Netflix’s ‘Cuties’ Didn’t Have to Participate in Exploitation to Expose It
That the film made it this far shows our culture is already desensitized to the hypersexualization of minors.
Mary Rose Somarriba
Mary Rose is an associate editor for Verily Magazine with over a decade of experience in magazine publishing. She has written articles and organized events on women’s issues for several publications and organizations. Mary Rose is also the editor of Natural Womanhood, and in 2012 she completed a Robert Novak Journalism Fellowship on the connections between pornography and sex trafficking.
Among her favorite things in life are Latin dancing, singing karaoke with her husband, taking lazy strolls with her kids, and listening to her favorite local jazz band in Cleveland over wings and a Manhattan.
Whose Fault Is It, Anyway? Thinking Outside the Blame Box
How I learned to toss an unproductive habit
If We Want to Save the Children, Let’s Start with Ourselves
Combating sex trafficking requires detaching ourselves from hypersexualized content of women and young people
From the Editor's Desk: Our Internal Battles for Peace
When surface-level assumptions need greater reflection
Finding Your Corner Office Working from Home
Laura Vanderkam’s new e-book explores how successful people WFH as their best selves
Traction Is Growing Against Sex Trafficking and Porn
From the Jeffrey Epstein documentary to one million signatures to shutdown Pornhub
From the Editor's Desk: Changed Perspective
How looking at things from a different angle can change our views
The Part of Tara Reade’s Story that Megyn Kelly’s Interview Captured
Not all media voices are silent
Pornhub Doesn't Care
The world’s largest porn site tries to cover up its abuses with COVID-19 donations
From the Editor's Desk: Examining the Ways We Cope
Sometimes it’s the simple things that keep us grounded.
Weinstein Lessons We're Still Learning
What the trial means for the victims, the #metoo movement, and all of us.
From the Editor's Desk: Don’t Let the ____ Get You Down
This week, we target some major sources of negativity.
From the Editor’s Desk: Reflections on Authenticity in Film and Life
Women in Hollywood and the rest of us
Rediscovering the Meaning of Marriage through Art
Sometimes it just takes a song, film, book, or painting to cut through feelings of struggle or ordinariness in marriage
From the Editor's Desk: Talking about Topics of Significance
Finding the stories between the marches
Top 40 Remix: Marie Miller Sings of Pressing Onward toward Our Goals
The journey toward our goals is filled with greater purpose.
Girls’ Suicide Numbers Are Increasing—and Current Media Isn’t Helping
It's time to take a look at the role societal views and TV shows have to do with trauma-justified death.
An Interview with Olympian Meryl Davis
How self-care and the simple things can ease the largest life changes.
