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Gender & Sexuality, Politics

Without Women There Is No Democracy

On the hundreth anniversary of suffrage, it’s time for gender equity in political office.

Jennifer M. Piscopo, Shauna L. Shames

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Gender & Sexuality

Gender & Sexuality

Lena Dunham Wasn't a Pedophile, and Neither Were You

File under: sexual curiosity, child; parental reaction, appropriate.

Judith Levine

Gender & Sexuality, Politics

Islam's Abortion Debate

Islamic jurisprudence does not encourage abortion, but unlike the Catholic Church, it does not absolutely forbid it.

Tom Hundley

Arts in Society, Gender & Sexuality

Fearful Parenting Is Contagious

Anti-vaxxers need to relax.

Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

Class & Inequality, Gender & Sexuality

Standardized Testing Can be Good—But Only If We Put Students First

I was still in college the first time someone cried in a parent-teacher conference with me.

Lelac Almagor

Gender & Sexuality, Politics

A Short History of Women in Politics

It is worth pausing to reflect on how women’s participation in politics has changed over the course of American history.

Claude S. Fischer

Gender & Sexuality, Global Justice

A Hobby Lobby Afterthought

The Supreme Court never agreed that access to contraceptives is a compelling government interest. The consequences may be significant.

Simon Waxman

Gender & Sexuality, Global Justice

A Business Can Exercise Religion, but Hobby Lobby Still Gets It Wrong

Why did the Supreme Court extend religious exercise rights to for-profit corporations?

Kiel Brennan-Marquez

Gender & Sexuality, Global Justice

Justice Roberts Should Visit an Abortion Clinic

The buffer zone decision is wonderfully logical but also divorced from real experience.

Simon Waxman

Arts in Society, Gender & Sexuality

Forget O'Hara

Lonely Christopher's Death and Disaster Series.

Felix Bernstein

Class & Inequality, Gender & Sexuality

How Changes in the Workplace Have Reinforced Pay Inequality

The American workplace increasingly rewards (and expects) long hours.

Claude S. Fischer

Class & Inequality, Gender & Sexuality

On the Job: Debating Sex Work

Sex work may be a profession, but that doesn't make it a source of empowerment.

Michaele L. Ferguson

Gender & Sexuality, Philosophy & Religion

In Defense of Narcissism

When narcissism was pathologized, reformers were labeled as narcissists and discontent swept under the rug. George Scialabba responds.

Vivian Gornick

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