Just the Tip is a sex and relationship column hosted by queer non-monogamous kinkster Jera Brown. Here you will find interviews with sexuality researchers and educators as well as smart and compassionate responses to anonymous questions. If you would like to be interviewed or have a sex or love question you’d like Jera to answer, email justthequestions@gmail.com or DM Jera on Instagram or Twitter @thejerabrown. The idea of quiet quitting went viral following a 2022 TikTok video from engineer Zaid Khan who defined it as “quitting the idea of going above and beyond at work.” It spawn ..read more

Léa Seydoux’s résumé reads like a Who’s Who in the film industry. After appearing in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood (2010), she scored roles in arthouse faves such as Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011); Wes Anderson’s The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) and The French Dispatch (2021); David Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future (2022) and Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two (2024); with franchise hits Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol (2011) and No Time to Die (2021) in between. Still, the French actress is hardly a household name in the States. Theoretically, the 2024 release of Bertrand Bonello’s T ..read more

April 6, 2024 marked the premiere of COPA 71, a sports documentary directed by Rachel Ramsay and James Erskine, at the 41st edition of the Miami Film Festival. A second screening is scheduled for April 13. If you’ve the opportunity to see it, you must. Especially if you’re into soccer, or football as it’s called elsewhere in the world, and especially women’s soccer. COPA 71 tells the story of the Women’s World Cup competition held in 1971. You may pause, and respond that you’ve never heard of any women’s soccer team competition happening in 1971, and further, that the first FIFA Official Wome ..read more

As the season of rejuvenation, spring brings many fresh things. Outside, Mother Nature introduces blooming buds and newborn wildlife while Chicago venues offer a host of new shows indoors. Thanks to Shattered Globe Theatre, Charly Evon Simpson’s Jump (April 19-June 1) makes its Midwest premiere. “I’ve been looking forward to working on this play for over a year now,” says the company’s associate artistic director AmBer Montgomery who is directing the play. “At the heart of this production is our brilliant playwright, Charly. She’s masterfully navigated the complexities of grief, family d ..read more

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Originally published by The 19th Women have long made up the majority of registered voters and voters who turn out in elections. But women, and women of color especially, remain underrepresented in elected office and the political arena.  Women’s History Month, recognized every year in March, celebrates progress made in women’s rights and representation — and highlights how far there still is to go. This year, the theme is Women Who Advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI). It comes at a time of increasing attacks on DEI programs at universities and businesses.   Six ..read more

When Sleater-Kinney released their eleventh studio album, Little Rope, earlier this year, Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker shared their vision for the new music, saying, “A rope can be many things, it can hold us back or it can be a guide line through our most difficult night. The songs, for us, always show us the way forward and we hope you will join us.” On the evening of March 21, Chicago fans joined Sleater-Kinney as they took the stage for an all-ages show at The Riviera Theatre. It quickly became clear that fans and the band were linked by an invisible, unbreakable rope, coming togeth ..read more

More than 3,000 women from across the country met in Chicago to create the Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) back on March 23-24, 1974. Today, the organization has a network of 36 chapters with members from 70 international and national unions. Learning more about this 50th anniversary at www.cluw.org is just one of the ways to salute Women’s History Month. Here are a few more… The Chicago History Museum is honoring women on March 30 with family-friendly activities from designing mini megaphones to playing the “Who Am I?” in history game. The museum also offers links to online exhibitions ..read more

A much-awaited treatment for postpartum depression, zuranolone, hit the market in December, promising an accessible and fast-acting medication for a debilitating illness. But most private health insurers have yet to publish criteria for when they will cover it, according to a new analysis of insurance policies. The lack of guidance could limit use of the drug, which is both novel — it targets hormone function to relieve symptoms instead of the brain’s serotonin system, as typical antidepressants do — and expensive, at $15,900 for the 14-day pill regimen. Lawyers, advocates, and regulators are ..read more

On a VERY special episode of Of Course I’m Not OK: The Podcast, hosts Karen Hawkins and Katie Morell chatted with the amazing Geraldine DeRuiter about her new book “If You Can’t Take the Heat: Tales of Food, Feminism, and Fury.” The trio started by talking about First Ladies who took over for their ailing husbands and plastic couch covers (call-backs to our last episode!), then go into Geraldine’s journey to writing this book (shocking restaurant experiences in Italy, writing about Mario Batali’s cinnamon rolls ) and finish by hearing her thoughts on the 2024 election. Make sure you buy Geral ..read more