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It’s a Wendy Davis nation, now

For years, Democrats' pro-choice stance was blamed for losing "values" voters. Today, that's all changing fast

Irin Carmon Thursday, Jun 27, 2013 11:45 AM UTC 152
Politics Editor's Picks, Wendy Davis

Georgia mother says the state asked her to “prove” she’s a woman

A state employee told Nakia Grimes to get a pap test from her doctor to correct a mistake on her birth certificate

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Jun 25, 2013 5:22 PM UTC
Media Gender, Sex, women, Georgia

School won’t let 12-year-old girl play football because of “lusting” male teammates

"The best I can up with is that men and women are created equal but different," an official said of the decision

Katie Mcdonough Monday, Jun 24, 2013 10:15 PM UTC 266
Life Sports, Sexism, Education, Religion

Four theories on when you’re too old to have a baby

A guide to the often conflicting research on how old is too old to procreate

Katie Mcdonough Friday, Jun 21, 2013 8:02 PM UTC 20
Life Pregnancy, Fertility, women

Kickstarter apologizes for letting creepy pickup artist raise money on its platform

The fundraising platform plans to donate $25,000 to an anti-sexual violence group as part of its apology

Katie Mcdonough Friday, Jun 21, 2013 4:30 PM UTC 56
Media pickup artist, Sexual assault

Novelist calls out London Review of Books for excluding women

According to an inforgraphic in the Guardian, the LRB has virtually no female contributors

Prachi Gupta Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 9:27 PM UTC 25
Media literature

Global report calls violence against women a crisis of “epidemic proportions”

The World Health Organization also found that 80 percent of reported abuse happens in the home

Katie Mcdonough Thursday, Jun 20, 2013 4:52 PM UTC
Life Violence Against Women

Miss Utah gives wonderfully succinct answer to question about women and work

Marissa Powell was nervous at Sunday's Miss USA pageant, which is why she flubbed her response, she says VIDEO

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 4:48 PM UTC 28
Media Video, women and work, women

Vice apologizes, pulls suicide-glorifying photo spread from Web

The spread will still appear in the magazine's upcoming print issue, which has already been published

Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 4:27 PM UTC
Media Mental health, Suicide, trolling

Pentagon to begin training women for elite combat roles by 2015

The Pentagon will announce a schedule to begin the transition on Tuesday, according to reports

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013 1:21 PM UTC 27
Life women, women in combat, combat

Women make up 50 percent of NASA’s incoming team of astronauts

The new batch of astronauts represents the highest percentage of female candidates ever selected by NASA

Katie Mcdonough Monday, Jun 17, 2013 6:46 PM UTC
Life NASA, Space, Space Travel

Republicans think they’re winning the abortion wars now

Their latest charade -- a proposed 20-week national abortion ban -- will never pass. But it reveals so much

Irin Carmon Monday, Jun 17, 2013 6:25 PM UTC 56
Politics Editor's Picks, Abortion

About that braggart on the train: What she should have done

Before posting his photo on Facebook, our commuter train heroine might have considered more intriguing options

Cary Tennis Monday, Jun 17, 2013 12:00 AM UTC 51
Life Since You Didn't Ask

Jonathan Franzen to Frank Bruni: “Strong numbers” of women write books

The novelist wrote an abrupt letter to the Times saying that sexism is worse in theater than it is in publishing

Prachi Gupta Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 3:40 PM UTC 14
Media Jonathan Franzen, frank bruni

Dalai Lama: My successor may be a woman

“If the circumstances are such that a female Dalai Lama is more useful, then a female Dalai Lama will come"

Katie Mcdonough Friday, Jun 14, 2013 3:29 PM UTC 12
Life dalai lama, Gender, gender parity

Egyptian doctor accused in female genital mutilation death is released

The doctor accused of killing a 13-year-old during an illegal operation was released pending further investigation

Katie Mcdonough Thursday, Jun 13, 2013 8:28 PM UTC 28
Life female genital mutilation

Senate to expand women’s bathroom to accommodate historic numbers

Workers are currently renovating the two-stall bathroom to make room for a record number of female lawmakers

Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 4:32 PM UTC
Life bathrooms, women, Women's Rights

Senate drops measure to curb sexual assault in the military

Sen. Carl Levin stripped a measure to bring in outside prosecutors in sexual assault cases from a defense bill

Katie Mcdonough Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 12:46 PM UTC
Life sexual asasult

Obama administration drops bid to block Plan B access

The administration announced Monday that it will submit to a federal court order to lift restrictions on Plan B

Katie Mcdonough Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 12:30 PM UTC
Business Plan B, emergency contraception

Report: Men have more time for fun than women do

A new analysis reveals that men spend more time than women on TV, exercise, and other leisure activities

Katie Mcdonough Monday, Jun 10, 2013 4:52 PM UTC
Life Pew Research Center, Gender Gap

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