Focus on the Fetus Focus on the Fetus
The trouble with protesting the Tim Tebow ad: all most people see is pro-choicers trying to shut up a brave mother and her son.
Feb 4, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Free Nazia Quazi Free Nazia Quazi
How far have women come if a country like Canada permits a father to imprison his daughter in the cage of Saudi laws?
Jan 21, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Decade for Women: Forward, Backward, Sideways? The Decade for Women: Forward, Backward, Sideways?
Feminist highs and lows of the first decade of the 2000s.
Jan 7, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Time to Get Out Those Checkbooks Time to Get Out Those Checkbooks
Economists agree: Christmas presents are a waste of money. Give to these worthy charities instead.
Dec 16, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Last Column About Sarah Palin–Ever Last Column About Sarah Palin–Ever
We can't stop looking at our first female political train wreck.
Nov 24, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Whose Team Is It, Anyway? Whose Team Is It, Anyway?
Prochoicers have been taking one for the team for too long now. Enough already.
Nov 11, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Working Women: Strength in Numbers Working Women: Strength in Numbers
First feminism was dead because it was a "failure"; now it's dead because it was such a success.
Oct 28, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
German Party Politics: Color Them Blurry German Party Politics: Color Them Blurry
Leftist parties in Germany offer a range of choices but no cohesive challenge to the right.
Oct 14, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Kristof’s Challenge Kristof’s Challenge
If women's equality is the cause of our time, we'll get further by acknowledging it's a challenge no country has fully met than by framing it as a Western crusade.
Sep 16, 2009 / Column / Katha Pollitt