Slide Show: 6 Ways the Media Represents Female Athletes Slide Show: 6 Ways the Media Represents Female Athletes
Female athletes are significantly more likely to be portrayed in ways that emphasize their femininity and heterosexuality over their athletic prowess, often with the justification…
Aug 1, 2011 / Photo Essay / The Nation
Sex Sells Sex, Not Women’s Sports Sex Sells Sex, Not Women’s Sports
So what does sell women's sports?
Jul 27, 2011 / Feature / Mary Jo Kane
America’s Deepest Closet America’s Deepest Closet
Why does the sports world remain fiercely hostile to open participation by LGBT athletes?
Jul 27, 2011 / Feature / Sherry Wolf
Birth Control: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Birth Control: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Birth control is lifesaving medicine. Yet the myth that it is “controversial” persists.
Jul 27, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
New Ohio Bill Prohibits Late Term Abortions New Ohio Bill Prohibits Late Term Abortions
Aside from being an obvious infringement on women’s rights and privacy, the bill promotes unsafe and unhealthy medical practices, as late term abortions are typically due to ...
Jul 21, 2011 / Nation in the News / Press Room
New Ohio Bill Prohibits Late Term Abortions New Ohio Bill Prohibits Late Term Abortions
Aside from being an obvious infringement on women's rights and privacy, the bill promotes unsafe and unhealthy medical practices, as late term abortions are typically due to health...
Eliminate Co-Pays for Contraception, IOM Report Recommends Eliminate Co-Pays for Contraception, IOM Report Recommends
All FDA-approved contraceptives should be fully covered under the healthcare reform law, a panel finds. Advocates see a win for women's health—and a political win for the Aff...
Jul 19, 2011 / Sharon Lerner
No, Erica Jong, Sex Is Not Passé No, Erica Jong, Sex Is Not Passé
A shaky trend story gets it very wrong about young women and sex.
Jul 14, 2011 / Blog / Katha Pollitt
How States Could Ban Abortion With ‘Roe’ Still Standing How States Could Ban Abortion With ‘Roe’ Still Standing
If the Supreme Court holds outrageously restrictive new abortion laws, abortion will effectively be impossible to obtain in states like Kansas and South Dakota—while technically le...
Jul 14, 2011 / Amanda Marcotte and Jesse Taylor
What Keeps Single Women from Saving for Retirement? What Keeps Single Women from Saving for Retirement?
Women's social roles—not to mention structural economic constraints—actually make it more expensive to be female in the United States.