Gender

"Having it All?" The Wrong Question for Most Women

By Ellen Bravo / Women's Media Center

The media seem intent on pitting women against each other in a "Having it All" debate about work inside and outside the home.

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Born Evil: That's What the Mormon Church Taught Me as a Brown and Female Child

By Neeta Lind / Daily Kos

Toxic Chemicals in Hair and Nail Salons Create Serious Suffering in the Name of Beauty

By Michelle Chen / In These Times

Abortions Have Made Life Better for Millions Of Men: It's About Time to Speak Up in Support

By Sara Robinson / AlterNet

Models With Black Eyes, Split Lips and Slit Throats? Fashion Hits New, Sexist Low

By Catherine Scott / Ms. Blog

'Crisis Pregnancy Center' that Made Couples Study the Bible Now Suing for Taxpayer Dollars

Stephen Colbert Mocks Absurd Fox News Piece About the Sexual Revolution and Non-Existent 'War on Men'

5 States Where GOP Extremists Are Pushing Repugnant Anti-Women Laws

Gender

Glenn Beck Declares War on 'Glee'

Sarah Jaffe / AlterNet

Melissa Harris-Perry: Fear Is Driving America's Politics, But Hope Is the Only Antidote

Melissa Harris-Perry / Take Back the American Dream

Unhappy Father’s Day! Paid Paternity Leave Far From Reality in United States

Kari Lydersen / In These Times

Stop Our Sperm, Please! Many Men Demand Male Birth Control - Why Don't We Have Any?

Irin Carmon / Salon

Even Military Rape Victims Aren't Safe from the GOP -- 3 Republican Moves Against Women We Have to Beat Back

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

How Queer Activists Are Getting the Better of Conservatives

Pam Chamberlain / Political Research Associates

War On Women Extends to Their Paychecks: Senate Republicans Refuse to Pass Paycheck Fairness Act

Mariya Strauss / AlterNet

The Secret of Our Obsession With Anne Boleyn

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

"The Ivy League Hustle (I Went to Princeton, Bitch)" -- An Analysis

Amada Sandoval / AlterNet

10 Reasons Not to Get Married

Samhita Mukhopadhyay / Jezebel

Latin American Countries Have Elected a Wave of Women Leaders--Why Hasn't Equality Followed?

Erika Guevara-Rosas / Foreign Policy in Focus

Not Satisfied With Attacking Nuns, Catholic Bishops Go After Girl Scouts

Mary E. Hunt / Religion Dispatches

Why the Pope Hates Nuns

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Why Sexual Objectification Pushed Soul Singer D'Angelo to Leave Music

Lesley Kinzel / xojane

Right-Wing Terrorism: Arson, Bombs, and Break-Ins at Women's Clinics Seek to Instill Fear

Sarah Seltzer / AlterNet

Working With Your Rapist as Your Supervisor? The Widespread Sexual Abuse of Women in Farm Work

Michelle Chen / AlterNet

Americans Heart Gay Marriage, Divide on Abortion, Hate Labels

Adele M. Stan / AlterNet

Dear Girls -- Here's Why Nasty Old Religious Men Are Terrified of You

Soraya Chemaly / AlterNet

The Sex Appeal of Women in Power

Salamishah Tillet / The Nation

The Media's Sleazy Treatment of Trans Women

s.e. smith / xojane

6 Absurdly Demeaning Conservative Attacks on Women

Soraya Chemaly / AlterNet

Attachment Parenting: More Guilt for Mother

Katha Pollitt / The Nation

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: How the Obama Administration Has Worked Behind the Scenes to Advance Marriage Equality

Joshua Holland / AlterNet

Against Me!'s Laura Jane Grace: How "Rolling Stone" Got Her Story (Almost) Right

Kate Forbes / AlterNet

GOP Version of Violence Against Women Act Tries to Push Women Back Into the Home

Michelle Chen / In These Times

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