Gender

Punks vs. Putin: How Pussy Riot Managed to Give Russia's Leader His Biggest Political Headache Yet

By Carole Cadwalladr / The Observer UK

Three members of the feminist punk band face seven years in jail for taking on the government (and the Russian Orthodox Church)--but they've kicked off an international movement.

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Nicki Minaj's Retroactive Feminism

By Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

The Future of Masculinity: Do We Need Real Men - Or Real Human Beings?

By Abigail Collazo / Role Reboot

The World Needs More Geek Girls -- And Here's Where They're Coming From Now

By Ysabel Yates / Txchnologist

Is the Fitness Ideal Any Less Damaging to Women Than the Beauty Ideal?

By Meg Clark / AlterNet

Men Step Up to Support Women's Rights and Fight Violence ... Stars and Regular Guys Say They Are Ready to Show Up

Top General's Unbelievably Idiotic Comment About Rape in the Middle of Military Rape Epidemic

The Growing Cost of Having Kids Is Tipping More Women Towards Ambivalence about Motherhood

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Gender

I Want to Be Sexy ... Just Like Mommy

Tracy Clark-Flory / Salon

The New Misogyny: What It Means for Teachers and Classrooms

The Editors of Rethinking Schools / Rethinking Schools

Accusations of Same-Sex Hanky-Panky Provoke Bigoted Response, Then Apology, From Florida's Anti-Gay Lt. Gov.

T.F. Charlton / AlterNet

Nationwide Boycott of Hyatt Hotels Launched; LGBT and Feminist Organizations Join Unions to Fight for Workers

s.e. smith / AlterNet

5 Food Companies Run by Radical Right-Wingers

Lauren Kelley / AlterNet

Debunking the Latest Smear Effort by the Rabidly Anti-Choice Personhood Campaign

Lara Riscol / Religion Dispatches

Should Women Have the Right to Go Topless in Public? An Interview With NYC's Topless Activist

Shiuan Butler / AlterNet

Eating Disorders Aren't Just for the Young: Anorexia Killed My Grandmother

Claire Glass / xojane

'We're Here, We're Queer, and We're Not Going Shopping!' Protesters Call Out Corporate Sponsorship at Pride Parade

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

How About This for Supporting the Troops: Help Our 55,000 Female Homeless Veterans

Jin Zhao / AlterNet

Not Even God Can Stop Teens from Having Sex: Do Evangelicals Finally Realize This?

Erin Gloria Ryan / Jezebel

Imagine Never Having to Have Your Period Again? The Truth About Menstruation

Valerie Tarico / AlterNet

Combatting Anti-Gay Bullying Through Young Adult Fiction

Eleanor J. Bader / AlterNet

What Happens When You Can't Afford Your Children?

Naomi Cahn, June Carbone / AlterNet

A Closer Look at Louis CK's Shocking Rape Scene

Claire Lobenfeld / AlterNet

Fifty Shades of Capitalism: Pain and Bondage in the American Workplace

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

What About the Men? Why Our Gender System Sucks for Men, Too

Noah Brand, Ozy Frantz / The Good Men Project

Will Mitt Romney Choose a Woman for a Running Mate?

Lizz Winstead / Comment Is Free

3 Cases of Crass Sexual Exploitation by Misogynist Internet Manipulators

Julianne Escobedo Shepherd / AlterNet

The 3 Parent Family -- Conservatives Freak Out Over a Different Model for Healthy, Happy Kids

Tracy Clark-Flory / Salon

How Do We Get More Women Into The Sciences?

Michael Keller / Txchnologist

Let's Declare Independence From Religious Health-Care Restrictions

Frances Kissling / Religion Dispatches

Salvation Army Learns What Oreo Cookies Already Knows: Americans Like Groups That Support Gay Rights

Lauren Kelley / AlterNet

War No More: What Afghan Women Are Yelling to the Global Elite

Lisa Savage / AlterNet

Stop Calling it a Sex Scandal

Mary Elizabeth Williams / Salon

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