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Sexual education in America is far from perfect. It varies widely from state to state (and even school to school), but at worst it can shame rape victims, spread misinformation, and exclude everyone who isn’t cisgender and heterosexual. Given t...

How America’s Sex Ed Supports Rape Culture

Sexual education in America is far from perfect. It varies widely from state to state (and even school to school), but at worst it can shame rape victims, spread misinformation, and exclude everyone who isn’t cisgender and heterosexual. Given t...

Crisis in Syria. Government  shutdown. Republican civil war. Traditional media outlets such as the New York Times, NPR or CNN have provided extensive coverage of these events, but newer forms of media that combine information and entertainment have...

Pop Culture and GIFs as Political Satire

Crisis in Syria. Government  shutdown. Republican civil war. Traditional media outlets such as the New York Times, NPR or CNN have provided extensive coverage of these events, but newer forms of media that combine information and entertainment have...

A couple weeks ago, I mocked Twitter CEO Dick Costolo for citing a “supply-side problem” recruiting female employees (and, crucially, board members). Although clearly the supply of qualified women is greater than one, I admit that Costol...

Supply Side Part II: Getting Women to Pursue Computer Science

A couple weeks ago, I mocked Twitter CEO Dick Costolo for citing a “supply-side problem” recruiting female employees (and, crucially, board members). Although clearly the supply of qualified women is greater than one, I admit that Costol...

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 ...

Domestic Violence Costs More Than You Think

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 ...

Victim-Blaming, From Maryville to a College Near You

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 ...

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...

Grand Theft Auto’s Bad Shake

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...

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...

What Miley Cyrus Says About Us

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 ...

Shutting Down the Conscience Clause

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...

Make Revenge Porn Illegal Already

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...