Attachment Parenting: More Guilt for Mother Attachment Parenting: More Guilt for Mother
Child-rearing fads aren’t really about children. They’re about regulating the behavior of women.
May 16, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Women: Occupy the Left Women: Occupy the Left
Why is it so hard to understand that women's rights are an economic issue?
May 2, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Ann Romney, Working Woman? Ann Romney, Working Woman?
The brouhaha over Hilary Rosen’s comments was not really about whether what stay-home mothers do is work.
Apr 18, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Hunger Games’ Feral Feminism The Hunger Games’ Feral Feminism
Katniss Everdeen is a new kind of pop heroine. No boy-crazy shopaholic, she's a complex character on a quest of her own.
Apr 3, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Dear Pro-Choice Women of Means Dear Pro-Choice Women of Means
Here’s why you should make a major gift to an abortion fund.
Mar 21, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Protect Pregnant Women: Free Bei Bei Shuai Protect Pregnant Women: Free Bei Bei Shuai
Bad things happen when laws to protect fetuses are turned against the women who carry them.
Mar 7, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Wislawa Szymborska, 1923–2012 Wislawa Szymborska, 1923–2012
The great Polish poet disclaimed grand political schemes in favor of irony, wit, skepticism and the individual.
Feb 15, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
Obama Stands Up to Bishops. Finally. Obama Stands Up to Bishops. Finally.
Shouldn't it be obvious that birth control coverage is about women's health, not “religious freedom”?
Jan 31, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Ron Paul, Take Two Ron Paul, Take Two
It’s true that Paul has brought important issues to the national debate. It’s also true that he’s a reactionary crank.
Jan 18, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Ron Paul’s Strange Bedfellows Ron Paul’s Strange Bedfellows
He’s against most of what we’re for. What is it with progressive mancrushes on right-wing Republicans?
Jan 4, 2012 / Column / Katha Pollitt