This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. ‘Roe’ Didn’t Incite The Culture Wars, And Neither Would A Supreme Court Ruling For Marriage Equality by Jill Filipovic of The Nation says the Supreme Court Justices should ask themselves: Does history look kindly upon […]
When we think about women and men as entirely different species, as “others” that we need to learn to understand and interpret, we create the kind of divisions that let us do really, really bad things, says Emily Heist Moss. “I don’t know how to talk to them.” “I’m trying to understand how they think.” […]
Danielle Vermeer says feminists of faith want a seat at the table, but are secular feminists willing to listen? Far too often, the conversation about what feminism means and why it matters stops before it even truly starts. This is especially the case for many who grew up in conservative religious communities that vilified the […]
Marriage is not a cure-all for our social ills. So why do we obsess over it so much? Is there a marriage “crisis” in this country? As we wait for the Supreme Court to debate the future of single-sex marriage, it’s hard to miss the headlines speculating how much the institution of marriage is changing […]
Selena Gomez is just the latest in a long line of young women who objectify themselves for success in Hollywood, says Soraya Chemaly. I haven’t seen the new movie Spring Breakers, which opened last Friday, and am pondering whether or not I ever will. Some people think it’s satire or parody, more horror film than […]
This week’s roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Steubenville Rapists Can Be Saved by Irin Carmon of Salon.com says for all the justified outrage at the Steubenville offenders, rehab can and does work. Their lives are not “over.” 2. New Poll Shows Huge […]
Enough is enough. Now is the time to do whatever we can to bring an end to rape culture. Here are a few places you can start. During the past several weeks, as more and more people became aware of what transpired in Steubenville, Ohio, last summer, I have been deluged with messages and questions […]
Emily Heist Moss says it shouldn’t take having a gay kid for our political leaders to think about fairness and justice. Last week, Senator Rob Portman, a Republican of Ohio, finally reversed his position on marriage equality after his 21-year-old son came out nearly two years ago. In some circles, Portman was lauded for his […]
