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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

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Gender & Sexuality

Gender & Sexuality, Race

Beyond Racism and Misogyny

Black feminism and the 2 Live Crew.

Kimberlé W. Crenshaw

Gender & Sexuality

Not All Mothers

The female body is not, as Ariel Levy claims, the ultimate equalizer.

Judith Levine

Gender & Sexuality

Songs of White Innocence

Why did the alt-right, so eager to excuse Milo Yiannopoulos, finally turn on him?

Judith Levine

Gender & Sexuality, Politics

#Milosexual and the Aesthetics of Fascism

Milo Yiannopoulos was the paradoxical posterboy for the alt-right's fascist aesthetic. Until he wasn't.

Daniel Penny

Gender & Sexuality, Politics

Feeling Paranoid

Phyllis Schlafly, Trump, and the terror of difference.

Vivian Gornick

Gender & Sexuality, Politics

Hillary Clinton and the Unqualified Right to Abortion

Hillary Clinton is the first major politician to support abortion without qualification. And she has never polled better with millennials.

Judith Levine

Gender & Sexuality

Queer in Rural America

Many see gayness as inseparable from city life. But many LGBT Americans—particularly queer black folks—live in rural places. Their invisibility to the gay rights movement is a problem.

Hugh Ryan

Gender & Sexuality, Literature & Culture

Introduction to Reading Other Women

A new series explores how reading works by global women of color is generative.

Rafia Zakaria

Gender & Sexuality, Literature & Culture

Transparents

When your father is trans, memoir is both personal and political.

Judith Levine

Education & Opportunity, Gender & Sexuality

Pink and Blue

Many young children become obsessed with gender. How do we know which are trans?

Anne Fausto-Sterling

Gender & Sexuality, Literature & Culture

Queers Against Hate

Radical gay liberation laid the ground for the moderate legal gains of gay rights.

Michael Bronski

Forum

The Logic of Misogyny

Moralistic or not, misogyny is not about hating women. It is about controlling them.

Kate Manne

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