We don't define the feminist games canon — nobody does! So we asked our contributors to share the games that have shaped their feminism. By @exalclaw.com @amandatien.bsky.social @applecider.bsky.social @nicoleclark.bsky.social @candemald.bsky.social and @saoirsestone.bsky.social!

What's in the feminist games canon?

It's complicated! But here are some recs from our regular contributors

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New: The Trump admin subjected at least one person on hunger strike in immigrant detention to forcible medical treatment. A document from the ICE Health Service Corps confirms the first case of forced treatment since Trump's second term. w/ José Olivares

Trump administration forced treatment on hunger striker in ICE detention, document reveals

ICE report reviewed by the Guardian discloses a patient was ‘subject to force feeding, hydration or urinary catheterization’, which experts have described as torture

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New: Spotify's AI problem has got so bad that random people are stepping in to track all the slop. There are now multiple sites/leaderboards that people can use to identify “AI artists hiding on Spotify. No bands, no studios, no soul, just machines and melody.” www.404media.co/spotifys-ai-...

Spotify's AI Problem Is So Bad Random People Are Stepping In to Track the Slop

Spotify doesn’t label AI music on its platform, so websites like SoullessMusic.com and SlopTracker.org do it instead.

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For Americans with Disabilities Act anniversary, sharing this interview I did with ADA's primary author Tony Coelho last year at @motherjones.com. He shared the importance of bipartisanship in getting it across the line. Something that seems impossible now. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The ADA is turning 35—and it's in Trump's crosshairs

Tony Coelho, the Americans With Disabilities Act's main author, sees a new wave of threats looming for disability rights.

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On Monday night, Senate candidate Troy Jackson, Maine Democrats’ likely replacement for Graham Platner, was the subject of reports from colleagues accusing him of bullying. Jackson reportedly has a history of cursing at co-workers and allegedly threw a water bottle toward another lawmaker.

It's fine to criticize Graham Platner's replacement

Colleagues allege that Troy Jackson's bullying kept Maine Democrats from getting more done.

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You know the ICE officer who killed someone in Maine and was then accused by two ex-wives of abuse? Turns out he was likely eligible to skip a significant portion of training after ICE hired him, due to a policy change under this administration. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

What ICE should have known when it hired David Brouillette

The officer who killed a young father in Maine had been accused of abuse by two ex-wives. He was also eligible to skip weeks of training in Georgia.

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"With no savings, she had to decide between paying her rent to keep her baby and her 5-year-old housed, or paying the application fee — $555 — plus nearly $800 in attorneys fees she usually pays to ensure the application is done correctly. She chose rent."

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The world may have moved on from Minneapolis but its immigrant community continues to struggle. We spoke to single mothers who hid from ICE for months, ran through their savings, and now can’t pay to renew their DACA applications. At least dozens are in this situation. 19thnews.org/2026/07/ice-...

This week, TPS for Haitians is expected to end. No state will feel the impact more than Florida, home to roughly 350,000 -- many of them healthcare workers. “The workers are suffering, but the patients are going to suffer more.” My latest for @motherjones.com: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Florida's nursing homes are bracing for life without Haitian TPS workers

The Supreme Court ended its legal status. Their patients will pay the price.

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A cop in Wisconsin used Flock to search his ex’s license plate information 200 times. Months later, the officer assigned to investigate him was criminally charged for doing the same thing. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Police keep losing their jobs for using Flock cameras to stalk people

Advocates say it's too easy to abuse automated license plate reader technology.

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Also, Adams County Health Department said earlier this month that GEO Group blocked its investigation into a possible tuberculosis outbreak at the same ICE facility in Aurora. As of Tuesday, at least 12 detainees have reportedly tested positive and they are under quarantine without air conditioning.

Investigation into possible tuberculosis spread at Aurora ICE facility blocked by private company, health officials say

GEO Group, which operates the Aurora immigration detention facility, is blocking a tuberculosis investigation, county health officials say.

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An ICE detention center employee shot a woman on Thursday night after a protest outside an ICE facility in Aurora, Colorado. A GEO Group employee, Brandon Booth, was arrested on suspicion of attempted second-degree murder and other charges.

ICE agents keep killing people. Now, they aren’t even trying to explain it away. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

What ICE didn't say about its latest killing

The agency is no longer even claiming its officers feared for their lives.

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“The data indicates that 74.2% of North Carolina’s 143,998 private school students received an Opportunity Scholarship during the 2025-26 school year.” We’re living through the resegregation of US education. Read more at: www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...

Most NC private school students now get a taxpayer-funded voucher to pay costs

North Carolina now provides vouchers to nearly 75% of private school students, up from a quarter of pupils two years ago.

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mandatory reading

We already have memes comparing Erling Haaland to Dragon Ball Z villain Majin Buu, and the Heated Rivalry-inspired, if imaginary, shipping of Haaland and former teammate Jude Bellingham that has spiraled into yaoi lore fan-fiction. So why do we need AI?

A World Cup Star Can Be “Babygirl.” But For Now, He’s Mostly AI.

Norway striker Erling Haaland's lovable personality inspires amazing fan-made content on its own. We don't need AI.

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Every so often I get to think of something that is not awful. I interviewed Henry freaking Rollins about his quest with Ian MacKaye and a few other schemers to revive Vengeance Records, The Cramps’ record label: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

How two punk icons are giving the Cramps a second life

“If you lose culture," Henry Rollins explains, "the society dies.”

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Scoop: NIH is on a mission to enlist one million Americans to share their genetic data to help with health research through a precision medicine program called “All of Us.” What participants don’t know is that at one research site, Palantir stores the data. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Palantir has a hand in NIH's most ambitious health initiative

The defense tech firm's work with public health data has largely flown under the radar.

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BREAKING: in June 2026, *every single one* of the 1,062 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 7,727 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

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BREAKING: in May 2026, *every single one* of the 599 refugees admitted in the U.S. were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,665 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else. For reference, the U.S. admitted 100,060 refugees in 2024.

The air conditioning at the Delaney Hall concentration camp failed today, so now people are roasting inside as temperatures rise above 100 degrees. It's so hot they can't breathe.

Air conditioning fails at Delaney Hall as heat wave leaves detainees struggling to breathe • The Jersey Vindicator

Advocates say temperatures became unbearable inside one housing unit as the region's heat wave intensified.

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▶️🎵 Music video of the day: Carly Rae Jepsen - "On Wires" rateyourmusic.com/release/musi... www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Xqe...

Carly Rae Jepsen - On Wires (Official Music Video)

YouTube video by CarlyRaeJepsenVEVO

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Rep. Tom Kean took leave to get help for depression. But as a member of Congress, due to voting for Medicaid work reqs, and as part of the New Jersey state leg, he hasn't made it easy for others to do the same. New w/ @hurwitz.bsky.social at @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Tom Kean Jr. sought help for depression. He hasn’t made it easy for others to do the same.

The lawmaker spent nearly two decades voting against paid leave.

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If anyone wants an essay on what’s it’s like to be in the Paris heatwave and then come home to Chicago…only to enter another heatwave uh lmk

Things I never thought I would type: look at how they greeted the Algerian team arriving back at the DoubleTree in Lawrence, Kansas

So Argentina’s football structure is built on the abuse and molestation of young boys and no one hardly gets punished for it. www.espn.com/soccer/story...

Immigrants and advocates in Springfield, Ohio, had cautiously hoped that when the Supreme Court decided whether to allow the expiration of Haitians’ TPS, they would celebrate outside City Hall. Instead, on Thursday, they grieved. For @motherjones.com : www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"We want you here": Springfield rallies—and grieves—after SCOTUS clears path to deport Haitians

The city that Trump made infamous stood by its neighbors as the court opened the door to mass expulsions.

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Right-wing media has found a new darling to rally behind: Caitlin Clark, who was recently hit by a rival WNBA player during a scramble for the ball. Noted conservative commentator Benny Johnson wanted justice, tweeting the next day to his four million followers, “This is our George Floyd."

It's not safe to be a straight white woman in the WNBA

If only there was a league where Caitlin Clark could really shine.

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SCOOP: I obtained documents revealing the FBI used Cellebrite to extract data from at least 13 protesters' phones after a mass arrest at an anti-ICE protest in Spokane last summer. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Public records show FBI secretly extracted data from ICE protesters' phones

Previously unreported documents reveal “extractions” from at least 13 devices after a Washington state protest last June.

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Scathing statement from @sciamunion.bsky.social on @springernature.com's decision to sell Scientific American just days before the NLRB will count votes in its election: "We should call this action what it is—blatant union-busting" www.wgaeast.org/wgae-scienti... @wgaeast.bsky.social

NEW: When Aliya Rahman’s lawyers approached her about filing a complaint with the civil rights office of the Department of Homeland Security, she almost laughed in their faces. Today, she filed that complaint anyway. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

DHS still has a civil rights team. Aliya Rahman is testing it.

The disabled US citizen was violently jailed by ICE agents—so she's going to their "internal adversaries."

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the story of Iran is that you don't always have to win. sometimes you just have to have what it takes to deny victory to your opponents, and endure

Things that could make you part of a conspiracy include: - wearing a shirt that says “I’m antifa!” - owning a bullhorn - using a devil emoji in a groupchat www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

DOJ's new ICE protest indictment is its most absurd yet

Federal prosecutors' latest antifa conspiracy involves wearing a sweatshirt that says “I'm antifa!”

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