What’s So Funny About Steubenville? What’s So Funny About Steubenville?
Decades of feminist work on rape awareness may have changed policy, but it has done little to change the culture.
Mar 22, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
On the Politics of ‘Scandal’ On the Politics of ‘Scandal’
ABC’s hit show, created by Shonda Rhimes and starring Kerry Washington, is a truly original political soap opera.
Mar 21, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Ken Tucker
Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique Unreal Choices: On The Feminine Mystique
For Betty Friedan, feminism was humanism: a question of growth, maturation and identity.
Mar 20, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Julia M. Klein
It’s Time to Play… Conservative Mystery Date! It’s Time to Play… Conservative Mystery Date!
Who'll be the lucky man (or troll) for you?
Mar 19, 2013 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
The Verdict: Steubenville Shows the Bond Between Jock Culture and Rape Culture The Verdict: Steubenville Shows the Bond Between Jock Culture and Rape Culture
The Steubenville verdict should be discussed in locker rooms and athletic departments around the country.
Mar 18, 2013 / Blog / Dave Zirin
Only ‘Yes’ Means Yes: What Steubenville’s Rape Trial Reminds Us About Sexual Consent Only ‘Yes’ Means Yes: What Steubenville’s Rape Trial Reminds Us About Sexual Consent
Without an affirmative consent model, rapists will continue to go free based on outrageous arguments about whether or not their victim didn’t want it enough.
Mar 15, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman
Microsoft Helps Sponsor CPAC’s Anti-Gay Conference Microsoft Helps Sponsor CPAC’s Anti-Gay Conference
Microsoft, a company staking out a public position as pro-equality, helps underwrite a conservative group pushing to exclude gays from the Republican Party.
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Stopping Rape by Addressing Its Causes Katrina vanden Heuvel: Stopping Rape by Addressing Its Causes
The illogical argument that women should be armed to stop rape comes out of a right-wing political culture that doesn’t listen to women's voices.
Mar 12, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope
When you argue that it’s impossible to stop rape, what you’re really saying is, I don’t care enough to do anything about it.
Mar 12, 2013 / Blog / Jessica Valenti
This Week: Moving Feminism Forward This Week: Moving Feminism Forward
We’ve come a long way, but we’ve a long way to go in progress for women’s rights.
Mar 9, 2013 / Blog / Katrina vanden Heuvel