I can tell her what’s happened, but I can’t tell her why, because I don’t understand why, and I don’t know how we can possibly fix it. Every parent has to have that conversation with their child at some point. My daughter is only 2, but she already has questions. The longer I put it […]
Making the pill and other hormonal birth control methods difficult to access denies women, and others with wombs, total control over our lives. Dear men, let’s imagine this story isn’t about the pill, its about beer. Imagine that every three months you have to pay to see a doctor to get their permission to drink […]
The fact that I’m still a gun owner today demonstrates that I have been lucky to not lose a loved one or child to random gun violence. But is it just a matter of time? I haven’t shot any of my guns since the Newtown, Conn., murder of 20 children with an AR-15 assault rifle […]
The rage, concern, and suffering of oppressed people seem like a game to most conservatives, says Khadijah Costley White. Over the last few weeks, protests on (and off) social media helped draw international attention to the plight of over 270 girls kidnapped while at school in Nigeria. Using the Twitter hashtag #bringbackourgirls, people across the […]
