Gender and Sexuality

Pro-choice Rally in New York

Trump Lashes Out Against Reproductive Rights After the Midterms Trump Lashes Out Against Reproductive Rights After the Midterms

New religious exemptions would make it even harder to secure reproductive-health care.

Nov 13, 2018 / Michelle Chen

The Wife film

‘The Wife’ Is a Devastating Portrait of Sexism in the Literary World ‘The Wife’ Is a Devastating Portrait of Sexism in the Literary World

Glenn Close’s masterful performance carries the recent film adaptation of a Meg Wolitzer novel.

Nov 9, 2018 / Leah Rosenzweig

Trump’s War on Trans Rights: A Q&A With Chase Strangio

Trump’s War on Trans Rights: A Q&A With Chase Strangio Trump’s War on Trans Rights: A Q&A With Chase Strangio

The ACLU lawyer describes how governments change definitions to exclude people.

Nov 9, 2018 / Q&A / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

‘All We’ve Got Are Protests and People Power’

‘All We’ve Got Are Protests and People Power’ ‘All We’ve Got Are Protests and People Power’

Meet the progressive strike force that saved the ACA—and almost brought down Brett Kavanaugh.

Nov 9, 2018 / Feature / Gabriel Thompson

The Fate of the Earth Depends on Women

The Fate of the Earth Depends on Women The Fate of the Earth Depends on Women

How a feminist foreign policy can save us from nuclear weapons.

Nov 8, 2018 / Feature / Beatrice Fihn

Beatrice Fihn

Together We Shall Save Our Planet: A Q&A With Beatrice Fihn Together We Shall Save Our Planet: A Q&A With Beatrice Fihn

The executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons explains the movement to ban the bomb.

Nov 8, 2018 / Q&A / Eric Schlosser

Sharice Davids victory

Last Night, the Feminist Insurgency Hit the Polls—and Now It’s Headed to Congress Last Night, the Feminist Insurgency Hit the Polls—and Now It’s Headed to Congress

Women candidates won big—and a larger proportion of women voters went more Democratic than in any midterms before.

Nov 7, 2018 / Joan Walsh

#Metoo protests France

In France, Is the #MeToo Movement Passé? In France, Is the #MeToo Movement Passé?

The idea that seduction is part of French national identity is blocking critical reflection on power, sex, and liberation.

Nov 2, 2018 / Karina Piser

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Letters From the November 19-26, 2018, Issue Letters From the November 19-26, 2018, Issue

Fact in fiction… AOC prepares for DC… Performing patriarchy…

Oct 25, 2018 / Our Readers and Elias Rodriques

With Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, How Far Will the State’s Attacks on Women Go?

With Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, How Far Will the State’s Attacks on Women Go? With Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court, How Far Will the State’s Attacks on Women Go?

Another reader asks about weathering a public #MeToo event with PTSD.

Oct 25, 2018 / Liza Featherstone

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