Politics The Fifty-Something Constitutional Rights Most Frequently Exercised
The most popular constitutional rights, in order.
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Politics Works By Karl Marx That Have Been Improved By The Addition Of Quotes From Dune
Karl Marx, with Dune.
Politics I Don’t Feel Weak When I’m Angry
On the strength of being angry, and trying to explain having once been technically an "ecoterrorist" when you're on a date with an anthropologist.
Politics Hi, My Name is Heather and I’m a Recovering Lobbyist
Heather Barmore on her career as a lobbyist, and what it was like when it was over.
Politics Read This New Yorker Story Now and Also Subscribe!
A brilliant and infuriating piece on judicial override in death penalty cases reminds us how good The New Yorker is.
Feminism How My Employer Put the “FML” in FMLA
How Karen W.'s crappy employer managed to make the pathetic toothless FMLA even worse for new mothers.
Feminism “Or You Could Ask Us”: On Talking Over Muslim Women
Sarah Hagi on seeing white people play-act and talk over the experience of Muslim women.
Feminism The Sexual (and Racial) Politics of Nerd Culture: A Dialogue*
Two buddies just hangin' out, deconstructing nerd culture, no big deal.
LGBT On My Butchness
Caroline Narby on the idea of butchness, and the role it's played in her life and relationships.
Politics Hands Up / Guns Out: On Being Brown and Alive
Rose Espinoza on the experience of being brown in America, and the moments that make it most real.
Feminism A Personal History of Misogyny
Christina Tesoro, on growing up female and becoming aware of misogyny, in the world and in herself.
Feminism Being Counted: Reporting My Rape at a School Under Title IX Investigation
Katie Rose Guest Pryal on the experience of reporting her college rape years after the fact.
Family Preconditions for Diplomacy Between Siblings: A Visit Contract
A contract specifying terms for maintaining civility between politically-opposed siblings during an upcoming visit.
Heroes Saturday Mornings With Abortion Protestors: On Being a Clinic Escort
Caitlin Keefe Moran, on what it's like to spend your Saturday mornings being called a Nazi by abortion protestors.
Feminism Not a Giggly Girl: Causing Problems Among the Ultra-Orthodox
Looking back on being too feminist and not "giggly" enough for an Ultra-Orthodox school.
