Subject to Debate

Katha Pollitt

Ban Birth Control? They Wouldn't Dare... (Reproductive Rights, Conservatives and the American Right)

Wake up, sleepyheads: the antichoicers are coming for contraception.

Katha Pollitt

Whispers of Jackie O (Gender and Sexuality, History)

The former first lady speaks from beyond the grave—and shows how far we’ve come (and haven’t).

Katha Pollitt

The Poor: Still Here, Still Poor

We keep hearing about how the recession wounded the middle class. But the poor are hurting much worse.

Katha Pollitt

Michele Bachmann, Wife in Chief? (Religion, Gender and Sexuality, Conservatives and the American Right)

Is a vote for Bachmann actually a vote for her husband?

Katha Pollitt

Birth Control: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Reproductive Rights)

Birth control is lifesaving medicine. Yet the myth that it is “controversial” persists.

Katha Pollitt

Talk the Talk, Walk the SlutWalk (Gender and Sexuality)

A bold, do-it-yourself protest movement has arrived. When was the last time feminism was this much fun?

Katha Pollitt

A Conversation With Saudi Women's Rights Campaigner Wajeha al-Huwaider (Gender Issues, Religion, World)

The internationally renowned activist talks to Katha Pollitt about women and driving in Saudi Arabia, a feminist Islam, and the chances for a “Saudi Spring.”

Katha Pollitt

Dear France, We're So Over (Gender Issues, World)

What's the point of having all those smart, social-democratically inclined secular citizens if, it turns out, they're self-satisfied creeps who will defend DSK?

Katha Pollitt