Get a load of this NYPD captain's truly awful comments about rape
In 2015, there were eight cases of rape or attempted rape reported in the Brooklyn, NY, neighborhood of Greenpoint.
Please stop trying to sell me special gym makeup
Apparently women can’t do anything without makeup. While perusing Facebook this past weekend, an ad popped up on my…
Woke scientists say there's no right way for women to orgasm
All of my orgasms are spectacular in their own way. Some are long and sensual. Others are quick and powerful. Still…
Did California just reclassify rape as a non-violent crime?
Don't believe everything you read on the internet, folks. After Tuesday's election, a tweet circulated claiming…
Women are encouraging each other to get IUDs now—while they still can
Last night America elected Donald Trump and Mike Pence to the White House. For many women this outcome is a living…
Here are all the women who have accused Donald Trump of sexual misconduct
No, I have not. That was the answer Donald Trump gave Anderson Cooper during the second presidential debate, after…
These women were born before women had the right to vote. Now they're voting for the first female president.
Many young people take the right to vote for granted, as evidenced by the fact that only half of them voted in the last…
Here are the U.S. states where women face the highest mortality rates
We tend to hear the same advice for living long and healthy lives over and over again: Eat well, exercise, don't smoke.…
Actually, a lot of women can relate to feeling exactly like Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton has inspired a lot of feelings in voters over the years, but the one that has arguably proved most…
Sexual assault isn’t a ‘pretty girl problem’
This week Donald Trump dismissed accusations that he’d sexually assaulted People magazine writer Natasha Stoynoff,…
The gross truth about 'locker room talk'
For a group of people who claim to abhor “safe spaces,” Donald Trump and his conservative defenders sure do like…
America’s sexist history of holding women accountable for their husbands
For Hillary Clinton, being married to a former President no doubt comes with benefits, but it also comes with a…
Donald Trump’s real ‘pussy’ problem
Perhaps you thought you understood the scope of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s disrespect for women.…
Do ladies-only taxis and trains empower women—or set them back?
On July 1st of this year, a Florida woman went to a bar for a friend’s birthday celebration. After a couple of drinks,…
My life as an extremely tall woman
This summer was the season of marriage for my group of friends. Practically every one of us tied the knot, and I had…
In defense of feminine men
Not long ago, I was chatting with a friend at a party, eagerly explaining to him how much he reminded me of someone…
Media coverage of this brutal Texas murder is disturbingly sexist
Even in death, female victims of violence are subjected to sexism.
This supposedly feminist ad campaign is actually totally sexist
Early Monday morning I received an incredulous text from my friend Stephanie. She said that she had just gotten off the…
Fox's local news stations can't stop asking people to ‘sound off’ on women's bodies
Fox News isn't exactly known to be a haven for women. The conservative network has spent the summer embroiled in a…
You'll never believe what this starlet wore on the Emmys red carpet
This year’s Emmy Awards were remarkably woke, with prizes going to projects that offered brilliant, complex, and…