Wrong War, Wrong Word Wrong War, Wrong Word
"Islamo-fascism" looks like an analytic term, but it's really an emotional one, intended to get us to think less and fear more.
Aug 24, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
No Presents, Please No Presents, Please
The only thing more absurd than the wedding gift the British government just gave
Jul 27, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Mommy Wars, Round 587 Mommy Wars, Round 587
Antifeminists engage in moral discourse while feminists tend to speak in the language of personal choice. But what happens when choice is a bad idea--for yourself, other women or s...
Jun 28, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Prairie Grass Roots Prairie Grass Roots
In South Dakota, prochoicers are fighting back with a bipartisan initiative challenging the abortion ban and a grassroots effort that has put progressive Native American women on t...
Jun 15, 2006 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Go Christine! Go Christine!
I was never wild about the Band of Brothers idea, as Ari notes, and not just because it is such a male (and white) bunch of tired and dreary no-idea candidates. It's a gimmick. A m...
Feb 22, 2006 / Katha Pollitt
Iranian Teenager to Hang for Self-Defense Iranian Teenager to Hang for Self-Defense
Just relax and take it if a rapist attacks you in Iran. If you fight back, you may find yourself sentenced to death, like 18-year-old Nazanin. Oh, but wait, I forgot, if you do get...
Feb 16, 2006 / Katha Pollitt
Accidents Will Happen Accidents Will Happen
This morning the Philadelphia Inquirer reports that ABC World News Tonight co-anchor Elizabeth Vargas is pregnant--mazel tov! Before everyone piles on about what this means for wor...
Feb 15, 2006 / Katha Pollitt
V-Day or P-Day? V-Day or P-Day?
Today is Valentine's Day, which on campus means V-Day--over 1,000 productions of The Vagina Monologues will be taking place across the nation to raise funds for battered women's sh...
Feb 14, 2006 / Katha Pollitt
Band of Brothers–Brother! Band of Brothers–Brother!
Following up on Ari's post about the Band of Brothers, those military veterans running for Congress as Democrats. The theory is that as former soldiers they will be immunized ag...
Feb 10, 2006 / Katha Pollitt
About that Ban on Drawing Muhammad… About that Ban on Drawing Muhammad…
Most comments about the Danish cartoons of Muhammad assert that Muslims believe it is completely taboo to depict him, period. But is the ban on depicting the prophet really so seve…
Feb 9, 2006 / Katha Pollitt