The Most Intersectional VIDA Count Yet Paints A Troubling Picture

If you think it’s tough in the literary world as a woman, try being a woman of color, an LGBTQ woman, or a woman with a disability or impairment. 


The 2015 VIDA Count went public on Wednesday with some unsettling but important revelations about the state of literary media....

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Help Get More Women In Politics? One Man's Selfish Motives

With Theresa May becoming Britain’s second female Prime Minister, global attention turns to women running in two other elections, which reach major milestones later this month.
On 21 July, the United Nations Security Council will start formally considering candidates for the position...

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Women (Candidates) Under Attack (Really!) By Outside Groups. (Men, Not So Much.)

(Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call via AP Images)

Democratic women House members appear outside the Capitol to support A Day Without A Woman rallies. 


Happy Women’s History Month! This year has already seen historic large-scale demonstrations celebrating women and demanding equal...

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Boots, Bombs, B-52s -- and the Indefinite Detention of Americans: The Newest NDAA

From warheads to textbooks for young hopefuls at Annapolis — from MRE sandwiches that can last two years in the Afghan desert to the decision about how many troops will go overseas — the National Defense Authorization Act, or NDAA, is the book of books when it comes to defense...

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Female Rage Doesn't Exist In A Vacuum

I once stood at a bus stop in Durban while two young, drunk men murmured sexually explicit threats and promises to a young woman standing next to me. It was just the four of us — the woman being threatened, me, and the two perpetrators.
South Africa is not the world’s safest...

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Want To See What Toxic Masculinity Looks Like? Watch 'The Bachelorette.'

On last night’s episode of “The Bachelorette,” viewers witnessed the birth of an alpha-male-reality-TV villain in the form of self-described “man” (subtext: real manly man) Chad. 


Chad is buff. He has a suitcase full of protein powder. He eats a lot of meat....

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Why Are Women In Razor Ads Always Shaving Hairless Legs?

This isn’t about women who shave their legs. This isn’t about women who choose not to. This isn’t even really about companies using shame as a marketing tool. This is about commercials that don’t make a damn bit of sense. 


Nearly every shaving ad includes...

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