JoAnn Wypijewski

JoAnn Wypijewski is the author, most recently, of What We Don’t Talk About: Sex and the Mess of Life. With Kevin Alexander Gray and Jeffrey St. Clair, she edited Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence.

Beauty and the Beast Beauty and the Beast

The old warrior deploys sex as a central political weapon to recharge his potency and his party's fortunes. Is there a trap here?

Sep 10, 2008 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Obama as Sex Symbol Obama as Sex Symbol

A desperately needy America warms to the hot married love of Barack and Michelle.

Jul 16, 2008 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Notes on a Scandal Notes on a Scandal

The Spitzer affair's obvious rationality continues to elude the therapists, sexperts and pundits for whom shame is the game.

Mar 17, 2008 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Postcards From Ohio Postcards From Ohio

The white working-class vote is on the line--so is the myth of Clinton-era good times.

Feb 28, 2008 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski

Bad Sex in the City Bad Sex in the City

There's something untrustworthy about a man who can't conduct a decent affair. Rudy Giuliani never could.

Dec 12, 2007 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski

States of Disunion States of Disunion

In the wake of the labor split, nothing revolutionary or even progressive is discernible in this schism.

Aug 11, 2005 / JoAnn Wypijewski

The Party’s Over The Party’s Over

Tracy Pierce didn't get to vote. She'd been registered for years but had moved and didn't know that this affected her voting status. She wasn't on any voter list that could be fo...

Nov 4, 2004 / JoAnn Wypijewski

The Rainbow’s Gravity The Rainbow’s Gravity

Twenty years after Jesse Jackson's historic run for President, what does it all mean?

Jul 15, 2004 / Feature / JoAnn Wypijewski

Mementos Mementos

Contributions in memory of Edward Said may be sent to: Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia Research Fund, LIJMC, Attention: Dr. Kanti Rai, New Hyde Park, NY 11040; The Friends of Union of P...

Oct 2, 2003 / JoAnn Wypijewski

Liberal Pieties Liberal Pieties

CORRECTION: The Fisher family of Six Feet Under is Episcopalian, not Catholic. (10/1)

Sep 4, 2003 / Books & the Arts / JoAnn Wypijewski

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