Unanswered questions and unspoken words are common in grief: A man who has lost his wife may sit by himself in his home and whisper words he never got to say, and a daughter grieving for her father may play back his voicemails to hear his voice again...
In this interview, Yifan Guo, a second-year graduate student studying and teaching mathematics at Brown University, shares her thoughts on California’s push to make their math curriculum more “equitable.” Recently, California ended a years-long...
Jennifer Nuzzo, director of the Pandemic Center and Professor of Epidemiology at Brown University, reviews depictions of epidemics in Twilight (2008), The Last of Us (2023), Outbreak (1995), and Contagion (2011), and discusses how they relate to real...
Type any sentence involving “women” into Google and see what you find. According to a set of UN Women ads, it’s not pretty. Women shouldn’t have rights. Women shouldn’t vote. Women cannot be trusted. Women need to be controlled. Women need ...
Type any sentence involving “women” into Google and see what you find. According to a set of UN Women ads, it’s not pretty. Women shouldn’t have rights. Women shouldn’t vote. Women cannot be trusted. Women need to be controlled. Women need ...
I wasn’t inclined to like Emily Yoffe’s recent Slate column, entitled “College Women: Stop Getting Drunk.” (No one gets between me and my Franzia). But the claims inside are worth getting angry about. Yoffe’s argument ...
I wasn’t inclined to like Emily Yoffe’s recent Slate column, entitled “College Women: Stop Getting Drunk.” (No one gets between me and my Franzia). But the claims inside are worth getting angry about. Yoffe’s argument ...
As swimmer Michael Phelps knows, one of the highest priorities of food corporations is maintaining their squeaky clean mainstream appeal. This usually involves companies giving wide berth to any manner of controversy, but Cheerios ignored this policy...
As swimmer Michael Phelps knows, one of the highest priorities of food corporations is maintaining their squeaky clean mainstream appeal. This usually involves companies giving wide berth to any manner of controversy, but Cheerios ignored this policy...
Twitter, my preferred source for weird Pokémon quotes, Marxist sex tips, and pictures of baby animals, made headlines last week for announcing its plans to go public — and unveiling an all-male board. Leadership at Twitter didn’t seem to t...
Twitter, my preferred source for weird Pokémon quotes, Marxist sex tips, and pictures of baby animals, made headlines last week for announcing its plans to go public — and unveiling an all-male board. Leadership at Twitter didn’t seem to t...
Violence in gaming has always been an issue of concern to parents and politicians, from the old days of Mortal Kombat—where players celebrated as they pulled an opponent’s heart out of his chest—to the modern days of Call of Duty, where players...
Violence in gaming has always been an issue of concern to parents and politicians, from the old days of Mortal Kombat—where players celebrated as they pulled an opponent’s heart out of his chest—to the modern days of Call of Duty, where players...
With the stay of effect on gay marriages overturned on June 18 and flexible legislation around the definition of family enacted last Friday, California is finally living up to long-held expectations of its progressive social change. On Oct. 4, Govern...
With the stay of effect on gay marriages overturned on June 18 and flexible legislation around the definition of family enacted last Friday, California is finally living up to long-held expectations of its progressive social change. On Oct. 4, Govern...
Here we are, a month removed from the VMA performance that shook a nation. Before Miley Cyrus did her infamous phallic-foam-finger dance, we had a federal government; clearly, times have changed. Like the pop-culture addict I am, I’ve been foll...
Here we are, a month removed from the VMA performance that shook a nation. Before Miley Cyrus did her infamous phallic-foam-finger dance, we had a federal government; clearly, times have changed. Like the pop-culture addict I am, I’ve been foll...
In a move that surprises no one ever, House Republicans added a last minute measure to the spending bill before the government shutdown aimed at exerting yet more control over female health and autonomy. The “conscience clause,” in a delightful ...
In a move that surprises no one ever, House Republicans added a last minute measure to the spending bill before the government shutdown aimed at exerting yet more control over female health and autonomy. The “conscience clause,” in a delightful ...
Anonymous 6442 says: Bitch. Is retarded and a slut so if you into that then here you guys. That’s one of the tamest captions on MyEx.com. It accompanies an image of a woman, standing naked in her bathroom, smiling, taking a picture of hersel...
Anonymous 6442 says: Bitch. Is retarded and a slut so if you into that then here you guys. That’s one of the tamest captions on MyEx.com. It accompanies an image of a woman, standing naked in her bathroom, smiling, taking a picture of hersel...
In the midst of a monumental trial fixed in the public eye, Bradley Manning’s recent transition to Chelsea Manning blew through the US media with exactly the amount of grace and sensitivity towards a disenfranchised minority that one might expe...
In the midst of a monumental trial fixed in the public eye, Bradley Manning’s recent transition to Chelsea Manning blew through the US media with exactly the amount of grace and sensitivity towards a disenfranchised minority that one might expe...
Below is the newest ad encouraging American youth to “opt out” of Obamacare, courtesy of OptOut.org. It depicts an unnerving caricature of “Uncle Sam” forcing a pelvic exam on a young woman as a consequence of the Affordable C...
Below is the newest ad encouraging American youth to “opt out” of Obamacare, courtesy of OptOut.org. It depicts an unnerving caricature of “Uncle Sam” forcing a pelvic exam on a young woman as a consequence of the Affordable C...
This is a guest column written by Kevin Carty. Originally posted on Feminists-at-Large on 28 August, 2013. For anyone who’s spent at least a minimal amount of time within the pages, blogs, feeds, and conversations of modern feminism, it should be...
This is a guest column written by Kevin Carty. Originally posted on Feminists-at-Large on 28 August, 2013. For anyone who’s spent at least a minimal amount of time within the pages, blogs, feeds, and conversations of modern feminism, it should be...