Desperate Housewives of the Ivy League? Desperate Housewives of the Ivy League?
Why does the New York Times feel compelled to perpetuate the myth that smart, striving women are increasingly opting out of a career to be stay-at-home moms?
Sep 29, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Intelligible Design Intelligible Design
Intellectually, scientifically, even artistically, fundamentalism is a road to nowhere, because it insists on fidelity to revealed truths that are not true.
Sep 15, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Theocracy Lite Theocracy Lite
How can women be equal before Islamic law, according to which they are unequal?
Sep 1, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Feminists for (Fetal) Life Feminists for (Fetal) Life
Feminists for Life fails to acknowledge women as moral agents. And in that sense, they aren't feminists at all.
Aug 11, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Should Roe Go? Should Roe Go?
Should pro-choicers just give up and let Roe go?
Jul 14, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
If the Frame Fits… If the Frame Fits…
Reframing abortion takes the issue out of its real-life context, which is the experience of women.
Jun 23, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Brooklyn Prof in Godless Shocker Brooklyn Prof in Godless Shocker
People who believe in academic freedom should denounce CUNY's treatment of an atheist professor.
Jun 9, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Stiffed Stiffed
Thanks to the wonders of reproductive science, you too can have a virgin birth.
May 26, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Virginity or Death! Virginity or Death!
Is the threat of cervical cancer at age 60 really keeping teenage girls virgins?
May 12, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Practice What You Preach Practice What You Preach
Forget common ground--it's time to divide up the country.
Apr 28, 2005 / Column / Katha Pollitt