Missouri Senate Candidate Todd Akin is not an outlier in the G.O.P.Â
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Louis CK’s Big Win
Louie’s third season on F/X explores the territory of the sitcom man.Â
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What We Talk About When We Talk About Abortion
A British case is wrongly roped in the reproductive rights debate
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Bowties Are Cool, but So Are Kickass Female Characters
How women are portrayed in the BBC’s Doctor Who
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The “Great Man” Theory of Rape
Overlooking sexual harassment and rape for the sake of WikiLeaks’ reputation does more harm than good to the organization’s name.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
No, National Review. Mitt Romney Is Not a Sex Symbol.
As election season slides into its final stretch, some members of the punditocracy, from lack of sleep and abuse of caffeine, start to lose their minds. Or at least that’s the most generous explanation for how Kevin Williamson came to write-and the editors at National Review came to approve-a bizarre love letter to Mitt Romney […]
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Akin Unmasks the Pro-Life Movement
Akin’s comment stems from basic assumptions anti-choicers make about women.
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Breaking Bad TV Expectations
Skyler White and other anti-hero wives have been doused in haterade lately instead of getting the sympathy they deserve.
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It’s Official: Vibrators Are Mainstream
No matter what the politicians do, acceptance of women’s sexuality is here to stay.
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Olympic Girls Go Bad-Boy
Women at the world’s top sporting event are shaking off pressure to be feminine in the public eye.
