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  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The ‘Pregnancy Police’ Are Everywhere (Even in Your Head) by KJ Dell’Antonia of The New York Times Motherlode blog asks: Are pregnant women who color their hair—or paint their toenails, or hire a baby nurse, […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Must Women ‘Civilize’ Men? by Joan Walsh of Salon.com says that at the root of the conservative war on contraception is a deep-seated anxiety about the traditional family. 2. Life Without Sex: The Third Phase […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Census Data Reveals Elder Women’s Poverty Crisis by Leslie Bennetts of The Daily Beast says that a study of census data reveals that more than half of older women in America are unable to pay […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Gloria Steinem, A Woman Like No Other by Sarah Hepola of The New York Times says that for more than 40 years, Gloria Steinem has been the near-singular voice of the women’s movement. Why, in […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. To Reclaim or Reject ‘Slut’? by Tracy Clark-Flory of Salon.com says the Limbaugh controversy is a perfect example of the complexities of reappropriating, or renouncing, the slur. 2. The Strange, Fascinating History of the Vibrator […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1.  New Marriages or No Marriages? by Nancy Folbre of the Economix blog of The New York Times says that why more children are being born to unmarried mothers is a complex question involving education, income, […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. America’s Major Magazines Still Aren’t Publishing Stories By Women by Alyssa Rosenberg of Alternet.org says that Vida, an organization devoted to women in literature, has released a survey of the articles published by women in […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. As Virginia Ultrasound Rule Fails, Is GOP Seeing Reproductive Rights Backlash? by Michelle Goldberg of The Daily Beast says Gov. Bob McDonnell balked at an ultrasound law, and a personhood bill fell with it. Are […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The M.R.S. and the Ph.D. by Stephanie Coontz of The New York Times says for women seeking a satisfying relationship and a secure financial future, there has never been a better time to be highly […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Knocked Up: Republican Presidential Candidates’ Plan For American Women by Adele M. Stan of Alternet.org says that birth control is under attack by all of the GOP’s presidential candidates. 2. Singled Out: Are Unmarried People […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Why Did Susan G. Komen Pull The Plug On Planned Parenthood? by Megan McArdle of The Atlantic breaks down the backstory of the controversial split. 2. Vast Gender Disparity In Super PAC Giving on Salon.com […]

  • The Friday Five

    This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Rick Santorum On Opposition to Abortion In Cases of Rape: ‘Make The Best Out of a Bad Situation’ on The Huffington Post presents the GOP presidential candidate’s (disgusting and offensive) stance on abortion, which is […]