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Guys, Geeks and Gals: What the Media Missed About the Misogyny of Nerd Culture
The day before Anita Sarkeesian, the founder of Feminist Frequency, was scheduled to talk at Utah State University, administration...
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Feb 16, 20157 min read
The Machismo Paradox: Latin America’s Struggles with Feminism and Patriarchy
President Michelle Bachelet marked her second inauguration last month wearing the country’s traditional red, white and blue presidential...
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Apr 30, 201412 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


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


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


The “Sandberg-Slaughter Debate” at the Supreme Court
Hello, readers. There are no Fourth Amendment decisions being handed down (I just want my warrant rights clarified, Court!) and we’ve...
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Mar 20, 20134 min read
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