Feminism

Nora Ephron’s Divorce Plot

Nora Ephron’s Divorce Plot Nora Ephron’s Divorce Plot

Her only novel, "Heartburn," looked beyond the love story to uncover the limits of bourgeoisie life and marriage itself.

Aug 28, 2023 / Books & the Arts / Dilara O’Neil

Two Black women sit on folding chairs holding signs reading

The New Law to Protect Pregnant Workers Is Already Changing Lives The New Law to Protect Pregnant Workers Is Already Changing Lives

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act “flips the script” on employers and obligates them to accommodate their pregnant employees.

Aug 14, 2023 / Bryce Covert

Young person holds a poster that reads

I Founded Student Activists Against Sexual Assault. A New Lawsuit Could Make My Work Impossible. I Founded Student Activists Against Sexual Assault. A New Lawsuit Could Make My Work Impossible.

A defamation suit against leaders of an anti–sexual assault campus group could allow assailants to weaponize the court system against advocates.

Aug 14, 2023 / Ray Epstein

Screenshot of Richard Hanania talking to Bryan Caplan

Why Does This Racist Keep Getting Silicon Valley Money? Why Does This Racist Keep Getting Silicon Valley Money?

The charmed life of Richard Hanania.

Aug 11, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Megan Rapinoe, right, reacts to the United States' loss to Sweden in the Women's World Cup soccer match in Melbourne, Australia, on August 6, 2023.

Why the Right Wanted the USWNT to Lose Why the Right Wanted the USWNT to Lose

Conservatives want everything Megan Rapinoe represents—feminism, queerness, anti-racism, reproductive choice, women's strength—to wither away.

Aug 10, 2023 / Highlights / Dave Zirin

I Scream

I Scream I Scream

The increased attacks on the LGBTQ community.

Aug 8, 2023 / OppArt / Dara Herman Zierlein

Rev. Victoria Rue & Roman Catholic Women Priests

The Catholic Women Priests Fighting for Reproductive Justice The Catholic Women Priests Fighting for Reproductive Justice

The church forbids women to become priests, but RCWP-USA believes that they are aptly situated to minister on abortion and offer a new, progressive stance.

Aug 8, 2023 / StudentNation / Molly Morrow

Giwa

We Can Ensure Parents, Children, and Birth Workers Thrive We Can Ensure Parents, Children, and Birth Workers Thrive

The "lactonomy" is rigged against us, but there are public health measures we can take to fix it.

Aug 7, 2023 / Latona Giwa

When Phallocrats Go Limp

When Phallocrats Go Limp When Phallocrats Go Limp

Adrian Tomine’s dark comedy of ethnic self-hatred and male inadequacy.

Aug 4, 2023 / Jeet Heer

Esther Newton, left; Holly Hughes, right.

Surviving Hate Through Queer Kinship Surviving Hate Through Queer Kinship

Anthropologist Esther Newton and artist Holly Hughes tell Laura Flanders how they’ve flourished through decades of culture wars.

Aug 3, 2023 / Q&A / Laura Flanders

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