Stories by Jill Filipovic

Jill Filipovic is a New York-based freelance writer and a law student at NYU. More of her writing is available online at her blog, Feministe. subscribe to Jill Filipovic's feed

Men with Stay-at-Home Wives More Likely to be Sexist in the Workplace

Posted on: Jun 14, 2012, Source: Feministe

Widow Forced to Pay Hundreds of Thousands in Taxes Because She Was Married to a Woman, Not a Man

Posted on: Jun 9, 2012, Source: Feministe

The Morning-After Pill Is Birth Control, Not Abortion

Posted on: Jun 7, 2012, Source: Feministe

Over-Zealous Prosecutors Bringing Charges Against Addicted Moms

Posted on: Apr 25, 2012, Source: Feministe

Why Planned Parenthood Denied the 500k Donation From Misogynist Tucker Max

Posted on: Apr 3, 2012, Source: Feministe

Surprise! Trayvon Martin Was a Normal Teenage Boy (And the Danger of Seeking a "Perfect Victim")

Posted on: Mar 29, 2012, Source: Feministe

AZ Legislator Wants to Make Women Watch an Abortion Before Having One -- Fight Back By Showing Her Your Bodily Functions

Posted on: Mar 22, 2012, Source: Feministe

Go Get Skittles for Your Brother, End Up Dead: The Racist Killing of Trayvon Martin and the Murderer Who's Getting Away With It

Posted on: Mar 17, 2012, Source: Feministe

The Worst of Humanity: Arkansas Democrat's Cat Killed, "Liberal" Scrawled on Its Body

Posted on: Jan 24, 2012, Source: Feministe

Teenagers AREN'T Sexting? Way More Boring Than We All Thought

Posted on: Dec 6, 2011, Source: Feministe

iPhone's Siri is a Total Misogynist

Posted on: Dec 1, 2011, Source: Feministe

Rioting Penn State Students: "Sure, Children Were Raped -- But What About Our Football?!"

Posted on: Nov 10, 2011, Source: Feministe

Young Woman With Disabilities Releases Video of Her Father, a Texas Judge, Beating Her for Downloading Games

Posted on: Nov 3, 2011, Source: Feministe

Bus Line Serving Orthodox Jewish Community Tells Women to Sit at the Back of the Bus

Posted on: Oct 21, 2011, Source: Feministe

NYPD Violence at Occupy Wall Street: Would Tea Partiers or Clinic Protesters Receive Such Treatment?

Posted on: Sep 27, 2011, Source: Feministe

New York Times Article Wages War on Sex, Even Though Sex Is Great

Posted on: Apr 19, 2011, Source: Feministe

Surprise! Catholics and Evangelicals Use Birth Control Too

Posted on: Apr 14, 2011, Source: Feministe

Response to Miscarriage Investigation Bill: "I Submit My Used Tampon as Evidence"

Posted on: Feb 25, 2011, Source: Feministe

Horrifying: New GOP-Backed Bill Will Let Doctors Refuse to Save the Lives of Pregnant Women

Posted on: Feb 4, 2011, Source: Feministe

NY Bar Association Assembles Male Lawyers to Tell Lady Lawyers How They Can Do Better

Posted on: Jan 18, 2010, Source: Feministe

An annual meeting of the Bar Association was set to include two panels devoted to female attorneys: "What's Our Problem?" and "Tips From the Other Side."

George Tiller's Murderer May be Charged Only With "Voluntary Manslaughter:" What This Means for Reproductive Rights

Posted on: Jan 13, 2010, Source: Feministe

A judge announced that Scott Roeder will have the opportunity to avoid a murder charge.

Modern Mystery! Women More Likely to Sit In Passenger Seat Than Men

Posted on: Jan 11, 2010, Source: Feministe

What in the <i>world</i> could be responsible for the fact that when men and women ride in cars together, men are more likely to drive?

Group Gives Up Death Penalty Work in Frustration, Concludes System Beyond Repair

Posted on: Jan 4, 2010, Source: Feministe

The only legal organization that provided any intellectual support of the death penalty has abandoned its own cause.

Georgia Republican Saxby Chambliss Has No Idea What <i>Roe v. Wade</i> Actually Says

Posted on: Dec 21, 2009, Source: Feministe

But that's not keeping him from making absurd claims about it.

NY Times Offers "Of Color" Gift Guide, For That Non-White Person In Your Life!

Posted on: Dec 14, 2009, Source: Feministe

I'm all for gift suggestions that aren't centered on the experiences of white people. But some of these descriptions are … hmm.

Shorter Ross Douthat: Europe Wasn't Racist Enough, So Now It Should Worry About Brown Hordes

Posted on: Dec 7, 2009, Source: Feministe

The Swiss outlaw the building of new minarets and then they’re right to worry about <i>Swiss Muslims'</i> hostility?

A Look at the Shady Morals of NY State Senator Hiram Monserrate Who Opposed Marriage Equality

Posted on: Dec 3, 2009, Source: Feministe

It's worth pointing out that those morals include slashing his girlfriend's face with a broken beer bottle.

Conservative Hypocrisy: Food Stamps Are Hand-Outs to the Lazy ... Until I Need Them

Posted on: Nov 30, 2009, Source: Feministe

(Then it's still a hand-out to the lazy, just not for me.)

Everyone's Talking About Stupak, But What About the Health Care Bill's More Insidious Features?

Posted on: Nov 24, 2009, Source: Feministe

The current bill involves some quietly coercive (and racist) provisions that no one wants to mention.

Is Taxing Plastic Surgery Sexist?

Posted on: Nov 23, 2009, Source: Feministe

Part of the funding for the Senate's health care bill will come from a 5 percent tax on cosmetic surgery, on procedures overwhelmingly obtained by women.

So the Stupak Amendment Sucks: Here's What You Can Do About It

Posted on: Nov 10, 2009, Source: Feministe

Find out how your representative voted on and call their office, to thank them or to tell them that you'll be supporting a pro-choice democrat in the next primary.

Word to the Wise: Never Date a Guy Who Reads Details Magazine

Posted on: Oct 28, 2009, Source: Feministe

A few experts discuss the "trend" of women tricking men into impregnating them, without offering any hard information or statistics.

Should a Woman Change Her Name When She Marries? 70 Percent of Americans Think So

Posted on: Oct 26, 2009, Source: Feministe

Another 50 percent believe it should be required by law.

You Don't Have to Dress as a Bigot or a Slut for Halloween: Here's Some Better Ideas

Posted on: Oct 21, 2009, Source: Feministe

Here's some great DIY costume ideas for those of us who hate having to choose between Slutty Nurse, Slutty Cop and Slutty Cat every year.

Women Should Cut Out the "Fat Talk"

Posted on: Oct 19, 2009, Source: Feministe

The nasty comments women make about their bodies are uncomfortable and harmful.

NYers Want Sex Ed in Schools - And it Looks Like They Need It

Posted on: Oct 8, 2009, Source: Feministe

Only two-thirds of high schoolers report using condoms at all.

Patiently, Sotomayor Schools GOP Senators

Posted on: Jul 17, 2009, Source: RH Reality Check

The Supreme Court nominee remained composed, in spite of Republicans trying to top each other in condescension.

Gasp! New Study Reveals Mothers Drink Sometimes, and Other Scandals

Posted on: Jun 23, 2009, Source: Feministe

For all the focus on telling women to never ever drink or smoke because of the babies, there’s no similar admonishment made of men.

Should the Burqa Be Banned?

Posted on: Jun 22, 2009, Source: Feministe

French legislation to outlaw the burqa is a misguided attempt to promote women's rights.

Slate's Horrifying Headline Dishonors Dr. Tiller

Posted on: Jun 2, 2009, Source: Feministe

"Is it Wrong to Murder an Abortionist?" What the hell, Slate?

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