Stories by Kara Jesella
Kara Jesella is a freelance writer in New York City. She is currently co-writing a book on Sassy magazine for Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
The maternal impulse turns political when you mix moms, feminism and the blogosphere.
Posted on Aug 10, 2009, Source: Ms. Magazine
HBO's latest Sunday night series, 'Big Love,' centers on a family of Utah polygamists. Will mainstream America be able to relate?
Posted on Mar 10, 2006, Source: AlterNet
For young women, access to low-cost birth control is more important than ever. So why's it so hard -- and expensive -- to get it from Planned Parenthood?
Posted on Feb 27, 2006, Source: Nerve.com
Social networking websites like MySpace, Flickr and Friendster are more popular than ever. But are they a valid tool for progressive political change?
Posted on Jan 30, 2006, Source: AlterNet
A new book looks at women's evolving sexual identities and argues that 'raunchy' and 'liberated' are not synonyms.
Posted on Oct 3, 2005, Source: Nerve.com
Our Bodies, Ourselves helped illustrate that women could march on Washington, fight the inadequacy of the health-care system, and still fantasize about being spanked.
Posted on May 19, 2005, Source: Nerve.com
