It was a fiery night and electrifying television.
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).
Posted inAmerica and the World
Gay Rights Are Women’s Rights
Looking at the newly released Democratic platform
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Race and the Gathering of Our Political Tribes
What color are you? Look hard.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Mitt, Named after the Roman God of Mutual Funds
Have David Brooks and Gail Collins swapped bodies?
Posted inAmerica and the World
Don’t Think of a Hurricane!
LGBT folks in Uganda, the ghosts of Katrina: which of these things should you think about while waiting for the Republicans to convene in Tampa?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
What Is Marriage For?
Listen to Maggie Gallagher and me as we disagree.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Hate and Self-Hate
There’s a peculiar connection between false reports of bias crime and self-harm.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The GOP’s Platform Heels
Party manifestos may not be binding, but they are a good indication of what politicians will push for if elected.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Rep. Akin and Fun with Fake Facts
C’mon, ladies. Stop lying. You know you wanted it.
