Stories by Amanda Marcotte

Amanda Marcotte co-writes the blog Pandagon. She is the author of It's a Jungle Out There: The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments.

10 Ridiculous Christian Right Prophesies

Posted on: May 15, 2013, Source: AlterNet

From Pat Robertson's election predictions to the entire Christian right freaking out about gay marriage, here are 10 prophesies that didn't come true.

Jesus Was A Hipster? 7 Funniest Ways Christian Churches Are Trying to Get Hip With the Kids

Posted on: Apr 24, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Young people are fleeing conservative Christianity, and religious organizations and churches are trying to win them back, with hilarious results.

6 Sneaky Ways the Christian Right Foists Its Biblical Agenda on America

Posted on: Apr 10, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Occasionally, the Religious Right has to come up with secular justifications for its agenda.

10 Craziest Things Pat Robertson Has Said

Posted on: Apr 3, 2013, Source: AlterNet

His profile in the mainstream media may have faded, but his influence over the Christian right (and the GOP) hasn't dimmed much at all.

5 Religious Leaders Who Gave Up the Faith and Became Outspoken Atheists and Agnostics

Posted on: Mar 26, 2013, Source: AlterNet

What if renouncing your faith meant losing everything?

Sleazy "Sugar-Daddies" Site Boasts That Soaring Tuition Rates Are Making More Women Desperate to Be Sex Workers

Posted on: Jan 18, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Company gloats at the exploitation potential for women looking for a source of financing something that used to be the government’s responsibility.

8 Countries Where Atheism Is Accepted, Even Celebrated, Instead of Demonized

Posted on: Aug 28, 2012, Source: AlterNet

In many places around the world, this is an unprecedented era of freedom and social acceptance for non-believers .

She's Just an Easy-Bake Oven: How the GOP and the Anti-Choice Movement See Women

Posted on: Aug 27, 2012, Source: RH Reality Check

Why Are Conservatives Petrified of Sexual Freedom?

Posted on: Apr 30, 2012, Source: RH Reality Check

Right-wingers seem to have a deep-seated fear of women's sexual rights.

Arizona Legislators Trying To Declare Pregnancy Two Weeks Prior To Conception

Posted on: Apr 2, 2012, Source: RH Reality Check

Contraceptive Coverage: Whose Religious Freedom Is It?

Posted on: Nov 28, 2011, Source: RH Reality Check

Female Orgasms: Poor Science Reporting Feeds Obsession and Misinformation

Posted on: Sep 13, 2011, Source: RH Reality Check

Rick Perry's Hard Time Separating Church and State (And Why It's Terrible for Women)

Posted on: Aug 22, 2011, Source: RH Reality Check

The Anti-Choice Class War Being Waged Against Sex

Posted on: Aug 8, 2011, Source: RH Reality Check

Bolder Anti-Sex Arguments Coming From Religious Right

Posted on: Jul 18, 2011, Source: RH Reality Check

"Shoot the Slut:" 21st Century Backlash Is All About Sex

Posted on: Jun 13, 2011, Source: RH Reality Check

Why Give Faux 'Stinger' Lila Rose Mainstream Media Attention?

Posted on: Feb 8, 2011, Source: RH Reality Check

A Pro-Choice To-Do List For the New Decade

Posted on: Jan 5, 2010, Source: RH Reality Check

In the next decade, pro-choicers need to go on the offense, and stop just playing defense.

What Does College Football Have to Do With Abortion? Tons, According to Anti-Choice Wingnuts

Posted on: Dec 23, 2009, Source: RH Reality Check

The brouhaha over Notre Dame is an opportunity for the right to wage war on women, intellectuals and sexual freedom all at once.

What Houston's Election of a Gay Mayor Tells Us About "Red State" Texas

Posted on: Dec 21, 2009, Source: Comment Is Free

The election inadvertently revealed the dirty little secret that native (and liberal) Texans like myself have known for a long time: Texas is not a conservative monolith.

How to Make Sure the Maddow Show Survives

Posted on: Oct 12, 2009, Source: Comment Is Free

Post-election, liberals appear to be turning off their TVs. We can't afford to lose the sole voice of intellectual liberalism in the cable news desert.