Feminism

Laundromat workers walk out on the job

Working Women Need the PRO Act Working Women Need the PRO Act

Passing off anti-union beliefs under the guise of feminism isn’t just cynical—it’s flat-out wrong.

May 17, 2021 / Mindy Isser

Claire McClinton

The Fierce Prophetic Vision of Poor Women The Fierce Prophetic Vision of Poor Women

Women like Claire McClinton, Johnnie Tillmon, and Julia Ward Howe have allowed us glimpses of what a country that served and empowered all women looks like.

May 15, 2021 / Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis

Girls Season 2 Premiere

Stringer’s History of Bad-Faith Feminism Stringer’s History of Bad-Faith Feminism

He’s paid lip service to the women’s issue du jour for years, and it’s catching up to him.

May 14, 2021 / Alexis Grenell

Scott Stringer arrives for rally by coalition of union

Rushing to Judgment on Scott Stringer Rushing to Judgment on Scott Stringer

The facts are too scarce, and the stakes are too high, to jump to conclusions.

May 11, 2021 / Katha Pollitt

What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021

What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021 What ‘Girlhood’ Means in 2021

A conversation with Melissa Febos about her radical essays on youth and gender.

May 10, 2021 / Q&A / Naomi Gordon-Loebl

Virgina Woolf

Helpful Men: Defending Philip Roth, Dismissing Virginia Woolf Helpful Men: Defending Philip Roth, Dismissing Virginia Woolf

Like most women who write, I live my life according to the firmly stated judgments of literary men.

May 6, 2021 / Alyssa Harad

The Rise of Adjunct Lit

The Rise of Adjunct Lit The Rise of Adjunct Lit

How a bleak future in and out of the academy has produced a new kind of campus novel.

May 3, 2021 / Books & the Arts / Maggie Doherty

Phillip Roth

Philip Roth and His Defensive Fans Are Their Own Worst Enemies Philip Roth and His Defensive Fans Are Their Own Worst Enemies

Why did it take a sexual assault scandal to raise red flags about a deeply flawed biography?

Apr 30, 2021 / Jeet Heer

Cuomo

Just Because Cuomo Deserves Due Process Doesn’t Mean He Shouldn’t Resign Just Because Cuomo Deserves Due Process Doesn’t Mean He Shouldn’t Resign

Sexual assault victims face an impossible burden of proof. We know enough to demand that the governor step down.

Apr 30, 2021 / Column / Alexis Grenell

Philip Roth biography

Blake Bailey’s Life as a Man Blake Bailey’s Life as a Man

The disgraced writer’s Philip Roth biography is a document of a misogynist literary world. But I had to read the book to get the whole story.

Apr 28, 2021 / Katha Pollitt

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