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Women Wanted
The Republican Party is like a bunch of awkward guys on dates — trying very hard, but having trouble winning over women. With the midterm...
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Oct 22, 20145 min read


Femme Fatales of Afghanistan and US Ignorance
While 13 years may have passed since September 11, 2001, Islamophobic sentiments in the United States remain as aggravated a problem as...
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Oct 19, 20144 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


Turbulent: The Normality of Silence
Turbulent by Shirin Neshat. Wikimedia Commons. Creative Commons License. Turbulent is the first short film of a trilogy created by...
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Feb 14, 20143 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


Awesome 12-Year-Old Fights North Carolina’s Voter ID Laws
If you only watch one video this week, make it this one. Madison Kimrey, a 12-year-old from North Carolina, is already a force to be...
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Nov 12, 20132 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


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


What Miley Cyrus Says About Us
Here we are, a month removed from the VMA performance that shook a nation. Before Miley Cyrus did her infamous phallic-foam-finger dance,...
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Oct 8, 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


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


What’s Your Favorite B-Side? More About Plan B Access
Kathleen Sebelius really doesn’t want universal Plan B access. Image courtesy of “woohoo120” on Flickr. Friends, Romans, countrypeople,...
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May 15, 20133 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


No Place For Compromise
Copyright © 2005 Alexandra Lee. Licensed under Creative Commons. When it comes to reproductive rights in this country, we dodged a bullet...
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Nov 8, 20122 min read


A Binder Full of Facts: Understanding Pay Equity
We like to criticize the media for latching on to political gaffes, but we, the people of the Internet, clearly enjoy a good campaign...
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Oct 22, 20124 min read


Who does Romney Need to Impress Tonight?
Mitt needs to chip at Obama’s widening lead among women. The debates are his first chance to speak directly to them. Mitt Romney may not...
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Oct 3, 20121 min read
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