What does it mean now that the country’s most socially tolerant region is locked in for marriage?
E.J. Graff
E.J. Graff writes on social-justice and human-rights issues, particularly discrimination and violence against women and children; marriage and family policy; and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender lives. She is a resident scholar at the Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center and the author of What Is Marriage For? The Strange Social History of Our Most Intimate Institution (Beacon Press, 1999, 2004).
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The Scouts Ask: Gay or Nay?
In which the organization announces its intention to stay firmly behind the times
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Don’t Leave the House
On lockdown in Cambridge, the Prospect’s E.J. Graff comments on the restlessness of being stuck at home.
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Boston Reels
For residents of Beantown, first comes the shock, then the TV cameras.
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Falling Through the Looking Glass
At the Supreme Court yesterday, the justices struggled to disentangle two radically different universes.
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Asked and Answered
Once unthinkable, the question of whether same-sex couples have a right to marry answers itself.
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Gay Rights, There and Back Again
A writer reflects on covering three landmark LGBT cases in the span of ten years.
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Social Climate Change
Emily Bazelon’s look at how bullying—once known as “kids will be kids”—came to be seen as a crisis.
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What Will It Take to Stop Violence Against Women?
I’m away on a brief research leave. Stay tuned.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Our Customers Don’t Want a Pregnant Waitress
Having a family shouldn’t cost you your job. But it does.
