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Tag: Feminism

A collection of Andrea Dworkin’s writings reintroduces the radical feminist to the next generation.

Jeremy Lybarger

Silvia Federici interviewed by Jill Richards.

Jill Richards, Silvia Federici
How sex with robots became safer—and better—than sex with actual men.
Cathy O’Neil

Taking better care of homeless retirees is part of feminism’s next big challenge.

James G. Chappel
A woman’s body is both a site of exploitation and a site of resistance. It is out of this vexed space that the witch is conjured.
Jessie Kindig
Under capitalism, you don’t have to love your job to want to keep it.
Molly Smith, Juno Mac

There is still much to learn from the radical legacy of critical theory.

Seyla Benhabib

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Feminism needs better reproductive strategies.

Merve Emre

“Very fine people”—fathers, husbands, and sons, as well as mothers, wives, and daughters—have always been central to the work of white supremacy.

Stephen Kantrowitz

Both at home and abroad, Trump deploys a politics of misogyny—lifted right from Machiavelli.

Bonnie Honig

Tara Westover's best-selling memoir may reveal more about the place of feminism in contemporary U.S. life than any book in recent memory.

Micki McElya
The pontiff still hasn't commented on Ireland's abortion referendum. That could all change when he visits the country in August. 
Nancy Scheper-Hughes

From laundry to meal prep, apps tend to mimic maternal care. Is this good for women?

Sarah Sharma

The best teaching is always intimate. Today's universities make it difficult to talk about that.

Ayesha Ramachandran, Marta Figlerowicz

Feminism and trans* activism have been at odds for decades. They don't need to be.

Jack Halberstam

#MeToo must go beyond the demand for punishment.

Judith Levine

To fight sexual harassment in the workplace, we must return to the history of women in the labor movement.

Judith Levine

Looking beyond the symbolic crisis to the realities of Title IX implementation.

Kristin Bumiller

The personal essay is not dead, but has it traded politics for style?

Merve Emre

Junot Díaz interviews Margaret Atwood about The Handmaid's Tale, political dystopias, and Drake.

Junot Díaz, Margaret Atwood

Prosecuting stealthing may not be the best way to end the practice.

Judith Levine

The female body is not, as Ariel Levy claims, the ultimate equalizer.

Judith Levine

On Indian literature in English after Arundhati Roy.

Ulka Anjaria

She is the first major politician to support abortion without qualification. And she has never polled better with millennials.

Judith Levine

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