It’s Time to Play… Conservative Mystery Date! It’s Time to Play… Conservative Mystery Date!
Who'll be the lucky man (or troll) for you?
Mar 19, 2013 / Tom Tomorrow
The Verdict: Steubenville Shows the Bond Between Jock Culture and Rape Culture The Verdict: Steubenville Shows the Bond Between Jock Culture and Rape Culture
The Steubenville verdict should be discussed in locker rooms and athletic departments around the country.
Mar 18, 2013 / Dave Zirin
Only ‘Yes’ Means Yes: What Steubenville’s Rape Trial Reminds Us About Sexual Consent Only ‘Yes’ Means Yes: What Steubenville’s Rape Trial Reminds Us About Sexual Consent
Without an affirmative consent model, rapists will continue to go free based on outrageous arguments about whether or not their victim didn’t want it enough.
Mar 15, 2013 / Jessica Valenti and Jaclyn Friedman
Microsoft Helps Sponsor CPAC’s Anti-Gay Conference Microsoft Helps Sponsor CPAC’s Anti-Gay Conference
Microsoft, a company staking out a public position as pro-equality, helps underwrite a conservative group pushing to exclude gays from the Republican Party.
Mar 15, 2013 / Lee Fang
Katrina vanden Heuvel: Stopping Rape by Addressing Its Causes Katrina vanden Heuvel: Stopping Rape by Addressing Its Causes
The illogical argument that women should be armed to stop rape comes out of a right-wing political culture that doesn’t listen to women's voices.
Mar 12, 2013 / Press Room
Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope Rape Is Not Inevitable: On Zerlina Maxwell, Men and Hope
When you argue that it’s impossible to stop rape, what you’re really saying is, I don’t care enough to do anything about it.
Mar 12, 2013 / Jessica Valenti
This Week: Moving Feminism Forward This Week: Moving Feminism Forward
We’ve come a long way, but we’ve a long way to go in progress for women’s rights.
Mar 9, 2013 / Books & the Arts / Katrina vanden Heuvel
On IWD, Protect Funding for VAWA On IWD, Protect Funding for VAWA
Tell your representatives that domestic violence victims cannot be used as bargaining chips. Demand that any deal to avert the sequester restores full funding to VAWA programs.
Mar 8, 2013 / NationAction
What ‘Oz’ Owes To Early Radical Feminism What ‘Oz’ Owes To Early Radical Feminism
No joke: Much of Oz’s matriarchal leanings come straight from a radical American feminist.
Mar 8, 2013 / Michelle Dean
Afghan Women Face the Future Afghan Women Face the Future
As the US withdrawal looms, women’s rights advocates plan to carry on their fierce, lonely fight.