Nearly 400 Anti-Abortion Bills Were Introduced Across the Country This Year Nearly 400 Anti-Abortion Bills Were Introduced Across the Country This Year
Forty-seven new restrictions passed, including clinic regulations, mandatory waiting periods, and measures aimed at Planned Parenthood.
Dec 11, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter
‘America’s Next Top Model’ Wraps After 22 Seasons of Bigotry ‘America’s Next Top Model’ Wraps After 22 Seasons of Bigotry
Exotic Asians, hot-tempered Latinas, and the original angry black woman—we owe all of these reality TV tropes to Tyra Banks’s fake-empowerment series.
Dec 8, 2015 / Jennifer L. Pozner
How Can We Accelerate the Progress of Women’s Rights Around the World? How Can We Accelerate the Progress of Women’s Rights Around the World?
A new collection of essays grapples with the successes and ongoing struggles of the global feminist movement.
Dec 7, 2015 / Barbara Crossette
Letters From the December 21-28, 2015, Issue Letters From the December 21-28, 2015, Issue
A politics of inclusion or exclusion?… heir apparent errant?… planet of the anthropocentric…
Dec 3, 2015 / Letters / Our Readers and Katha Pollitt
For Female Football Players, It’s Pay to Play (and Pray Someone Sees) For Female Football Players, It’s Pay to Play (and Pray Someone Sees)
The Women’s Football Alliance offers opportunity for adult women in the sport—but at what cost?
Nov 23, 2015 / Hanna Brooks Olsen
Feminism Needs More Thinkers Who Aren’t Right 100 Percent of the Time Feminism Needs More Thinkers Who Aren’t Right 100 Percent of the Time
Feminists like Germaine Greer should be valued for what they get right, rather than banned for what they get wrong.
Nov 5, 2015 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Gender Equality Is Not Possible Without Abortion Gender Equality Is Not Possible Without Abortion
And a few other last words to Ross Douthat.
Oct 30, 2015 / Katha Pollitt
What Happens When Old Prisons Are Given Back to Their Communities? What Happens When Old Prisons Are Given Back to Their Communities?
As New York State begins closing prisons, some are being sold to the highest bidder—but some are becoming sites of social change.
Oct 29, 2015 / Victoria Law
How Companies Make Women Less Ambitious Over Time How Companies Make Women Less Ambitious Over Time
First you lean in, then you give up.
Oct 29, 2015 / Editorial / Bryce Covert
Long-Acting Contraception Makes Teen Pregnancy Rates Plummet. So Why Are Some Women Still Skeptical? Long-Acting Contraception Makes Teen Pregnancy Rates Plummet. So Why Are Some Women Still Skeptical?
The history of birth control in America is littered with instances of coercion. Reproductive-justice advocates don’t want to see that happen again.
Oct 28, 2015 / Feature / Dani McClain