Mary Retta
New music
Olivia Rodrigo’s Teenage Angst Is Not Just for Teenagers
The way teenage girls feel can be beautifully intense. Thanks to ‘Sour,’ it can also be universal.
Mary Retta
5.26.21
environment-people
How to Provide for Your Neighbors and Yourself in a Racist Food System
Leah Penniman, the founder of Afro-Indigenous community–centered Soul Fire Farm, on food apartheid, reparations, and community-building.
Mary Retta
4.22.21
identity-rights
How to Find and Join an Organization Pushing for the Causes You Care About
Attending protests and reading anti-racism books are great first steps, but real power comes from working with other people to make change.
Mary Retta
2.12.21
identity-rights
How to Radicalize Your Parents
If you’re hoping your relatives will embrace frameworks like prison abolition and anti-capitalism, start small, be patient, and set boundaries.
Mary Retta
2.4.21
identity-race
Who Has to Clean Up White Supremacy's Mess?
In the face of racist violence, Black people, low-income folks, and incarcerated workers have long been forced to literally pick up the pieces. This week is no different.
Mary Retta
1.8.21
identity-rights
10 Students on Visas Talk About Getting Deported If School Doesn't Resume
"I’ve been expecting ICE and the Trump administration to use the pandemic to make it harder for people to come back or leave the country all together."
Mary Retta
7.10.20
Juneteenth
Why Juneteenth Feels Different This Year
"It sometimes feels like we have very little to celebrate even though we are 'free.'"
Mary Retta
6.18.20
rights
Donate to These Orgs to Support Black Trans People
Black liberation will never be possible without uplifting and protecting Black transgender people and communities.
Mary Retta
6.5.20
The VICE Guide to 2030
For Many Young Trans People, YouTube Is a Mentor
As a trans minor, finding accurate information about the practicalities of living as a trans person can be difficult and overwhelming. YouTube has changed that.
Mary Retta
5.4.20
LGBTQ
What's the Difference Between Non-Binary, Genderqueer, and Gender-Nonconforming?
A beginner's guide to the differences and similarities between three of the most common terms with which people outside the gender binary identify.
Mary Retta
9.13.19
Music
8 essential albums of the summer
From Tyler, the Creator's 'IGOR' to Clairo's 'Immunity,' there's a fresh soundtrack for every mood.
Mary Retta
8.31.19
Gender
15 States Have Passed New Laws to Protect Women After #MeToo
A new study shows that the movement has made tangible waves beyond the media.
Mary Retta
8.8.19
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