Stories by Amanda Marcotte
Amanda Marcotte co-writes the popular blog Pandagon. She is the author of It's a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments.
We're lucky to have the Pill, but a wider variety of contraceptive options would do womankind good.
Posted on May 24, 2008
Describing immigrants in dehumanizing terms like "illegals" turns immigrant women into targets for sexist oppressors, from anti-choicers to rapists.
Posted on Apr 7, 2008
It's time for rational people to cast an eye of skepticism on the unscientific and wholly irrational claims of the anti-choice movement.
Posted on Mar 27, 2008
One should never underestimate the lengths to which wingnuts will go to control female sexuality.
Posted on Mar 7, 2008
Do right-wingers not know where babies come from, or is there more to the story?
Posted on Feb 21, 2008
Men need more birth control options, not negative assumptions and ugly stereotypes.
Posted on Feb 20, 2008
The days of illegal abortion were ugly, but many clandestine abortion providers were competent, caring professionals who believed in justice.
Posted on Feb 7, 2008
The
Roe v. Wade decision may have been about abortion, but its legacy has been fuller bodily autonomy and expanded freedoms.
Posted on Jan 22, 2008
Diane Sawyer interviews an abused woman and shows video of her battering filmed by her son.
Posted on Sep 21, 2007
Everyone these days wants to hear how young women have lost their way, especially if the author can blame feminism for it. But in reality, feminism has been anything but a tragedy for women.
Posted on May 5, 2007
Misleading 'crisis pregnancy centers' are appearing across America, aiming to limit or even prevent women from exploring all of their legal health care options.
Posted on May 1, 2006
In a desperate attempt to protect the president, the right wing has resorted to blaming the victims.
Posted on Sep 16, 2005
Cindy Sheehan's rapidly-growing contingent of moms in floppy hats and comfortable shoes throws the cowardice of the opposition into sharp relief.
Posted on Aug 22, 2005
