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Nicole Froio

Nicole Froio is a Brazilian-Colombian journalist and feminist cultural critic. She has written for The Guardian, Xtra Magazine, The Verge, Bitch Media, Prism Reports, Dame Magazine, Yes! Magazine, and many other publications.

We Got Women’s Safety All Wrong

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We Got Women’s Safety All Wrong

Not only does gender-based violence remain pervasive, narratives of fear are successfully pushing us toward increasingly carceral solutions.

Illustration: Nicole listening to records, with a cat curled up on the couch.

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Dad Rock Is Our Daddy Now

Queer and trans people may seem like unlikely fans of the genre. But its essential earnestness may explain its appeal.

Illustration: A map of Brazil overlaid with a huge pink bag of money that bears the Brazilian flag.

You’ve heard of Pink Money, but have you heard of Brazil Money?

Will the global north ever love Brazilian culture as much as it loves our money?

Illustration: A lush Puerto Rican landscape. In the foreground, a pair of brown hands hold up a shattered heart with the word "home."

“DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS” is Bad Bunny’s Latest Decolonial Text

Bad Bunny’s new album places loss at the center of tropical paradise, elucidating vacation spots as colonial constructs.

Illustration in purple and yellow: Hands hold up a phone with a series of skeets about the 4B movement.

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Quitting Men Isn't a Political Strategy

White women’s individualistic calls to disavow men — while invoking the 4B movement in South Korea — do nothing to achieve collective liberation from patriarchy.

Illustration in green and black: A long-haired person faces a billboard advertising "The Substance" while a syringe oozes green goo.

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The Substance Asks the Question: Can Hollywood Escape Its Own Beauty Standards?

The latest feminist film about society’s obsession with youth never answers its own question.

Illustration in pink, yellow, and white: A besuited girlboss in front of a fire holds up a box labeled "Feminism."

The (Feminist) Empire Strikes Back

Setting boundaries doesn’t make a woman a villain in a man’s story, or a feminist hero in her own. But the pinkwashing of feminism tells us women should do whatever they want to do—even if that means aiding and abetting genocide.