Johnnie Tillmon, activist and chairperson of the National Welfare Rights Organization (NWRO), was a visionary feminist of the second-wave era who advocated for a universal basic income and dignity for all.
The American marketplace of “wisdom” is booming again. A long tradition of feminist thought reveals how flawed it is—and what true wisdom might look like instead.
The campaign led by Title IX activists has shown why we need remedies outside of criminal law to fight sexual harassment and promote equality, as much in the workplace as on campus.
It is time to think about class. The insurgencies we most need today are the insurgencies of large numbers.
Feminists shouldn’t just call for a better balance between waged work and housework—between work and work. We should do the unimaginable: ask for more time.
Unlike the bracing feminist essay it is based on, Learning to Drive struggles to move beyond fantasy and stereotypes.
Premilla Nadasen joins us to talk about her new book, Household Workers Unite, on the forgotten history of black domestic workers organizing from the 1950s to the 1970s.
The women of Black Lives Matter are not bending to the demands of respectability politics. They are carving out space for black women to fight for justice.
Taking a cue from punk icon Viv Albertine, today’s feminists should dare to want more—and forget about asking for it nicely.
For one odd, brief, and singular moment, the catastrophes of my family and my country had come together, showing me how they were woven together, knotted and inextricable. . . .
An excerpt from The Upstairs Wife: An Intimate History of Pakistan.
Before India’s Daughter premiered in New York the day after International Women’s Day, Meryl Streep lit a candle to honor the protagonist of Leslee Udwin’s new documentary. “She was India’s daughter,” declared Streep, referring to twenty-three-year-old Jyoti Singh Pandey, the …
Tim Shenk talks with historian and New Yorker writer Jill Lepore about Wonder Woman and the lost history of feminism.
Belabored talked with Ai-jen Poo talk about her new book, The Age of Dignity, her work organizing domestic workers, how care work is undervalued, and how racism and sexism contributed to the crisis in caring labor.
“Sledgehammering feminine shame and smearing menstrual blood all over its covenants” isn’t a perfect description of what Kipnis has done with her writing, but it comes close.
President Obama’s forceful comments on the need for federal support of child care programs were one of the most notable aspects of his recent State of the Union address. As he said, “It’s time we stop treating child care as …
