A woman died in jail while serving a sentence for her kids’ unpaid school fines.
Native victims in Alaskan rural communities lack access to domestic violence shelters.
Hillary Clinton’s perspective on same-sex marriage has shifted, as it has for many Americans.
A woman died in jail while serving a sentence for her kids’ unpaid school fines.
Native victims in Alaskan rural communities lack access to domestic violence shelters.
Hillary Clinton’s ...
And while we’re on the topic of inspired dance moves…
4th trimester bodies.
I am not sex positive.
The pilgrimage to the Toronto Film Festival.
Qahera, a new Muslim Superhero.
This video from the Fat Experience Project might break your heart.
Hell yeah, Canada!
What about gay grandparents?
bell hooks was right.
Trans women, love, and There Will Come a Day.
A family experiments with living in a slum for a month; this reeks of trouble.
Cities, they’re where it’s at y’all.
Looking at the U.S. through teenager’s eyes: My Hometown Is.
“I am one of America’s unlicensed, untrained illegal abortionists.”
Birth ...
And while we’re on the topic of inspired dance moves…
4th trimester bodies.
I am not sex positive.
The pilgrimage to the Toronto Film Festival.
Qahera, a new Muslim Superhero.
This ...
In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington: Michelle Alexander on MLK and mass incarceration.
Necessary tension around Obama at the March’s anniversary.
The real work of Rosa Parks.
Misremembering “I Have a Dream.”
Chelsea Manning, media bias, and cissexism.
The killing of trans teen Dwayne Jones is not “just another murder.”
Graphic novel of This is How You Lose Her coming soon.
Bustle founder didn’t want too many “smart” women.
Three types of Golden Girls commenters on YouTube.
Is Cher’s new video about solidarity or interchangeability?
On Raven Symoné’s quiet coming out.
Comments young moms are ...
In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington: Michelle Alexander on MLK and mass incarceration.
Necessary tension around Obama at the March’s anniversary.
The real work of Rosa Parks.
Men don’t have to hate women to benefit from sexism.
Bustle founder Bryan Goldberg apologizes a little.
White is the new white.
Ladies, Cornell Fetch is just trying to help.
Negotiating multiple identities on Buffy.
Mikki Kendall and Flavia Dzodan talked with The Hairpin about #solidarityisforwhitewomen.
Sex, power, and tips.
An open letter to Kal Penn on Stop and Frisk.
The Colorlines community remembers learning about Harriet Tubman.
Cutting the Gordian Knot of sex work.
Twenties is apparently pretty great.
From 1908 to 2013: stories of unlikely desi activists in the U.S.
California now explicitly guarantees trans* students equal access to education (though Title IX already ...
Men don’t have to hate women to benefit from sexism.
Bustle founder Bryan Goldberg apologizes a little.
White is the new white.
Ladies, Cornell Fetch is just trying to help.
Negotiating ...
Lady Gaga sings the national anthem, with a queer twist, at NYC’s Pride festival this weekend.
Alexandra’s off today, so we’re making today’s Reader an open thread. What have you been reading/writing/watching/learning this week?
Lady Gaga sings the national anthem, with a queer twist, at NYC’s Pride festival this weekend.
Alexandra’s off today, so we’re making today’s Reader an open thread. What have you been reading/writing/watching/learning this week?
NSA surveillance and the male gaze.
Racist of the Week Paulina Deen has been fired.
But, before that, she inspired some really great tweets.
The Department of Ed will collect data on anti-LGBT bullying.
We need to talk about disability and feminism.
High schools are trying restorative justice to keep kids from dropping out.
On the “safe kind of brown.”
An open letter to gay men about women’s consent.
Oh no! The poor, poor sexually abusive colleges!
What’s a city Indian?
A female writer responds to Vice‘s recent spread fetishizing other female writers’ suicides.
We are the 15%.
What if fatness is part of human biodiversity?
On ...
NSA surveillance and the male gaze.
Racist of the Week Paulina Deen has been fired.
But, before that, she inspired some really great tweets.
The Department of Ed will collect data on ...
Dare to hope again: on incarceration and parenting.
Paternity leave isn’t just about fathers.
Reclaiming indigenous papahood.
Blast from the very recent past: the Great Dad.
Listen to a panel on labor and feminism moderated by Sarah Jaffe.
RAINN praised the recent SCOTUS decision on DNA collection, but how will it affect people of color?
A single bill could nearly eliminate abortion access in Texas.
Will the Supreme Court of Canada decriminalize sex work?
Sorry, but Daenerys = Laura Bush.
Get ready for the debut of Jose Antonio Vargas’s “Documented.”
Celebrate 50 years of women in space.
Check out the ...
Dare to hope again: on incarceration and parenting.
Paternity leave isn’t just about fathers.
Reclaiming indigenous papahood.
Blast from the very recent past: the Great Dad.
Listen ...
Women and unions at the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act.
The Lambda Literary Award winners have been announced.
A high school valedictorian called out her school on its discrimination against Native Americans.
A lot of people wrote a lot of things about the FLOTUS heckler conflict.
Queers should care about sex offenders.
Protesters across the country demand accessible emergency contraceptives.
SiriusXM dropped an anti-trans radio show.
Bitch is pro-“Frances Ha.”
Women and unions at the 50th anniversary of the Equal Pay Act.
The Lambda Literary Award winners have been announced.
A high school valedictorian called out her school ...
