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Solidarity for (All) Women, Please
Today is February 27 and although it may not be apparent, we are at a transition of immense significance. As we move from Black History...
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Feb 26, 20142 min read


Why Marrying Someone Like Yourself Is Bad For America
The Economist recently ran a story with the provocative subtitle “How sexual equality increases the gap between rich and poor...
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Feb 26, 20144 min read


Sochi and a Look into Article 6.21
The opening ceremony for the 2014 Winter Olympics was, without a doubt, beautiful, and one would hope so, considering the whopping $50...
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Feb 19, 20143 min read


Super Bowl Sunday: Chips, Salsa, and Sex Trafficking
Like many Americans, I too was captivated by recent headlines naming the Super Bowl as the biggest human trafficking event on the planet....
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Feb 5, 20143 min read


Women in the Draft? Let’s Fight for Gender Equality First
In January 2013 the Pentagon officially reversed its ban on women in combat roles. This quickly prompted a discussion on including...
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Feb 2, 20143 min read


Fracking, Stripping, Speaking: The Politics of Sex Work
In 1890, the United States Census Bureau announced the end of the Western frontier. Yet the frontier spirit has surfaced intermittently...
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Dec 13, 20136 min read


Politico Magazine is a Feminist Nightmare
There. You clicked it. The rest of this column doesn’t even matter. But while I have you here, I might as well explain myself. No, I...
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Nov 26, 20133 min read


State-Funded Misinformation: The Problem With Crisis Pregnancy Centers
Imagine you’ve come down with appendicitis. Scared and in pain, you go to an “Appendix Crisis Center,” where they tell you that if you...
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Nov 19, 20133 min read


How America’s Sex Ed Supports Rape Culture
Sexual education in America is far from perfect. It varies widely from state to state (and even school to school), but at worst it can...
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Nov 5, 20134 min read


Supply Side Part II: Getting Women to Pursue Computer Science
A couple weeks ago, I mocked Twitter CEO Dick Costolo for citing a “supply-side problem” recruiting female employees (and, crucially,...
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Oct 29, 20134 min read


Domestic Violence Costs More Than You Think
Type any sentence involving “women” into Google and see what you find. According to a set of UN Women ads, it’s not pretty. Women...
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Oct 23, 20136 min read


Victim-Blaming, From Maryville to a College Near You
I wasn’t inclined to like Emily Yoffe’s recent Slate column, entitled “College Women: Stop Getting Drunk.” (No one gets between me and my...
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Oct 22, 20134 min read


The Supply-Side Fallacy: Women, Entrepreneurship, and Catering to the Real Audience
Twitter, my preferred source for weird Pokémon quotes, Marxist sex tips, and pictures of baby animals, made headlines last week for...
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Oct 15, 20134 min read


More Than Blood: California’s Progressive Renegotiation of Family
With the stay of effect on gay marriages overturned on June 18 and flexible legislation around the definition of family enacted last...
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Oct 9, 20133 min read


Shutting Down the Conscience Clause
In a move that surprises no one ever, House Republicans added a last minute measure to the spending bill before the government shutdown...
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Oct 2, 20133 min read


Make Revenge Porn Illegal Already
Anonymous 6442 says: Bitch. Is retarded and a slut so if you into that then here you guys. That’s one of the tamest captions on MyEx.com....
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Oct 1, 20133 min read


“Keep the Government out of My Vagina” Says Right Wing Group
Below is the newest ad encouraging American youth to “opt out” of Obamacare, courtesy of OptOut.org. It depicts an unnerving caricature...
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Sep 24, 20132 min read


I Am Here for Me, Too
This is a guest column written by Kevin Carty. Originally posted on Feminists-at-Large on 28 August, 2013. For anyone who’s spent at...
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Sep 21, 20137 min read


Harvard Business School’s Gender Initiative: Too Little Too Late
Reading the New York Times piece on gender relations at Harvard Business School should be encouraging, but I don’t blame you if it...
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Sep 20, 20134 min read


Stacey Rambold and America’s Rape Problem
Summer is on its way out, and its departure comes not only with fading light, but with a sense of resignation in the sentencing of...
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Sep 15, 20135 min read
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