Introduction: The New Feminism
The “end of men,” “having it all,” the “richer sex” — women, it would seem, have finally arrived. But this celebration is one part toast to the wealthy exceptions, and one part nonsense.
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The Golden Notebook: Doris Lessing’s Rendezvous with the Zeitgeist 
They’re almost all dead now, the renowned intellectuals who once belonged to the British Communist Party: Eric Hobsbawm most recently, along with Christopher Hill, George Rudé, E. P. Thompson, Raymond Williams, and Donna Torr. Although they did much to change …
Women and Power in the Wisconsin Uprising
When Wisconsin governor Scott Walker opened his assault on collective bargaining in February 2011, few people realized it would open the door to the election of Tammy Baldwin to the U.S. Senate in November 2012. Baldwin, the first woman to …
Feminism and Me
A feminist friend asked me to write a piece addressed to this question: How would my work have been different if I had engaged with and learned from the feminists of the late 1960s and 1970s? I have tried to …
Baby Bust in Japan: Is the Personal Political?
Are young women in Japan on a wildcat baby strike? In 2005, for the first time since Japan began collecting population statistics in the late 1800s, the nation’s birth rate dropped below its death rate, marking a new low in …
Roe v. Wade and Beyond: Forty Years of Legal Abortion in the United States
This January marked the fortieth anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion in the United States. In ways not anticipated by the coalition of physicians and feminist health activists who fought to legalize abortion in the years …
Citizenship and the Right to Birth Control
Calling this year’s political fight about funding for contraception a “war on women” may be a catchy slogan and a strong mobilizing call. But as an analysis, it is misleading. True, birth control does affect women disproportionately, because women still …
Todd Akin, Julian Assange, and Legitimate Rape
Natasha Lewis: Todd Akin, Julian Assange, and Legitimate Rape
Pakistani Conundrum: Public, Private, and Female
On my way back from the bakery, which was closing early because of the rally scheduled that afternoon, a car full of women pulled up in front of mine. Like many other vehicles weaving through Karachi’s dusty streets, it was …
Love in the Time of Capital
Marx’s understanding of love tells us a lot about his interpretation of capital.
If Nuns Went on Strike, the Church Would Shut Down
Mark Engler: If Nuns Went on Strike, the Church Would Shut Down
Physicians Speak Out: A High-Profile Call-to-Arms in the Abortion War
Carole Joffe: High-Profile Physicians Speak out on Abortion
Growing Up Slowly: Ladyblogs, Womanhood, and Extended Adolescence in the Internet Age
Diana Clarke: Ladyblogs, Womanhood, and Extended Adolescence in the Internet Age
Why Do Americans Argue About Abortion?
Drew Halfmann: Why Do Americans Argue About Abortion?
The Tea Party and Angry White Women
When the Tea Party emerged in 2009, most progressive critics characterized it as a sprawling movement of “angry white men.” But it is also a party of angry white women. Everyone in the Tea Party shares an ideology that calls …
