouldn’t Celebrate Women’s Day
Just like how Mother’s Day is now a commercialized mutation of its original roots—a daughter looking to honor her late mother by continuing her work in peace activism and improving public…
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Byline: September Grace Mahino
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Why It’s Time to Turn Your Stan Cards In
There seems to be a fresh headline every morning naming the latest (almost always male) celebrity as a sexual predator. Some names weren’t a surprise: if you’ve been a long-time…
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Have We Ever Thought About the Cost of Today’s Freedom?
The Handmaid’s Tale’s season ender comes out this week, and it couldn’t be timelier. Because as fictional as the Republic of Gilead is, the terror it presents feel real—too real,…
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Why We Need to Get Over Fatphobia and Body Shaming Ways
We get started on it very young, this kind of hyper-awareness of our bodies. It happens at around the same time we become sufficiently cognizant of what gender expressions are…
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Criticize Mocha Uson All You Want But Don’t Slut-Shame Her
I can’t believe people still need to be reminded this, but if we want to make valid criticisms against women, even someone like Mocha Uson—especially someone like Mocha Uson—we need…
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True Crime Podcasts to Sharpen Your Female Instincts
Following up on our story about how true crime helps you develop sharper instincts, we’ve got some podcasts to get you started. Scared? Don’t be. It’s not just about plain…
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The Lifesaving Magic of Obsessing Over True Crime Stories
Before Making a Murderer, Serial, even the now gone Crime Library website, which I used to browse at three in the morning to “distract” myself from work, I had Calvento Files…
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A Feminist Review of ‘Fifty Shades Darker’
Fifty Shades Darker lives up somewhat to its advertising. The title perfectly described my temper every time this 118-minute pile of garbage would introduce a new “plot twist,” as if…
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How Rom-Coms Skew Our Idea of Love and Relationships
What could be scarier to watch than the insidious romantic comedy? No, not a new installment of the horror flick. I’m talking about the movies that play on minor variations…
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Why We Shouldn’t Judge Women Who Join Beauty Pageants
To be a citizen of a country where beauty pageant culture is inculcated in youth, and then to admit to not being a fan of these contests would be seen…
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What’s It Like to Go On An Indoor Cycling Class with Isabelle Daza and Laureen Uy?
This month, we here at Preen are determined to work on our fitness. Be our witness (see what we did there?) by checking out our motivational #fitspo stories on new…
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Don’t Call Yam Concepcion a ‘Sexy Actress’
Ask Yam Concepcion who her favorite sexy actress is and she’ll answer unequivocally, “Anne Hathaway.” It’s not that she doesn’t understand the question. The 26-year-old, who made her show business…
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