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There has long been a gap between stereotypical ideas of women’s empowerment and gendered reality. Barbie explores these contradictions in miniature.
Winter 2024
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Sarah Polley’s Act of Imagination
Women Talking is about the struggle to unearth a language capable of describing profound desires for freedom and safety.
Know Your Enemy: Midge Decter, Anti-Feminist Cold Warrior
Matt and Sam join Moira Donegan and Adrian Daub to discuss the life and work of an anti-feminist, neoconservative icon.
[EVENT | March 8] Winter Issue Discussion: The Agoraphobic Fantasy of Tradlife
Join Sarah Jones and Zoe Hu for a discussion on stay-at-home girlfriends and feminism.
Feminists Against Authoritarianism
Minority rule is a major obstacle to ensuring abortion rights.
The Agoraphobic Fantasy of Tradlife
In an increasingly expensive and antisocial world, tradwives forsake life with others for the lonely, constrictive spaces of bourgeois ownership.
“A Fundamental Violation of Basic Human Rights”
An interview with Loretta J. Ross.
Reproductive Rights at the Bargaining Table
A roundtable on Dobbs and organized labor.
The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Ghost of Margaret Sanger
Religious conservatives see “anti-eugenic” state laws as the most promising avenue for establishing a federal ban on abortion. Much of the feminist left is ill-equipped to deal with this threat.
Abortion Is Healthcare: Lessons From a Public Hospital
Even in the Roe era, access to abortion was limited, hard-fought, and dependent on local conditions.
Righteous Anger
Introducing our Winter 2023 special section, “Feminism After Dobbs.”
Feminism After Dobbs
A preview of our Winter 2023 issue.
Woman, Life, Freedom: The Origins of the Uprising in Iran
The massive protests in Iran, fueled by the audacity of young women and children, are rooted in over a century of struggle.
Belabored: Women Leading the Labor Movement
Organizers of unionization efforts at Amazon, Starbucks, and the New York Times discuss how their experiences as women shape their work.
Where Was Everyone? The Fatal Siloing of Abortion Advocacy
The movement for abortion rights has made missteps. But abortion-rights advocates wouldn’t have had such a lonely battle with such imperfect choices had anyone else inserted themselves into the fray.
