On Racism and Sexism, Don’t Let Progress Be the Enemy of More Progress On Racism and Sexism, Don’t Let Progress Be the Enemy of More Progress
Ta-Nehisi Coates's detractors are too quick to declare him overly pessimistic about how white supremacy still shapes our society.
Apr 1, 2014 / Bryce Covert
As Jordanian Women Leave the Home, Sexual Harassment Reaches Unprecedented Levels As Jordanian Women Leave the Home, Sexual Harassment Reaches Unprecedented Levels
Social media platforms are enabling women to speak out anonymously and show that harassment exists—but that hasn’t resulted in culture change.
Mar 18, 2014 / Feature / Elizabeth Whitman
Women on the Side: Why Anti-Choicers Won’t Win Women on the Side: Why Anti-Choicers Won’t Win
The strategic shift from calling women murderers to labeling them victims of abortion will never work, because we understand that in either case our health and rights are beside th...
Mar 18, 2014 / Jessica Valenti
Why Women Rightly Fear Failure Why Women Rightly Fear Failure
If the world demands that you work twice as hard to get half the reward, why would you handicap yourself?
Mar 18, 2014 / Bryce Covert
The Problem With Anti-Trafficking Dragnets The Problem With Anti-Trafficking Dragnets
A campaign to criminalize sex workers has put the City of Phoenix under the scrutiny of UN human rights authorities.
Mar 17, 2014 / Michelle Chen
Why We Need International Women’s Day Why We Need International Women’s Day
Over 100 years after the first International Women’s Day celebrations, women continue to trail behind men by every economic measure.
Mar 7, 2014 / Kathleen Geier
Feminists Talk Trigger Warnings: A Round-Up Feminists Talk Trigger Warnings: A Round-Up
A triggering event can be so individual, so specific, that there is no anticipating it.
Mar 6, 2014 / Jessica Valenti
Let’s Call Sex Work What It Is: Work Let’s Call Sex Work What It Is: Work
Villainizing sex workers won’t improve their lives. Basic labor rights will.
Mar 5, 2014 / Melissa Gira Grant
President Obama Extends a Hand to Young Men and Boys of Color. What About Girls? President Obama Extends a Hand to Young Men and Boys of Color. What About Girls?
Like their male counterparts, black and Latina girls and young women suffer from striking racial disparities in education and income.
Mar 4, 2014 / Dani McClain
TED Backpedals on Abortion Stance After Outrage TED Backpedals on Abortion Stance After Outrage
TED claims that they welcome discussion of “abortion as a social justice issue.” Let‘s hold them to it.
Feb 14, 2014 / Jessica Valenti