I Was Hacked by ISIS

With terrorism scares aplenty, how worried should one be?

Going Nowhere

A new law needlessly brands sex offenders’ passports

The Online–Sex Predator Panic

Laws Against Online Luring Harm Children

Campus Rape Rules Are About Punishment, Not Sex

Yes-means-yes will not encourage good sex. It will not discourage good sex. It is irrelevant to good sex.

Levine Response to Lure of Luxury

Capitalism needs us to want what we do not have.

The Passion of Ellen Willis

On the feminist essayist, journalist, and music critic who championed women’s liberation.

Same-Sex Marriage Is Not Sexual Liberation

Without sexual liberation, sexual oppression and sexual violence will continue.

Elder Consent: The New Sex Panic?

One report on purported elder abuse describes victims as dependent captives “in highly sexualized environments.”

Sally Mann’s Romantic Ideal

“Dear Sir, I don’t like the way you crossed me out.”

Still Missing: Etan Patz—and Others

During the exhaustive search for Etan, black children were disappearing in Atlanta.

American Sniper: Patriotism Is Personal

Patriotism, as brilliant as the gold tridents pounded into a SEAL’s coffin lid, outshines all flaws.

Pat Lynch’s Deadly Machismo

In this drama of race and sexuality, the NYPD could learn something from Mayor de Blasio.

“Does Torture Work?” Is an Immoral Question

It’s like asking if slavery is good economic policy.

Feminism Can Handle the Truth

What the Rolling Stone “hoax” reveals about feminism and political correctness.

Lena Dunham Wasn’t a Pedophile, and Neither Were You

Why are we even debating whether a seven-year-old child was a child molester?

Baby, Take a Bow

Shirley Temple and the Myth of Childhood Innocence

Women and Children First

Dora Russell and the evolution of feminisim.

Unacceptable

Paul Goodman was thinking globally and acting locally before it became a slogan.

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