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Author: Tess Rafferty

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Invisibility Isn’t a Super Power—It’s Time for Visible Woman to Take Over

Tess Rafferty

Honestly, I don’t care to see another thing about Invisible Woman. I am tired of being erased. Instead, I want to see Visible Woman. (“It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s—oh, christ, who invited Beth?”)

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The C-Word You Should Never Call a Woman

Tess Rafferty

If it makes you a “C-word” to stand up for yourself, to work hard, to speak truth to power, to not let a man take advantage of your body, to fight for the rights of marginalized voices—then yes, vagina, I am a cunt!

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Rest in Power: Margot Kidder Was the Superhero

Tess Rafferty

On Sunday, the world lost Margot Kidder, a much-loved actress known to many for her portrayal of “Lois Lane” in the 1978 Superman and its sequel.

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Speaking Truth to Power is Women’s Work

Tess Rafferty

None of the hullabaloo was actually about Michelle Wolf or her White House Correspondent’s Dinner monologue. It was about a tale as old of time—one of the persistent gaslighting of women who speak truth to power.

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