An anonymous author writes for Black Girl Dangerous: “Reflecting back on that night, I now understand this heinous act within the kaleidoscope of his insecurity, anxiety and fear that I would eventually leave him. I realize that our early conversations were exclusively concerned with systemic forms of patriarchy. He was never interested in how his personal actions were misogynistic. Although Read more …
Jill Filipovic writes for Cosmopolitan: “Most women who terminate pregnancies are already mothers. Three women spoke candidly about their choices.”
Amanda Marcotte writes for Slate: “Women who go to clinics that provide abortion, whether they’re going for abortion or for other services like check-ups or contraception, often have to endure pushing their way through a crowd of protesters trying to shame them.”
Anastasia Tsioulcas writes for NPR: “An astonishing conversation has emerged in the weeks since Irish mezzo-soprano Tara Erraught began her run as Octavian at the Glyndebourne Festival in England. Erraught was excoriated by a handful of male London critics for her weight — prompting a widespread backlash on her behalf in the aftermath of those reviews.”
William Yardley writes for The New York Times: “Karen DeCrow, who was president of the National Organization for Womenduring the 1970s, a turbulent period in which she helped lead campaigns for passage of the Equal Rights Amendment and against sex discrimination in education and sports, died on Friday at her home in Jamesville, N.Y., a suburb of Syracuse. She was 76.”