Nineteen year old Proscovia Oromait is Uganda’s newest lawmaker.

Apparently men are “going Galt” because feminism won, or something.

The backlash against Mindy Kaling’s new series “only shows why it is so important to have more more voices like hers on television.”

Spectra Speaks on the Nina Simone biopic and racism in Hollywood.

“The working poor haven’t abdicated responsibility for their lives. They’re drowning in it.”

A fascinating history of women in the CIA.

Rush Limbaugh blames “the feminazis” and “the chickification” for his average shrinking penis size.

Fun fact: To match the Walton family fortune, you’d need to work at Walmart for 7 million years.

Jessica summarized this nicely, “Smug virgin at Fox says ...

Meet Johanna Quaas who, at age 86, is the world’s oldest gymnast.

Laurie Penny takes on Naomi Wolf’s Vagina and it’s great.

On the ethics of writing about sexual abuse.

A couple different takes on the professor who caused a major national scandal by breastfeeding her baby in class.

A court ruled that Jennie Linn McCormack, the Idaho woman who was charged with an “unlawful abortion” after ordering the abortion pill online, can’t be prosecuted.

The Economist looks at how TRAP laws are aiming to regulate abortion out of existence.

Two state AGs write that the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization seeks to turn a bipartisan concern for abuse survivors into a partisan wedge.

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Obviously the best moment of the whole convention.

Erin DiMeglio is the first girl to play quarterback in a Florida high school football game.

Jaclyn Friedman has a new podcast about Fucking While Feminist.

Andrea Grimes tries to find a pap smear in Texas.

Why we’re all so upset about Amy Poehler and Will Arnett seperating.

bell hooks was “deeply disturbed and militantly outraged” after seeing Beasts of the Southern Wild.

Jennifer Baumgardner on the legacy of radical feminist writer Shulamith Firestone.

Four trans women in Malaysia are challenging the Islamic law that forbids them from living as women.

Vikings punter Chris Kluwe’s open letter to an anti-gay Maryland legislator is so, so awesome.

Sociologist Katrina Kimport has done some ...

Happy early Labor Day y’all!

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Venus and Serena Williams continue to be the shit.

Thanks to US policy, aid groups aren’t even allowed to discuss abortion with the thousands of women who are raped and impregnated in armed conflicts around the world.

Michelle Dean on criticism, gender, and Susan Sontag and Adrienne Rich’s debate on feminism and facism.

The gender pay gap can’t be explained simply by the different choices women make in their careers–there’s likely some straight-up discrimination going on.

An Open Letter to Rep. Todd Akin From Women of Color Activists.

Where’s the media coverage of the shooting death of a teen lesbian couple in Texas?

A fascinating interview with a lapsed virginity-pledger at the Hairpin highlights what’s messed up ...

My new favorite Olympian is Claressa Shields who won America’s very first gold medal in women’s boxing.

Sometimes the Onion is perfect: “Weird, Area Woman Wasn’t Harassed Today”

Thomas Page McBee, who has been writing a truly great column for The Rumpus called Self-Made Man, discusses his gender identity and typical tran narratives–which are “dumbed down for your consumption because it’s presumed that people who aren’t trans don’t think about their gender identity.”

Melissa takes on that Esquire piece about women and their contempt: “Marche cannot (or will not) distinguish between contempt for men and contempt for expressions of patriarchy-compliant masculinity.”

Lynn Beisner explains that “the best choice for both my mother and I would have been ...

If you, like us, aren’t quite done gushing about Gabby Douglas…Plus, Dominique Dawes on Gabby’s historic win, the sacrifices her mom made to keep her in gymnastics, and a guide to her victory in gifs.

Roxane Gay has 14 tips for how to be friends with another woman. First off: “Abandon the cultural myth that all female friendships must be toxic, bitchy or competitive.”

The Feminist Wire is hosting a forum on Muslim feminisms this Ramadan. Check it out!

An interesting look at how Cosmo is exported via 64 international editions distributed in more than 100 countries in 35 languages.

On Olympic gymnastics as reality TV: “In girl world, gymnasts are superheroes not just ...