Gender and Sexuality

The Case of Julian Assange

The Case of Julian Assange The Case of Julian Assange

The response to the allegations against the WikiLeaks founder prove that when it comes to rape, the left still doesn't get it.

Dec 22, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill Ask, Tell, Don’t Kill

Seventeen years after Bill Clinton's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" compromise, the institutionalized closet in the military should soon be gone. With the Senate vote to repeal, ...

Dec 21, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

When Interpol Cares About Sexual Assault When Interpol Cares About Sexual Assault

Julian Assange turned himself in Tuesday—he's been arrested and is being held without bail in London ahead of a hearing on extradition to Sweden. If women's security is sudde...

Dec 7, 2010 / The Notion / Laura Flanders

Conversation: Katha Pollitt on Conservative Feminism Conversation: Katha Pollitt on Conservative Feminism

Sarah Palin is busily trying to sell "conservative feminism" to the masses, but her idea of feminism certainly doesn't include reproductive choice or sexual freedom. ...

Dec 3, 2010 / Nation in the News / Press Room

Conversation: Katha Pollitt on Conservative Feminism Conversation: Katha Pollitt on Conservative Feminism

Sarah Palin is busily trying to sell "conservative feminism" to the masses, but her idea of feminism certainly doesn't include reproductive choice or sexual freedom. Me...

Dec 3, 2010 / Video / GRITtv

Motel-land

Motel-land Motel-land

For Americans teetering on the edge of poverty, in other rooms there are other trials.

Dec 2, 2010 / Editorial / JoAnn Wypijewski

On Condoms, Hope From the Pope On Condoms, Hope From the Pope

The pope has said both men and women can use condoms to protect themselves from HIV.  Can he now say that women can use them to protect themselves from the dangers of pregnanc...

Nov 23, 2010 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere

Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell—Anyone, Anywhere

Even proponents of repeal assume that DADT only interferes with the ability of gay servicemembers to serve openly, leaving them to conduct their private lives in, well, private. We...

Nov 16, 2010 / Daniel Redman and Ilona Turner

Students and Sex Work Students and Sex Work

Canadian students, sex workers and researchers respond to UK study on students' willingness to consider sex work.

Nov 15, 2010 / StudentNation / Joanna Chiu

For Colored Girls, Is Tyler Perry’s Film Enuf? For Colored Girls, Is Tyler Perry’s Film Enuf?

To hear Tyler Perry tell it, black women are forever in flux amidst hate. But the original For Colored Girls grappled with much more than the weight of trauma, injustice and abuse.

Nov 12, 2010 / Courtney Young

x