Tag: sexism

Historically pushed toward softball, Baseball for All keeps young girls in the game.

Laura Jean Baker finds that being a feminist married to a progressive man isn’t a fail-safe against sexism occasionally intruding in their marriage.

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

Women trial lawyers share their experiences of destructive sexism in the courtroom.

The co-authors of ‘Country Music USA’ – a revised edition of the genre’s definitive history – talk about the music’s African-American tributaries, its unpredictable politics, country radio’s woman problem, and working on Ken Burns’ forthcoming doc.

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

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

A bibliophile tries to understand her father through his favorite Swedish mystery books.

My recommendation: a complete rebrand, where all Hooters restaurants are converted into owl sanctuaries.

Carolita Johnson tallies the costs and benefits of love and cohabitation as a woman artist living in a patriarchy.

An invitation to appear in a PSA prompts Minda Honey to reflect on the responsibilities of safe sex, and her imperfect past.

Never underestimate the insidious, destructive power of gaslighting, especially public gaslighting.

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

Minda Honey explores the long unraveling of a #MeToo moment in the wake of cultural upheaval.

Sometimes men get a little antsy when the women are running the billiards tables.

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

Before women got the right to vote, they learned jiu-jitsu and boxing to defend themselves on the streets

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

TL;DR: tech titans have a lot of sex and drug parties at which they disrupt conventional morality by… replicating conventional sexist, heteronormative behaviors. 

On the passing of a MacArthur Genius forgotten for decades, re-discovered by ‘A Public Space’ editor Brigid Hughes.

After taking over from George Plimpton, Brigid Hughes was pushed out as the editor of The Paris Review and omitted from the magazine’s history.

Men, get ready to be uncomfortable for a while. While forgiveness may come one day, it won’t be soon.

While serving as foreperson on a grand jury, Susana Morris confronts power and privilege in the criminal justice system.

An incident on lawyer Britney Wilson’s ride home from work exposes her vulnerabilities as a Black disabled woman.

In an excerpt from her upcoming book, Pao reveals the harassment and discrimination she experienced at a Silicon Valley venture firm.

An excerpt of “Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color,” about the violent ways police have frequently treated black women with mental illness.

Liz Phair and Elizabeth Wurtzel discuss the sexism they each are seeing everywhere.

“I took the NASA shirts from the ‘boys’ section from where they were prominently displayed, and put them little kid eye level next to tank tops in the ‘girls’ section 20 feet away.”

Discovering the show when she was a teenager in 1990 helped A.N. Devers navigate the grief of losing her grandparents—and her girlhood.

In a piece in The Nation, Amy Wilentz methodically eviscerates and examines the guts of Ivanka Trump’s brand, and her efforts on behalf of working women