Gender and Sexuality

Please Don’t Call it ‘Rape Insurance’: Michigan’s Anti-Choice Bill Hurts All Women

Please Don’t Call it ‘Rape Insurance’: Michigan’s Anti-Choice Bill Hurts All Women Please Don’t Call it ‘Rape Insurance’: Michigan’s Anti-Choice Bill Hurts All Women

The term “rape insurance” does a disservice to women—and to the reproductive justice movement.

Dec 12, 2013 / Jessica Valenti

Manic Pixie Dead Girl: Why I’m Done With TV Shows

Manic Pixie Dead Girl: Why I’m Done With TV Shows Manic Pixie Dead Girl: Why I’m Done With TV Shows

Too many women are dying horrific deaths on television dramas.

Dec 11, 2013 / Jessica Valenti

Nelson Mandela, Feminist

Nelson Mandela, Feminist Nelson Mandela, Feminist

Few people know that Mandela was a global leader on reproductive freedom.

Dec 9, 2013 / Ilyse Hogue

Why the Anti-Choice Movement Is Attacking My Play, ‘MOM BABY GOD’

Why the Anti-Choice Movement Is Attacking My Play, ‘MOM BABY GOD’ Why the Anti-Choice Movement Is Attacking My Play, ‘MOM BABY GOD’

Based on two years of undercover research, MOM BABY GOD explores the student arm of the anti-choice movement.

Dec 6, 2013 / StudentNation / Madeline Burrows and StudentNation

The Rise of the Islamic Feminists

The Rise of the Islamic Feminists The Rise of the Islamic Feminists

Muslim women are fighting for their rights from within Islamic tradition, rather than against it.

Dec 4, 2013 / Feature / Elizabeth Segran

The Progressive’s Guide to Holiday Giving

The Progressive’s Guide to Holiday Giving The Progressive’s Guide to Holiday Giving

Want to help Texas women? African AIDS orphans? Here's how.

Dec 4, 2013 / Column / Katha Pollitt

‘Young Lakota’: Reproductive Justice and Coming of Age on the Rez

‘Young Lakota’: Reproductive Justice and Coming of Age on the Rez ‘Young Lakota’: Reproductive Justice and Coming of Age on the Rez

Why young women like Sunny Clifford are worth watching.  

Nov 29, 2013 / Aura Bogado

Birth Control Coverage: It’s the Misogyny, Stupid

Birth Control Coverage: It’s the Misogyny, Stupid Birth Control Coverage: It’s the Misogyny, Stupid

These cases are not about religious freedom or employer’s rights. They’re about misogyny.

Nov 26, 2013 / Jessica Valenti

How Do We Stop Anti-LGBTQ Bullying?

How Do We Stop Anti-LGBTQ Bullying? How Do We Stop Anti-LGBTQ Bullying?

Message of support to LGBTQ youth are a beautiful sign of solidarity, but alone they are inadequate to deal with the depth and scale of the crisis at hand.

Nov 20, 2013 / StudentNation / Keegan O’Brien and StudentNation

Here Comes Everybody

Here Comes Everybody Here Comes Everybody

Women writers are far outnumbered by men in magazines and book reviews, but why? Part of the answer lies in book publishing.

Nov 19, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz

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