Tag: sexism

Rani Neutill recalls a literary workshop in which a white man critiqued her ability to write in “proper” English.

How Canada’s new, educated, organized far-right has been using a video game app to try to influence mainstream politics and create a white ethno-state.

Carolita Johnson examines some of the inner workings of a woman’s body from puberty to menopause.

Thirst used to be desperation, now it’s aspiration. And men are finding it hard to quench.

Frances Dodds recalls two men who laid bare the fragile lines between desire, pain and manipulation — and questions the framework of her own fantasies.

After nearly a century of being denied the opportunity, women are riding bucking broncos in American rodeo once again, and regaining the respect they deserve.

Less than 8 percent of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame’s inductees are women. Time for it to step up and induct an all-female class in 2020.

Your systems will not protect you.

As Joy Notoma grapples with uterine fibroids, harmful biases in the medical establishment, and a move from Brooklyn to West Africa she wonders where, as a black woman, she can find safety.

Carolita Johnson catalogues her efforts to maintain her appearance from about 1970 to 2018.

Three million women tuned in last year. Here’s why.

Jenny Bhatt recalls the rites of passage that led to her shift in identity from corporate executive to woman writer of color.

Lacy Warner examines the downward turn of actress Dominique Swain’s career, and how the trouble began the moment she grew up.

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.

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.