Role Reboot

It Doesn’t Matter If Women Change Their Names When They Marry, It Matters If Men Do

Girls and women are still under tremendous pressure to define themselves and their public identities relationally, in ways that men aren’t. Last year, after a seven-hour drive with a carful of children, I arrived at a hotel where, despite having used my credit card to secure a room, I could not check in. We were […]

5 Reasons Why We Need To Ditch The Concept Of Virginity For Good

Virginity is a social construction that came about because of the commodification of women. Virginity: It’s something we all know of, something we’ve all talked about. It’s something we, as a culture, obsess over. It’s a very valuable thing to have, if you’re a woman, and a very perplexing thing to have if you’re a man. Female […]