A Thank-You Note to Anita Hill A Thank-You Note to Anita Hill
Because you spoke out twenty years ago, women no longer shrug off sexual harassment—we press charges.
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves Black Women Still in Defense of Ourselves
Sexual harassment had been a common experience of black women’s work life since they arrived in America, and it was black women plaintiffs who first comprehended that sexual ...
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
How Anita Hill Changed the World How Anita Hill Changed the World
From SlutWalks to class action lawsuits to ordinary women feeling empowered to speak out against sexual harassment—that’s change we can believe in.
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Katha Pollitt
Taking Up the Legacy of Anita Hill Taking Up the Legacy of Anita Hill
She put sexual harassment on the map, but twenty years later, more than half of all high school and college age women report being harassed.
Oct 5, 2011 / Feature / Jessica Valenti
Ban Birth Control? They Wouldn’t Dare… Ban Birth Control? They Wouldn’t Dare…
Wake up, sleepyheads: the antichoicers are coming for contraception.
Oct 5, 2011 / Column / Katha Pollitt
‘If the South Would Have Won’: The NFL and Hank Williams Jr. ‘If the South Would Have Won’: The NFL and Hank Williams Jr.
Hank Williams Jr compared Obama to Hitler. ESPN seemed surprised. We shouldn’t be.
Oct 5, 2011 / Blog / Dave Zirin
New Public Health Report Underscores: Long Live the Condom New Public Health Report Underscores: Long Live the Condom
Injectable hormonal birth control can double a woman's risk of contracting HIV from her partner, even as it prevents pregnancy. Condoms are still the best way to prevent both ...
Oct 4, 2011 / Blog / Dana Goldstein
Taking a Close Look at Rick Perry’s Civil Rights Record Taking a Close Look at Rick Perry’s Civil Rights Record
The name of his family hunting ranch raises questions about his race politics. So what’s his record on civil rights issues?
Occupy the NBA! Occupy the NBA!
If we are going to Occupy Wall Street, DC and other locales, let’s take the fight to corporate greed ground zero: David Stern’s NBA.
Oct 3, 2011 / Blog / Dave Zirin
‘My Clothes Are Not My Consent!’ Say SlutWalkers in New York City ‘My Clothes Are Not My Consent!’ Say SlutWalkers in New York City
Over a thousand feminists gathered at SlutWalk NYC on Saturday to protest victim-blaming. Will the world get the message?
Oct 3, 2011 / Blog / Emily Douglas