Gender and Sexuality

Tangerine Dream

Trans Sex Workers Seek Comfort and Vengeance in Sean Baker’s ‘Tangerine’ Trans Sex Workers Seek Comfort and Vengeance in Sean Baker’s ‘Tangerine’

Sin-Dee and Alexandra find little solace on the LA streets except in each other.

Jul 16, 2015 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

Deborah Nucatola

Planned Parenthood Isn’t Doing Anything Wrong—but That May Not Matter Planned Parenthood Isn’t Doing Anything Wrong—but That May Not Matter

Logic and reason simply can’t compete with #PPSellsBodyParts.

Jul 15, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

Students of color

Why 100 Black Intellectuals Rallied Behind This Professor Why 100 Black Intellectuals Rallied Behind This Professor

Many black intellectuals want and need to engage with an audience outside the ivory tower—but these public conversations leave them vulnerable to attack.

Jul 14, 2015 / Dani McClain

Serena Williams at Wimbledon

Serena Williams Is Today’s Muhammad Ali Serena Williams Is Today’s Muhammad Ali

As a political symbol and an athletic powerhouse, Serena Williams is “the greatest” in her sport.

Jul 14, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton Puts Paycheck Feminism at the Center of Her Economic Agenda Hillary Clinton Puts Paycheck Feminism at the Center of Her Economic Agenda

Clinton is a politician who believes in pragmatism, and she has come to believe that it is pragmatic to run an explicitly liberal campaign.

Jul 13, 2015 / Michelle Goldberg

NDWA Rally Protester

What’s Next for the Domestic Workers Movement? What’s Next for the Domestic Workers Movement?

Five years after passing a breakthrough bill of rights, activists are building power and sharpening their legislative strategy.

Jul 13, 2015 / Ai-jen Poo and Andrea Cristina Mercado

July 12, 1984: Walter Mondale Announces Geraldine Ferraro as the Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate

July 12, 1984: Walter Mondale Announces Geraldine Ferraro as the Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate July 12, 1984: Walter Mondale Announces Geraldine Ferraro as the Democratic Vice-Presidential Candidate

“Her prominent role in a Mondale Administration would secure more attention for the feminist agenda.”

Jul 12, 2015 / 150th Anniversary / Richard Kreitner

Tom Tomorrow cartoon

They Awoke to Find… A World Gone Mad! They Awoke to Find… A World Gone Mad!

Confederate flags are coming down? Gay marriage is the law of the land? At least there's still lethal injection.

Jul 7, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

Carli Lloyd and women's team

Why I’m Done Defending Women’s Sports Why I’m Done Defending Women’s Sports

While I’m being asked why “no one cares,” the Women’s World Cup is getting ratings that would make the NBA or MLB weep with joy.

Jul 6, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Out in the Night

Black Women Vilified as a ‘Lesbian Wolf Pack’ Speak for Themselves in a New Film Black Women Vilified as a ‘Lesbian Wolf Pack’ Speak for Themselves in a New Film

Out in the Night tells the story of the New Jersey Four, women who faced felony charges after defending themselves against an attacker.

Jul 2, 2015 / Dani McClain

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