Why Are So Many Parents Picking Their Baby’s Sex?
Reproductive technology allows prospective parents to choose the sex of their baby before getting pregnant. But do the dangers outweigh the benefits?
Gender
Policing Language Is Just Another Way to Silence Women
When women and people of color are told what words to use, and how to use them, it’s more than mere political correctness gone awry. It’s a form of silencing that sustains a moral, class, and racial hierarchy.
It’s Time To Call Street Harassment What It Is: A Crime
A new bill in Washington, D.C. aims to set a precedent for criminalizing catcalls, groping, indecent exposure, and other lewd public behavior that many women have suffered their entire lives.
Pay Parity Alone Will Not Bridge the Gender Wage Gap
Wages are slowly leveling out in industries where both sexes work. But occupational segregation creates a different kind of pay inequity, shutting women out of higher-paying jobs altogether.
Waiting a Lifetime for ‘A Wrinkle In Time’
Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of the classic children’s book isn’t about budgets, creative license, or even Oprah. It’s a film by and for awkward Black girls. Finally.
Conversion Therapy Has Evolved. Or Has it?
Once a predominantly violent tactic to “cure” LGBTQ people's sexuality, this "religious guidance" method has shifted more toward talk therapy. But the damaging psychological effects remain the same.
How To Fix the Romantic Comedy
Historically marketed to women, and often problematic, the most profitable film genre needs a face-lift if it’s going to win over audiences in the #MeToo era and beyond.
C’mon, TechBros, Stripper Robots?
While more women are entering tech—and rising in its ranks—a persistent sexist culture still holds them back.
How Freelancers are Harassed – With No One to Tell
When female journalists are bullied out of the media, it’s not only their individual careers that suffer; it alters the entire scope and tone of the world’s news.