Gender and Sexuality

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McDonald’s Workers Walk Out Over Sexual Harassment McDonald’s Workers Walk Out Over Sexual Harassment

“Hold the burgers, hold the fries, keep your hands off our thighs.”

Sep 18, 2018 / Rebecca Grant

Before We Even Begin to Have a Conversation About Forgiving Brett Kavanaugh

Before We Even Begin to Have a Conversation About Forgiving Brett Kavanaugh Before We Even Begin to Have a Conversation About Forgiving Brett Kavanaugh

Christine Blasey Ford has come forward with highly credible allegations of sexual assault that deserve a full airing and much reflection.

Sep 17, 2018 / Katha Pollitt

India lifts ban on gay sex

The Strange, Long Afterlife of an Inhumane Colonial Law The Strange, Long Afterlife of an Inhumane Colonial Law

Homophobia in India is an alien import with shallow roots.

Sep 14, 2018 / Siddharth Dube

Susan Collins’s Reputation as a Moderate Is On the Line

Susan Collins’s Reputation as a Moderate Is On the Line Susan Collins’s Reputation as a Moderate Is On the Line

She says she’s pro-choice, so how can she justify voting for Brett Kavanaugh?

Sep 12, 2018 / Column / Katha Pollitt

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Young Jean Lee’s Domestic Surrealism Young Jean Lee’s Domestic Surrealism

In her newest play, Lee offers us a look at the straight white man as a specimen.

Sep 11, 2018 / Alisa Solomon

Miss America Protest New Jersey 1968

How ‘No More Miss America’ Announced a Feminist Upheaval How ‘No More Miss America’ Announced a Feminist Upheaval

A bold and irreverent protest 50 years ago put a renewed women’s liberation movement on the public map—and offers important lessons for today’s resistance.

Sep 7, 2018 / Laura Tanenbaum and Mark Engler

The ‘Anti-Catholic’ Playbook

The ‘Anti-Catholic’ Playbook The ‘Anti-Catholic’ Playbook

Does Brett Kavanaugh think abortion should be illegal? A secret network of right-wing activists has spent millions attacking such questions as anti-religious bigotry.

Sep 5, 2018 / Sarah Posner

I Want to Explore Polyamory, My Partner Doesn’t. What Should I Do?

I Want to Explore Polyamory, My Partner Doesn’t. What Should I Do? I Want to Explore Polyamory, My Partner Doesn’t. What Should I Do?

Another reader asks how she can protect others from an ex-colleague who may have assaulted three women.

Aug 31, 2018 / Liza Featherstone

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Letters From the September 24-October 1, 2018, Issue Letters From the September 24-October 1, 2018, Issue

‘68 Letdown What a gigantic disappointment the special 1968 issue, “Year of Global Insurrection” [Aug. 27/Sept. 3], must be for anyone who was actually alive and aware in ‘68 and e…

Aug 30, 2018 / Our Readers

The Women of Impressionism

The Women of Impressionism The Women of Impressionism

Mary Cassatt, Elizabeth Nourse, Berthe Morisot, and Rosa Bonheur were as central to Impressionism’s shifting and often contradictory currents as their male counterparts.

Aug 30, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Barry Schwabsky

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