Feminism

Literature & Culture

Two Paths for the Personal Essay

The personal essay is not dead, but has it traded politics for style?

Merve Emre

Literature & Culture

Make Margaret Atwood Fiction Again

Junot Díaz interviews Margaret Atwood about The Handmaid's Tale, political dystopias, and Drake.

Margaret Atwood, Junot Díaz

Gender & Sexuality

Is Stealthing a Sex Crime?

Prosecuting stealthing may not be the best way to end the practice.

Judith Levine

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

Literature & Culture

The Goddess of Loss

Indian literature in English after Arundhati Roy

Ulka Anjaria

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

Reading Lists

The Nasty Women Reading List

A primer for nasty women. 

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

Forum

The Logic of Misogyny

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

Kate Manne

Gender & Sexuality, Law & Justice

Brock Turner and The Problem of Punishment

Rapists should be held accountable. But is more incarceration the best way?

Judith Levine