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In a room at Yale Fertility Clinic, a woman lies on the table, visibly nervous but determined. This procedure is her only chance to have children, and she trusts the professionals standing around her. The physician begins, and she is immediately in p...

The Pain Gap

In a room at Yale Fertility Clinic, a woman lies on the table, visibly nervous but determined. This procedure is her only chance to have children, and she trusts the professionals standing around her. The physician begins, and she is immediately in p...

A flip of blonde hair. A flash of bright blue eyes. With this grounding imagery, the camera pans slowly across her body, and then an abrupt order—“Hey! Eyes up here!” The camera sharply jerks up to encounter actress Sydney Sweeney. She smiles a...

Make Jeans Great Again

A flip of blonde hair. A flash of bright blue eyes. With this grounding imagery, the camera pans slowly across her body, and then an abrupt order—“Hey! Eyes up here!” The camera sharply jerks up to encounter actress Sydney Sweeney. She smiles a...

Social media has transformed feminism into a set of contrasting lifestyle trends: The ambitious, career-driven “girlboss” and the traditionally submissive “tradwife.” The girlboss celebrates financial independence and corporate success, while...

The Commodification of Feminism

Social media has transformed feminism into a set of contrasting lifestyle trends: The ambitious, career-driven “girlboss” and the traditionally submissive “tradwife.” The girlboss celebrates financial independence and corporate success, while...

That Facebook message may be more than a simple request from an old friend pushing you to try a new skincare product. It could be an entry point into far-right radicalization.  From the outburst of Tupperware parties in the 1960s to the widespre...

Girls Just Wanna Have Funds

That Facebook message may be more than a simple request from an old friend pushing you to try a new skincare product. It could be an entry point into far-right radicalization.  From the outburst of Tupperware parties in the 1960s to the widespre...

Giorgia Meloni, an unlikely contender to become Italy’s first female prime minister, assumed office on October 22, 2022, with ringlet curls and a bold pink lip. Far-right counterparts, like the former Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, to...

Femme Fatale

Giorgia Meloni, an unlikely contender to become Italy’s first female prime minister, assumed office on October 22, 2022, with ringlet curls and a bold pink lip. Far-right counterparts, like the former Prime Minister of Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, to...

“If the law says that any man, if he chooses, can enter a women’s restroom…and stay there, and he cannot be removed because he simply says at that moment he feels like a woman, you’re opening the door for predators.” This argument, offered ...

The Elephant in the Restroom

“If the law says that any man, if he chooses, can enter a women’s restroom…and stay there, and he cannot be removed because he simply says at that moment he feels like a woman, you’re opening the door for predators.” This argument, offered ...

On Election Day Eve, one particular endorsement pushed Trump’s campaign beyond the victory tipping point: Joe Rogan’s. The endorsement came about two weeks after Trump took a detour to film a three-hour episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, showin...

How Rogan Widened the Gender Gap

On Election Day Eve, one particular endorsement pushed Trump’s campaign beyond the victory tipping point: Joe Rogan’s. The endorsement came about two weeks after Trump took a detour to film a three-hour episode of The Joe Rogan Experience, showin...

In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the Yixian People’s Court ruled that Bai was innocent of rape on the grounds that violently forcing one’s wife to have...

Contractual Consent

In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the Yixian People’s Court ruled that Bai was innocent of rape on the grounds that violently forcing one’s wife to have...