Gender and Sexuality

Next Week, Alabama’s Backdoor Abortion Ban Goes on Trial

Next Week, Alabama’s Backdoor Abortion Ban Goes on Trial Next Week, Alabama’s Backdoor Abortion Ban Goes on Trial

Three of the state’s five clinics may have to close their doors. Here’s what’s at stake.

May 15, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain

The Lewinsky Double Standard

The Lewinsky Double Standard The Lewinsky Double Standard

If Monica Lewinsky were a man, she would have transcended the Clinton scandal long ago.

May 14, 2014 / Editorial / Michelle Goldberg

Will There Ever Be Justice for Syria’s Rape Survivors?

Will There Ever Be Justice for Syria’s Rape Survivors? Will There Ever Be Justice for Syria’s Rape Survivors?

We don’t know where sexualized violence falls in the terrible hierarchy of damage from this conflict, but we know it’s happening—and it’s important to gathe...

May 14, 2014 / Lauren Wolfe

A Mother’s Day ‘Week of Action’ to #FreeMarissa

A Mother’s Day ‘Week of Action’ to #FreeMarissa A Mother’s Day ‘Week of Action’ to #FreeMarissa

Seventy percent of incarcerated women are mothers.

May 9, 2014 / Blog / Steven Hsieh

1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It

1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It 1 in 5 Undergraduate Women Faces Sexual Assault—Now the Federal Government Is Finally Doing Something About It

Sexual assault survivors forced campus officials to listen up. Last week’s news shows the feds picking up what’s been their work all along.

May 9, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain

Mothers’ Thankless Work Building an Economy for the Rest of Us

Mothers’ Thankless Work Building an Economy for the Rest of Us Mothers’ Thankless Work Building an Economy for the Rest of Us

Women put in long hours inside and outside the home, making a more prosperous economy, and we reward them with crappy public policy.

May 8, 2014 / Blog / Bryce Covert

Will HRC Do Right By the South?

Will HRC Do Right By the South? Will HRC Do Right By the South?

Southern organizers have tips on how the LGBT group can make its foray into the region work. HRC responds: “We got this.”

May 1, 2014 / Blog / Dani McClain

Who Takes Care of the Nanny’s Kids?

Who Takes Care of the Nanny’s Kids? Who Takes Care of the Nanny’s Kids?

When only US wages can support families in the Global South, parents and children divide to survive.

Apr 30, 2014 / Feature / Alissa Quart

For Tennessee Lawmakers, Punishing Pregnant Women Is More Important Than Protecting Fetal Life

For Tennessee Lawmakers, Punishing Pregnant Women Is More Important Than Protecting Fetal Life For Tennessee Lawmakers, Punishing Pregnant Women Is More Important Than Protecting Fetal Life

Some anti-abortion activists are agreeing with feminists: Tennessee’s new law criminalizing pregnant women is awful. So why did it pass?

Apr 30, 2014 / Blog / Michelle Goldberg

Will Ireland Lift Its Draconian Abortion Ban?

Will Ireland Lift Its Draconian Abortion Ban? Will Ireland Lift Its Draconian Abortion Ban?

The country’s abortion restrictions are under fire—and prochoice activists are surprisingly optimistic.

Apr 30, 2014 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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