A Sexual Assault Memoir Women Deserve A Sexual Assault Memoir Women Deserve
Chanel Miller’s brilliant account of her assault by Stanford swimmer Brock Turner questions the way we treat sexual assault—and sex itself.
Oct 3, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Margaret Atwood Shouldn’t Exonerate Aunt Lydia Margaret Atwood Shouldn’t Exonerate Aunt Lydia
The Testaments, Atwood’s sequel to Handmaid’s Tale, gives undue credit to Gilead’s misogynistic female enabler.
Sep 19, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Almost Everything Bad That Trump Did This Summer Almost Everything Bad That Trump Did This Summer
Need a crash course in reality? Here’s what you missed.
Sep 5, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze Jeffrey Epstein’s Science of Sleaze
Epstein’s scientist “friends” should have known better than to associate with a crackpot transhumanist.
Aug 12, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
To Fight Trump, Take to the Streets! To Fight Trump, Take to the Streets!
The Trump administration gets more malicious, harmful, and absurd every day. So why aren’t many of us outside protesting?
Jul 15, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
The Case for Staying on Earth—With or Without Musk and Bezos The Case for Staying on Earth—With or Without Musk and Bezos
Why should we listen to zillionaires who want to abandon ship?
Jun 17, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
A Man’s Guide to Abortion A Man’s Guide to Abortion
You don’t have to be a woman to stand up for reproductive rights.
Jun 3, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
A Radical Reunion: Harvard’s Student Strikers, 50 Years Later A Radical Reunion: Harvard’s Student Strikers, 50 Years Later
We are older, grayer, and for the most part, more rotund—but our commitments to left politics haven’t changed.
May 6, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
Back in Westeros Back in Westeros
Game of Thrones’ final season depicts a fractured world’s last shot at redemption.
Apr 19, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
How Women Are Made Invisible by Design How Women Are Made Invisible by Design
When a “generic male” is the measure of all things, women suffer the consequences.
Apr 9, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt