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Sexism
June 29, 2020
J.C. Pan
The “Women’s Vote” Never Existed
It’s an emotionally compelling notion for activists and a tidy narrative for pundits. But it’s a 100-year-old myth.
April 13, 2020
Nina Burleigh
Trump’s Women Are Trapped in a Cult of “Empowerment”
The president's silent accessories have been permitted to wield their limited power on his behalf in his hour of crisis.
November 4, 2019
MagazineLiza Featherstone
Moving Beyond Misogyny
Why do they hate us?
April 24, 2019
Ben Schwartz
The Trigger Presidency
How shock jock comedy gave way to Donald Trump’s Republican Party
September 20, 2017
Jo Livingstone
Aronofsky’s Mother! is a Mess of Biblical Proportions
A spoiler-filled analysis of this fall’s most controversial movie.
August 30, 2017
Laura Tanenbaum, Mark Engler
Help Wanted—Female
The sexist job ads of the 60s are gone, but female-dominated jobs are still vastly undervalued today.
July 5, 2017
Clio Chang
Why Urban Dictionary Is Horrifically Racist
The crowd-sourced repository of internet slang is rife with racist and sexist content. But owner Aaron Peckham doesn't seem to care.
June 19, 2017
MagazineAdele M. Stan
How Trump Rebranded the First Family
The president has turned an archaic institution into something worse—an organized racket.
May 9, 2016
Adam Peck
Trolls aren’t the only ones who abuse female sports reporters on social media.
October 13, 2015
Elspeth Reeve
The Many Ways the Media Asks Hillary Clinton, "Why Do People Hate You?"
March 25, 2015
Rebecca Leber
The Supreme Court Just Sided with Pregnant Working Women
September 12, 2014
Rebecca Leber
Men in Congress Literally Don't Listen to Women
August 4, 2014
Rebecca Traister
Nine West Thinks Women Need "Husband-Hunting" Shoes
Five ideas for the shoe company's next ad campaign
May 27, 2014
Laurie Penny
Let's Call the Isla Vista Killings What They Were: Misogynist Extremism
February 17, 2014
Rebecca Traister
It's (Still) Only Women Pols Who Get Judged on Their Family Life
August 5, 2013
Isaac Chotiner
Is the Media Responsible for Policing Sexism?
March 1, 2013
Adam Wilson
Play It Cool, Bro
Seth MacFarlane is exactly what's wrong with American men

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