Shock, Fun, and Feminist Rage Shock, Fun, and Feminist Rage
As second wave feminism passes into history and a new wave builds, is the world finally ready for Memoirs of an Ex-Prom Queen?
Oct 1, 2019 / Alix Kates Shulman
With Trump, We’re in the Realm of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ With Trump, We’re in the Realm of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
Roundups of the homeless, destruction of environmental and housing safeguards, collusion with foreign despots to savage reproductive rights—the president is an outlaw.
Sep 20, 2019 / Sasha Abramsky
Is Genetic Medicine Making the World Less Fair? Is Genetic Medicine Making the World Less Fair?
New reproductive technologies promise to prevent serious genetic disease. What happens if only the rich can access them?
Aug 23, 2019 / Laura Hercher
Remembering Ann Snitow, the Feminist Activist Who Embraced Uncertainty Remembering Ann Snitow, the Feminist Activist Who Embraced Uncertainty
Writer, teacher, and unstoppable organizer Ann Snitow died on August 10, days after turning in the final draft of her sixth book.
Aug 13, 2019 / Obituary / Alix Kates Shulman
The Philosophical Origins of Patriarchy The Philosophical Origins of Patriarchy
Plato, Hippocrates, and Aristotle laid the foundations on which centuries of sexism were built.
Jul 1, 2019 / Christia Mercer
Marshae Jones Is Proof Pro-Lifers Don’t Care About Life Marshae Jones Is Proof Pro-Lifers Don’t Care About Life
Under Alabama law, women are good for nothing except producing a child.
Jun 28, 2019 / Katha Pollitt
Abortion Bans Have No Respect for Life, Fairness, or Equality Abortion Bans Have No Respect for Life, Fairness, or Equality
Why a spate of restrictive new bills will hurt poor and minority women the most.
May 17, 2019 / Laila Lalami
The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism’ The Disturbing Rise of ‘Femonationalism’
Across Europe, politicians are hijacking feminist language to further right-wing ideologies.
May 7, 2019 / Edna Bonhomme
Trump’s Global Gag Rule Is Making It Harder to Fight the AIDS Crisis Trump’s Global Gag Rule Is Making It Harder to Fight the AIDS Crisis
The Trump administration says it is leading the global fight against HIV and AIDS—and then shoots itself in the foot.
Mar 25, 2019 / Michelle Chen
Man-Made Myths About the Female Body Have Led to Centuries of Bad Sex Man-Made Myths About the Female Body Have Led to Centuries of Bad Sex
The erasure of the clitoris from the study of anatomy is one of the biggest cover-ups in modern history.
Mar 7, 2019 / Rebecca Gordon