Tag: misogyny

Bernice L. McFadden ruminates on all the things her mother has endured only to find herself spending her golden years in the midst of a deadly plague and state-sanctioned racism.

Envy over her success led her husband, also a writer, to become violent. She fights every day for her safety — and to avoid being relegated to obscurity like so many writers who are mothers.

Born with serious CEO aspirations, Nicole Cyrus found her role model in a white kid from an ’80s sitcom.

How can we combat sexism in publishing if we’re so worried about damaging the reputations of offending men?

Carmel Mc Mahon contemplates the legacy of trauma passed down through generations of Irish women.

Ten years after calling Letterman out for creating a hostile work environment for women, Nell Scovell gets to talk with him about it.

While away at summer camp, Melissa Febos discovers the power of her generation’s rage and feminism.

Emily Weitzman condemns the persistence of slut shaming over different stages in her life, and combats it with humor and…bread.

When a high-risk pregnancy jeopardizes their eyesight, Heather Quinn explores the expectations of motherhood and finds common ground with a patron saint.

Our inherited biases about who should write what live deeper than most of us realize or want to acknowledge.

Elissa Bassist breaks her silence about everything she’s not supposed to talk about and comes out alive.

The Laura Lippman plan requires that you eat whatever you want whenever you want to eat it, and declare yourself beautiful. We’re not going to lie — it’s really hard.

Ayşegül Savaş contemplates the way women’s and men’s time is valued and the uneven burden taken by women writers in literary citizenship.

After receiving a string of menacing emails, Amy Kurzweil wonders: Can she safely extend a writer’s empathy to men who harass her on the internet?

Carolita Johnson reviews the ugly history of rape being weaponized — and politicized — as a means of silencing women.

In an attempt to understand her own chronic pain, Diana Whitney uncovers a violent trauma from her mother’s past.

Carolita Johnson looks back on the many ways she’s tried to juggle work with her *work.*

Chelsea G. Summers considers the ways in which outwardly ‘progressive’ men like former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman use kink as a cover for abuse.

There’s no use debating a feeling. It’s time to change how we engage with Jordan Peterson.

Jessica Berger Gross reflects on what letting her roots grow in at age 45 has meant, in terms of feminism and resistance.

Since the dawn of the internet, online platforms have allowed clients to take advantage of sex workers. Now, they’re fighting back.

Emily Meg Weinstein considers the complexities of meeting and greeting in this #MeToo moment.

Maybe Woody Allen’s romantic comedies weren’t terribly romantic after all.

Here’s to more women embracing their anger instead of defaulting to sadness.

Roxane Gay considers the lasting impact of protests against the Miss America Pageant that took place half a century ago.

Bumbles sink. (Hopefully.) On men, sexual violence, and feigned ignorance.

Imagine being the only woman living with 200 roughnecks — risking your personal safety every day — just to make a buck.

Laurie Penny wants a new conversation about women, men, consent, desire, and autonomy.

Growing up in the fundamentalist Christian “Quiverfull” movement, Hännah Ettinger saw her own story in Atwood’s vision.

Filmmaker Kyrre Lien was curious about what drives people who make hateful comments online, so he traveled the world to interview internet trolls in person.