In a year where the election is not particularly close, the media has leapt at any chance to make Secretary Clinton’s victory seem less assured and amplify the perception of a horserace. This...
It has been hard to escape the recent controversy surrounding the prohibition of modest Muslim swimwear in areas of coastal France. The ‘burkini ban’ has been implemented in towns including...
The clock was ticking on the Supreme Court's term when it finally released a ruling in Whole Women's Health v. Hellerstedt, a landmark decision exploring the constitutionality of Texas' HB2, a law...
The "Worst Tweet Ever” was a little underwhelming, if you think about it. The “Worst Tweet,” for all of the three people on the Internet who haven’t heard about it, is what a woman who Tweets...
Think about Islam and what women wear, and most people with think of the burqa. With France having already banned covering of the face, Muslim women in France report a rise in abuse, even if only...
Last week, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released a new set of guidelines for doctors intended to reduce the “addiction risk” of prescription painkillers such as...
It's been a busy week around the world, but here are some stories that caught our eyes from around the web, from investigative journalism to frank personal essays. 'The Disappearing Soldier' (Pacific...
Renee Tajima-Peña’s No Mas Bebés, on the widespread use of coerced sterilisation at LA County Hospital in the 1960s and 1970s, aired last week on PBS in what was perhaps extremely fortuitous...
Star Wars, like most science fiction and fantasy epics, has had a bit of a gender problem. Like Lord of the Rings, it offers a deluge of multi-dimensional and varying male characters while only...
Half-Life here on planet earth we watch sad movies, cry, and eat popped corn with salt when we want to feel things cheaply. I wonder what the aliens make of us tucked up on the mothership the surface...
