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.

Where Are All the Women Atheists? 6 Places You Can Find Them

Posted on: Jul 31, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The world of writers and activists is thick with women whose secularist values motivate their work.

Do Colleges Care More About Rapists Than About Rape Victims?

Posted on: Jul 25, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Officials seem more worried about shutting the victims up and not ruining the reputations of rapists than about making campuses safe for female students.

10 Most Absurd Things Conservatives Have Said About Sex Around Texas Abortion Battles

Posted on: Jul 17, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The battle over abortion in Texas shows yet again how nutty Republicans are when it comes to women, sex and reproduction.

The 6 Types of Atheists and Non-Believers in America

Posted on: Jul 11, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Researchers polled non-believers to find out who abandons religion and why. The answers tell us a lot about religion and non-belief in America.

Are the Bible Thumpers Losing Their Grip on Our Politics?

Posted on: Jun 20, 2013, Source: AlterNet

The Christian Right appears to be in decline, yet Republicans still pander to them. What gives?

8 Most Un-Christian Things the Christian Right Has Done Recently

Posted on: Jun 11, 2013, Source: AlterNet

When it comes to using religion as a weapon to push hard-right ideology, un-Christian behavior runs rampant.

10 Most Absurd Sex Tips from the Christian Right

Posted on: May 23, 2013, Source: AlterNet

Modern conservatives can't stop talking about sex. And what they say opens a window into the strange, sexist worldview of patriarchal religion.

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.

Are 'Birthers' and Anti-Choicers One and the Same?

Posted on: Aug 3, 2009, Source: RH Reality Check

There's a great deal of overlap between anti-choice nuts and birther conspiracy theorists.

Maureen Dowd Interviews Tina Fey, Attacks Feminism

Posted on: Dec 2, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Don't worry, Tina Fey comes out unscathed (and as awesome as ever).

Anti-Choice Stereotypes Get Slammed

Posted on: Oct 15, 2008, Source: RH Reality Check

Coloradans will be voting on precisely when they think life begins come November, they should watch this video first.

The Subtle Ways in Which Conservatives Play the Race, Gender Cards

Posted on: Aug 5, 2008, Source: Pandagon

They always maintain plausible deniability.

Limbaugh: China May be Full of Commies, But at Least They Love Their SUVs

Posted on: Jul 31, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Limbaugh wants you to know: that Chinese dude is totally packing more in the pants than you.

The Anti-Choice Movement Is also Very Anti-Rubbers

Posted on: Jul 29, 2008, Source: Pandagon

"The anti-choice movement opposes contraception, the number one way the vast majority of fertility-age American women avoid abortion."

The New York Times' Latest Trend Article isn't Fluff, It's Offensive

Posted on: Jul 25, 2008, Source: Pandagon

God forbid anyone looks their age these days.

Does Time Magazine Believe Women's Bodies Should be Owned by Men?

Posted on: Jul 22, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Time helps push retrograde patriarchal agenda with article about "purity balls."

Catholic League President Believes Atheists Should Have No Rights

Posted on: Jul 14, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Of course religious freedom is an absolute, as long as your religious beliefs accord with his own.

Parsing the Drunken Jezebel Trainwreck

Posted on: Jul 9, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Gawker bloggers Tracie Egan and Moe Tkacik slur rape jokes on TV, feminists cringe.

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