The very presence of men calls attention to the various kinds of vulnerability women carry with them—in their bodies, their careers, and their relationships. There’s a section midway through Claire Vaye Watkins’ seminal Tin House essay “On Pandering” that always opens a cache of memories from my own adolescence: As a young woman I had one […]
Given that women have been sexually harassed and assaulted by their male coworkers and bosses, why don’t we pass a law against men in management positions? A couple weeks ago, I wrote a Role Reboot article called “Stop Using Women’s Safety To Justify Transphobia.” Since then, an unprecedented number of people have taken it upon […]
I care too much about women’s safety to sit silently and allow it to be co-opted and used to hurt vulnerable women. Bills like HB2 don’t help cis women, and make trans women demonstrably less safe. In March, North Carolina passed the appalling HB2, requiring public venues and government buildings to restrict bathroom access on […]
