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. subscribe to Amanda Marcotte's feed

Pregnancy Pact Myth Refuses to Die

Posted on: Jul 1, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Social conservatives refuse to give up on titillating conspiracy theory.

Texas Supreme Court: Beat a Teen for Jesus

Posted on: Jun 30, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Violent exorcism A-OK in the Lone Star State, high court rules.

Health Insurance and Hard Choices

Posted on: Jun 19, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Is prevention possible?

America Needs Congestion Pricing

Posted on: Jun 12, 2008, Source: Pandagon

The policy went down in defeat in NYC, but it's needed more than ever.

The Sexual Politics of Sex and the City

Posted on: Jun 6, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Sexist criticisms of Sex and the City miss the point.

What Does Clinton's Campaign Mean for Women Candidates?

Posted on: Jun 4, 2008, Source: Pandagon

What does the Clinton campaign teach us about women in politics?

Media Blackout on Anti-Choice Campaigns

Posted on: Jun 3, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Only alternative media is reporting on the activities of anti-choice activists

Reagan Democrats Are Not Coming Back

Posted on: May 27, 2008, Source: Pandagon

How do you win a demographic that votes against it's economic interests?

Anti-Choice McCain is Not a Moderate

Posted on: May 20, 2008, Source: Pandagon

New campaign swag from McCain proudly states his most conservative credentials.

Compulsory Heterosexuality: School Bars Dateless Girls from Prom

Posted on: May 19, 2008, Source: Pandagon

A high school in Staten Island has ruled that only girls with (male) dates can attend prom.

Catcalling is NOT a Compliment

Posted on: May 16, 2008, Source: Pandagon

CNN misses the point in its article about men catcalling women.

Vaccination is the New Flouridation

Posted on: May 14, 2008, Source: Pandagon

The anti-vaccination argument is based on conspiracies and Luddism, not science.

HPV Vaccine Opponents Put Men At Risk Too

Posted on: May 13, 2008, Source: Pandagon

A study linking HPV to oral cancer in men puts anti-choice advocates between a rock and a hard place.

The Seeds of the Culture War Sprout Here

Posted on: May 5, 2008, Source: Pandagon

A new television show takes on the patriarchy.

Panty-Sniffing Gets 21st Century

Posted on: Apr 24, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Semen detectors don't detect much but they do degrade human relationships.

Abortion Art Shows Us All For Fools

Posted on: Apr 23, 2008, Source: RH Reality Check

A defense of performance art and messing with wingnuts.

Support For Obama Driven By Sexism?

Posted on: Apr 18, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Some feminists who support Obama nonetheless find their liberal male friends' enthusiasm unnerving.

Why "The Vagina Monologues" Matters

Posted on: Apr 17, 2008, Source: Pandagon

The monologues mainstream important feminist concepts.

"Boy" Is An Insult In The South

Posted on: Apr 16, 2008, Source: Pandagon

And don't let Southerners deceive you on this point.

You Can't Ban No-Fault Divorce

Posted on: Apr 16, 2008, Source: Pandagon

The Christian right pursues a pipe dream of revoking a right Americans have grown accustomed to.

Imprisoning Victims Of Domestic Violence

Posted on: Apr 15, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Can the police force a victim to testify against her will?

Wealth Does Breed Nastiness

Posted on: Apr 15, 2008, Source: AlterNet

"There Will Be Blood" tells us the truth about mega-wealth.

Conservative Hypocrites Exposed

Posted on: Apr 14, 2008, Source: AlterNet

Conservatives have one ideology and that's hypocrisy

Anti-Choicers Are Communists!

Posted on: Apr 11, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Fun with red-baiting.

Pseudo-science Blames Coming Depression on Boobs

Posted on: Apr 9, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Apparently, the patriarchy can do no wrong.

No Child Left at All? Report Shows Stunning U.S. Drop-Out Rate

Posted on: Apr 7, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Are children isn't learning.

Why Pat Buchanan or Anyone Else Has No Business Telling Black People "Be Grateful"

Posted on: Mar 27, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Clearly it’s nonsense to suggest that black individual Americans are sort of faced with this existential choice—here or Africa?

Exploring America's Bullying Epidemic

Posted on: Mar 26, 2008, Source: Pandagon

There’s two worlds—the officially recognized one where people are kind and polite, and the one lurking right underneath where bullying happens.

Forget About Rev. Wright, Check Out the Wingnuts Who Control HIV/AIDS Funding

Posted on: Mar 26, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Some of the most vocal critics of the minister's statements about HIV are also proponents of our dangerous, backwards international AIDS policy.

Hey Brett Favre, It's Alright for Men to Cry

Posted on: Mar 17, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Brett Favre teared up at his retirement press conference, Laura Ingraham decided this was a good opportunity to call Favre a woman.

Politicians' Wives Need to Stop the "Stand By Your Man" Routine

Posted on: Mar 12, 2008, Source: Pandagon

I’m not suggesting that the cheated-upon wives should leave their husbands—but this politically calculated cliché needs to be abandoned.

The Dildo War in Texas Is Still Not Over

Posted on: Mar 6, 2008, Source: Pandagon

One should never underestimate the lengths to which wingnuts will go to control female sexuality.

On Flag Pins and Complex Racist Rumor-Mongering

Posted on: Mar 4, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Obama's campaign draws attention to the fact that he’s a Christian, but does this carry the insinuation that it's a bad thing to be Muslim?

What Does Sex Have to Do with Marriage or Making Babies?

Posted on: Feb 25, 2008, Source: Pandagon

I was bemused, and not a little puzzled, when I read this tsk-tsking article about "sexy" wedding dresses in the NY Times.

Jane Fonda Uses the "C-Word" on Today Show, Offends Idiots

Posted on: Feb 15, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Something so simple and yet so hard for so many people to understand: A word's meaning derives from its context.

Ending the Oppression Olympics

Posted on: Feb 6, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Pitting race and sex against each other is childish, but it's worth recognizing that sexism and racism work differently as mechanisms of control.

Sexist Slams are About More Than Hillary Clinton

Posted on: Jan 28, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Opposing sexist pandering against Sen. Clinton isn't the same thing as endorsing her.

Are Women Human? "Feminists for Life" Doesn't Think So

Posted on: Jan 23, 2008, Source: Pandagon

"Women's rights are human rights" is a standard feminist adage, but anti-choice groups seem to think women are more like incubators than people.

Why Feminism and Atheism Often Go Hand in Hand

Posted on: Jan 21, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Organized religion is in the decline in Canada, and some are laying the responsibility at the door of feminism.

Iraq Vets Commit PTSD-Fueled Murders in the Wake of Returning Home

Posted on: Jan 15, 2008, Source: Pandagon

Unlike the majority of civilians who commit murder, the majority of the 121 veterans documented by the Times reporters had no criminal history.

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