Gender and Sexuality

Abortion Rights Freedom Ride Departs

Abortion Rights Freedom Ride Departs Abortion Rights Freedom Ride Departs

This week, caravans depart from New York City and San Francisco on an Abortion Rights Freedom Ride to defend the reproductive rights of women and protect some states’ last ab...

Jul 22, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny

Temperatures Rising Over Military Sexual Assaults

Temperatures Rising Over Military Sexual Assaults Temperatures Rising Over Military Sexual Assaults

A fight is escalating between Senate Democrats about taking prosecution out of the chain of command, a reform advocates argue is crucial but the Pentagon says is out of the questio...

Jul 19, 2013 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter

Apps (and Maps) to End Sexual Violence

Apps (and Maps) to End Sexual Violence Apps (and Maps) to End Sexual Violence

The advent of smart phones and social media has generated applications, some of them free, to prevent sexual violence.

Jul 17, 2013 / Blog / Salamishah Tillet

Fear and Consequences: George Zimmerman and the Protection of White Womanhood

Fear and Consequences: George Zimmerman and the Protection of White Womanhood Fear and Consequences: George Zimmerman and the Protection of White Womanhood

White women are taught to fear men of color, but the results of George Zimmerman’s trial prove that it’s time to change that.

Jul 16, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti

The GOP Pickup Artist’s Guide to Seducing Female Voters

The GOP Pickup Artist’s Guide to Seducing Female Voters The GOP Pickup Artist’s Guide to Seducing Female Voters

Step one: disdain and indifference. 

Jul 16, 2013 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow

The Pink Collar Workforce of Academia

The Pink Collar Workforce of Academia The Pink Collar Workforce of Academia

Low-paid adjunct faculty, who are mostly female, have started unionizing for better pay—and winning.

Jul 11, 2013 / Kay Steiger

This Is What #Rape Looks Like

This Is What #Rape Looks Like This Is What #Rape Looks Like

When sexual assault cases go viral, it cuts both ways.  

Jul 11, 2013 / Blog / Salamishah Tillet

Sherry Wolf: The Future of LGBTQ Liberation

Sherry Wolf: The Future of LGBTQ Liberation Sherry Wolf: The Future of LGBTQ Liberation

After the defeat of DOMA, the LGBTQ movement needs to push beyond marriage equality.

Jul 10, 2013 / Video / The Nation Video and On The Earth Productions

Forced Sterilizations and the Future of the Women’s Movement

Forced Sterilizations and the Future of the Women’s Movement Forced Sterilizations and the Future of the Women’s Movement

Correctional institutions collectively are the second largest provider of reproductive health services in the country—but most politicians and pundits ignore incarcerated wom...

Jul 9, 2013 / Blog / Salamishah Tillet

Sixty-Four Arrested at ‘Moral Monday’ Abortion Access Protest in North Carolina

Sixty-Four Arrested at ‘Moral Monday’ Abortion Access Protest in North Carolina Sixty-Four Arrested at ‘Moral Monday’ Abortion Access Protest in North Carolina

More than 700 people have been arrested in the weekly “Moral Monday” protests in North Carolina.

Jul 9, 2013 / Blog / Allison Kilkenny

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