Gender and Sexuality

Anti-Prostitution Pledge Heads to Supreme Court

Anti-Prostitution Pledge Heads to Supreme Court Anti-Prostitution Pledge Heads to Supreme Court

The Supreme Court will now decide: can the government force aid recipients to oppose prostitution?

Apr 19, 2013 / Melissa Gira Grant

Race and Tyler Perry: Do We Really Need More Commentary From White People?

Race and Tyler Perry: Do We Really Need More Commentary From White People? Race and Tyler Perry: Do We Really Need More Commentary From White People?

Why not just recognize the non-white voices that are already out there?

Apr 19, 2013 / Michelle Dean

Sex, Lies and ‘Education’

Sex, Lies and ‘Education’ Sex, Lies and ‘Education’

In West Virginia, one high school student is standing up for her right to hear the truth—the whole truth—about sexual health.

Apr 19, 2013 / Chloe Angyal

Sexual Assault Survivors Are Telling Their Stories—Are We Listening?

Sexual Assault Survivors Are Telling Their Stories—Are We Listening? Sexual Assault Survivors Are Telling Their Stories—Are We Listening?

As the military finally tackles its sexual assault problem, our society as a whole needs to do the same.

Apr 18, 2013 / Chloe Angyal

House of Horrors: On Domestic Violence

House of Horrors: On Domestic Violence House of Horrors: On Domestic Violence

America's military-masculinity complex is generating violence on a mass scale—at home.

Apr 18, 2013 / Erika Eichelberger

NHL Takes ‘Historic Step’ for LGBT Equality

NHL Takes ‘Historic Step’ for LGBT Equality NHL Takes ‘Historic Step’ for LGBT Equality

The National Hockey League is now a no-homophobia league. Who will follow suit?

Apr 12, 2013 / Dave Zirin

Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’

Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’ Madness in the Method: On ‘Homeland’

Afflicted with a mental disorder, Carrie Mathison is an unlikely American hero, and seems a bad bet besides.

Apr 10, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Miriam Markowitz

The Marriage Con

The Marriage Con The Marriage Con

Society keeps telling women that marriage is for their benefit, but we know better.

Apr 10, 2013 / Jessica Valenti

My So-Called ‘Post-Feminist’ Life in Arts and Letters

My So-Called ‘Post-Feminist’ Life in Arts and Letters My So-Called ‘Post-Feminist’ Life in Arts and Letters

Slut-shaming, name-calling and no respect: welcome to life in literary America for a twenty-first-century female author.

Apr 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Deborah Copaken Kogan

Dave Zirin: When Will Homophobia in Big-Money Sports End?

Dave Zirin: When Will Homophobia in Big-Money Sports End? Dave Zirin: When Will Homophobia in Big-Money Sports End?

Now-former Rutgers coach Mike Rice is just the tip of a homophobic iceberg. What'll it take to melt it away?

Apr 9, 2013 / Press Room

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