Jessica Valenti writes for The Nation: “Feminists put up with a lot: the mainstream media constantly announcing the movement’s death, mansplainers, stereotypes about Birkenstocks. The whole pervasive political and cultural sexism thing is no picnic, eith…
Katie McDonough writes for Salon: “Texas A&M University’s Student Senate approved a measure to allow students to deny funding to campus LGBT groups if they have religious objections. Meanwhile, the Texas House of Representatives is currently consider…
Irin Carmon writes for Salon: “Even if the Supreme Court does decide to punt on the Proposition 8 case, today’s oral arguments again made something clear: Defenders of the marriage equality ban are very, very anxious about gender roles. And a majority of…
Tim Murphy writes for Mother Jones: “But although NOM’s rally features the loud music and chants of a pep rally (also: bagpipes, grown men dressed like Buckingham palace guards, and dudes wearing red sashes), it has the feeling of something a bit differe…
Vanessa Veselka writes in Salon: “In the November 2012 GQ I wrote an essay detailing some of my experiences as a teenage hitchhiker. The article, ‘The Truck Stop Killer,’ focused on a ride I had hitched with a possible serial killer who, I believe, had m…