Cynthia Gordy reports for The Root: “A coalition of 43 Catholic institutions — including the University of Notre Dame, Catholic University of America, the Archdiocese of Michigan and the Archdiocese of New York — filed 12 lawsuits around the country th…
Petula Dvorak writes for The Washington Post: “Kathryn wanted pants. And short hair. Then trucks and swords. Her parents, Jean and Stephen, were fine with their toddler’s embrace of all things boy…But it kept getting more intense, all this boyishness f…
Sarah Kliff of The Washington Post interviews a local obstetrician: “What would it mean for Washington to outlaw abortions after 20 weeks?”
Megan Kearns writes for Fem 2.0 and asks: “In a genre that exhibits strong female characters yet often objectifies women’s bodies or reduces them to ancillary love interests…how was ‘The Avengers’ portrayal of women?”
A New York Times editorial weighs in: “Despite the persistent gender gap in opinion polls and mounting criticism of their hostility to women’s rights, Republicans are not backing off their assault on women’s equality and well-being.”