‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service ‘It Becomes Your Job to Provide the Girlfriend Experience’: Women’s Stories of Work in Food Service
Whether they’re waitresses, bartenders, hostesses, or fast-food workers, the women who serve our food and drinks face routine sexual harassment.
Feb 7, 2018 / Feature / Bryce Covert
When Is It OK to Comment on a Woman’s Appearance? When Is It OK to Comment on a Woman’s Appearance?
Another reader asks how one can in good conscience bring a child into this sad world.
Jan 26, 2018 / Liza Featherstone
The End of Men’s ‘Freedom to Bother’ The End of Men’s ‘Freedom to Bother’
We’re on the verge of a new normal in the workplace. That’s a good thing.
Jan 25, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt
We Are Living Through the Moment When Women Unleash Decades of Pent-Up Anger We Are Living Through the Moment When Women Unleash Decades of Pent-Up Anger
Let’s hope there’s no going back.
Jan 11, 2018 / Feature / Katha Pollitt
How Rebecca Solnit Became ‘the Voice of the Resistance’ How Rebecca Solnit Became ‘the Voice of the Resistance’
She has focused for many years on cruel systems that oppress the working class, people of color, and women.
Jan 10, 2018 / Feature / John Nichols
The Misogynist Within The Misogynist Within
Sexual harassment expresses power dynamics from which all men benefit.
Dec 28, 2017 / Column / Kai Wright
How Should I Deal With My 11-Year-Old Daughter Who Wants to Dress Slutty? How Should I Deal With My 11-Year-Old Daughter Who Wants to Dress Slutty?
Another reader asks what Jesus would do about a creepy guy at church.
Dec 15, 2017 / Liza Featherstone
6 Perspectives on the Future of #MeToo 6 Perspectives on the Future of #MeToo
Our writers reflect on how this remarkable moment of accountability can grow and endure.
Dec 13, 2017 / Feature / Jane Fonda, Bryce Covert, Katha Pollitt, Collier Meyerson, Raina Lipsitz, and Joan Walsh
The Plight of Male Chauvinists The Plight of Male Chauvinists
These feminists are taking all the fun out of harassment.
Dec 12, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow
Songs of Aggression Songs of Aggression
A review of popular music reveals striking and distressing similarities in the way men talk about and deal with women in today’s society.
Dec 8, 2017 / David Hajdu