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Sex Is Not the Problem with Sex Work

Under capitalism, you don’t have to love your job to want to keep it.

Juno Mac, Molly Smith

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Finally Seeing Andrea

Andrea Dworkin is remembered for saying that all sex is rape—even though she never said that. A new collection reintroduces the radical feminist to the next generation of “nasty women.”

Jeremy Lybarger

Gender & Sexuality

Every Woman Is a Working Woman

Silvia Federici interviewed by Jill Richards. 

Silvia Federici, Jill Richards

Gender & Sexuality

Those Left Behind When #LoveWon

Did the success of gay marriage erode the radical potential of queer politics?

Hugh Ryan

Gender & Sexuality

A History of Cyborg Sex, 2018–73

How sex with robots became safer—and better—than sex with actual men.

Cathy O'Neil

Gender & Sexuality

Aging into Feminism

Many Amazon holiday orders will be fulfilled by homeless retirees, America’s newest precariat. Taking better care of them is part of feminism’s next big challenge.

James G. Chappel

Gender & Sexuality

All the Witches They Could Not Burn

A woman’s body is both a site of exploitation and a site of resistance. It is out of this vexed space that the witch is conjured.

Jessie Kindig

Gender & Sexuality

All Reproduction Is Assisted

Feminism needs better reproductive strategies. 

Merve Emre

Gender & Sexuality

Going to Work in Mommy's Basement

From laundry to meal prep, apps tend to mimic maternal care. Is this good for women?

Sarah Sharma

Gender & Sexuality

When Gays Wanted to Liberate Children

Seventies activists wanted to emancipate kids and destroy the nuclear family—so how did we end up with gay marriage instead?

Michael Bronski

Education & Opportunity, Gender & Sexuality

The Erotics of Mentorship

The best teaching is always intimate. Today's universities make it difficult to talk about that.

Marta Figlerowicz, Ayesha Ramachandran

Gender & Sexuality, Race

Guns in the Family

A childhood steeped in guns shows that toxic masculinity and racism are at the heart of U.S. gun culture.

Walter Johnson

Gender & Sexuality

Toward a Trans* Feminism

Feminism and trans* activism have been at odds for decades. They don't need to be.

Jack Halberstam

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