How to Write About Rape: Rules for Journalists How to Write About Rape: Rules for Journalists
A woman in the US is raped every two minutes; journalists need to learn how to talk about that appropriately.
Oct 25, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
Becoming a Witness at Suzanne Lacy’s ‘Between the Door and the Street’ Becoming a Witness at Suzanne Lacy’s ‘Between the Door and the Street’
At an afternoon of feminist performance art on Brooklyn stoops, eavesdropping was encouraged.
Oct 23, 2013 / Salamishah Tillet
How VAWA Could’ve Helped Daisy Coleman Get Justice How VAWA Could’ve Helped Daisy Coleman Get Justice
Unfortunately, Justice Rehnquist’s conservative Supreme Court made sure it wouldn't.
Oct 22, 2013 / Jill Filipovic
That Time When DC Stopped Funding Domestic Violence Shelters While Both Congressional Gyms Stayed Open That Time When DC Stopped Funding Domestic Violence Shelters While Both Congressional Gyms Stayed Open
Who decides what’s “essential” during a government shutdown?
Oct 17, 2013 / Mattea Kramer and Jo Comerford
What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape What We Talk About When We Talk About Rape
The Maryville case is yet another example of why we need to educate people about rape.
Oct 16, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
Laramie Revisited: The Myth of Matthew Laramie Revisited: The Myth of Matthew
A new book by Stephen Jimenez tells a very different story about the killing of Matthew Shepard by Aaron McKinney.
Oct 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski
The Notorious Life of a Nineteenth-Century Abortionist The Notorious Life of a Nineteenth-Century Abortionist
Novelist Kate Manning richly reimagines Madame Restell as a defender of women from the horrors of poverty, male privilege and their own physiology.
Oct 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katha Pollitt
The Normalization of Violence Against Black Women The Normalization of Violence Against Black Women
The House stood and applauded the shooting death of Miriam Carey, further perpetuating the idea that black women’s lives are not worth as much as others.
Oct 8, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown Domestic Violence Shelters Struggle to Stay Open During Shutdown
Cut off from federal funding, programs serving abused women may be forced to close.
Oct 8, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
How Masters and Johnson Remade Love How Masters and Johnson Remade Love
On the occasion of Showtime’s new miniseries, reflections on how the world changed when women learned to demand men give them orgasms.
Oct 7, 2013 / Blog / Rick Perlstein