Gender and Sexuality

Conversation: Katha Pollitt on Conservative Feminism Conversation: Katha Pollitt on Conservative Feminism

Sarah Palin is busily trying to sell "conservative feminism" to the masses, but her idea of feminism certainly doesn't include reproductive choice or sexual freedom. Me...

Dec 3, 2010 / Video / GRITtv

Motel-land

Motel-land Motel-land

For Americans teetering on the edge of poverty, in other rooms there are other trials.

Dec 2, 2010 / Editorial / JoAnn Wypijewski

On Condoms, Hope From the Pope On Condoms, Hope From the Pope

The pope has said both men and women can use condoms to protect themselves from HIV.  Can he now say that women can use them to protect themselves from the dangers of pregnanc...

Nov 23, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere

Even proponents of repeal assume that DADT only interferes with the ability of gay servicemembers to serve openly, leaving them to conduct their private lives in, well, private. We...

Nov 16, 2010 / Daniel Redman and Ilona Turner

Students and Sex Work Students and Sex Work

Canadian students, sex workers and researchers respond to UK study on students' willingness to consider sex work.

Nov 15, 2010 / StudentNation / Joanna Chiu

For Colored Girls, Is Tyler Perry’s Film Enuf? For Colored Girls, Is Tyler Perry’s Film Enuf?

To hear Tyler Perry tell it, black women are forever in flux amidst hate. But the original For Colored Girls grappled with much more than the weight of trauma, injustice and abuse.

Nov 12, 2010 / Courtney Young

‘I Had An Abortion,’ in 140 Characters or Less: An Exchange With Steph Herold and Aspen Baker ‘I Had An Abortion,’ in 140 Characters or Less: An Exchange With Steph Herold and Aspen Baker

What happens when women tell their abortion stories on Twitter? Is it good for the pro-choice movement—and is it good for them?

Nov 12, 2010 / Steph Herold and Aspen Baker

Time to Stop Making Nice to the Military Time to Stop Making Nice to the Military

President Obama's go-slow approach to ending "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" discrimination in the military has left repeal on life support in a lame-duck session of Congress.

Nov 11, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Antichoicers on the March

Antichoicers on the March Antichoicers on the March

Conservatives don't really want to get rid of abortion rights? This next Congress, we might just find out.

Nov 10, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Mama Grizzlies Die Hard

Mama Grizzlies Die Hard Mama Grizzlies Die Hard

As Democrats survey the wreckage left by the 2010 midterms, one sight is at least slightly cheering: Sarah Palin's Mama Grizzlies licking their wounds.

Nov 3, 2010 / Editorial / Betsy Reed

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