News & Politics
Why I Won’t Tell My Kids About the Fort Hood Shooting
I don’t want them to think it was their dad’s base that was attacked.
On feminism, husband robbing, and surviving the bad economy.
A discussion of A.S. Byatt's sprawling new novel.
And girl characters no longer have “breasts bigger than their heads.”
Louisa May Alcott's life of concession and depression.
An explanation of the reality TV vetting process.
Is Taylor Swift corrupting my daughter? Or uncorrupting me?
A review of Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bright-Sided.
Jon is the wronged party in the divorce.
Eulogies for Gourmet, Cookie, and Modern Bride.
I don’t want them to think it was their dad’s base that was attacked.
Boy meets girl. Girl goes on his Fox News show. Girl disappoints.
They’re changing custody rights and domestic violence laws.
On feminism, husband robbing, and surviving the bad economy.
They’re changing custody rights and domestic violence laws.
Kathryn Joyce|November 5, 2009
Boy meets girl. Girl goes on his Fox News show. Girl disappoints.
Faith Salie|November 6, 2009
A critique of the Stupak amendment.
Meredith Simons|November 7, 2009
On feminism, husband robbing, and surviving the bad economy.
Melissa Maerz|November 5, 2009
Apparently three kids is the winning number for being happy.
Bonnie Rochman|November 6, 2009
They’re changing custody rights and domestic violence laws.
Kathryn Joyce|November 5, 2009
What's the real definition of "douchebag"?
Lauren Bans|November 3, 2009
Harvard University teaches urban poverty with a class based on The Wire.
Lauren Bans|November 2, 2009
Mothers are waiting in line for a vaccine they aren't sure they want—and can't get.
Emma Gilbey Keller|November 6, 2009
Apparently three kids is the winning number for being happy.
Bonnie Rochman|November 6, 2009
They’re changing custody rights and domestic violence laws.
Kathryn Joyce|November 5, 2009
Abby Johnson said Planned Parenthood is focusing on abortions, not birth control. And then Planned Parenthood got a restraining order against her.
Rachael Larimore|November 2, 2009
Former Planned Parenthood director ignites a new battle over abortion.
Rachael Larimore|November 4, 2009
The holes in the celebrated pro-life convert's story are immediately evident to anyone with any first-hand experience with abortion.
Amanda Marcotte|November 3, 2009
What's the real definition of "douchebag"?
Lauren Bans|November 3, 2009
DoubleX reader Sally Hemmings: "The romantic courtship of yore wasn't really all that romantic. Abraham Lincoln famously found those guiderails [sic] of societal expectation to be so stringent that he was obligated to marry a society princess he wasn't even really interested in because he'd once written her a letter suggesting he might be. ... I'd rather be waitlisted by a cad with a cellphone than trapped in a marriage with someone I hate."