ERA: Once More Unto the Breach?

Katha Pollitt of The Nation writes: “Of course the ERA won’t mandate equal representation in Congress or anywhere else, but the very fact that it evokes the possibility is what’s exciting about it. The ERA would switch the paradigm from how much equality…

Gayle Trotter’s Ideas Will Not Keep Women Safe

At Slate’s “XXfactor” blog, Amanda Marcotte writes: “The conservative claim, made by Trotter, that guns are an ‘equalizer’ is about as serious a misrepresentation as you can muster when it comes to violence against women. Most violence against women is p…

Thomas E. Allen / ‘Doctor of choice’ was leader of social, artistic causes

An obituary in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for Dr. Thomas E. Allen says: “

In Malpractice Case, Catholic Hospital Argues Fetuses Aren’t People

At RH Reality Check, John Tomasic writes: “But when it came to mounting a defense in the Stodghill case, Catholic Health’s lawyers effectively turned the Church directives on their head. Catholic organizations have for decades fought to change federal an…

The Balancing Act of Being Female; Or, Why We Have So Many Clothes

Lisa Wade, a professor of Sociology at Occidental College, writes at The Society Pages: “Women’s closets are often mocked as a form of self-indulgence, shop-a-holicism, or narcissism. But this isn’t fair. Instead, if a woman is class-privileged enough,…