Politics First With Truth: On Choice and the Misuse of Empathy
K. Tait Jarboe on abortion, allegory, and the limits of empathy.
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Food Abortion, or What We Want from Chickens
"Imagine a world with only eggs, only potential, only glue and meringue. Delicious, unless you crave chicken."
Feminism A Cup of Pennyroyal Tea
Kaye Wierzbicki on pennyroyal, an herb with abortifacient properties that captured the attention of 19th-century medical writers and literary authors alike.
Feminism Fictional Characters Whose Lives Would Have Been Vastly Improved By An Abortion
Fictional characters who should have 100% gotten abortions.
Feminism An Irishwoman Abroad: Learning Obstetrics in Paris
An Irish medical student goes to Paris to study obstretics, including how to perform abortions.
Books In Praise of Difficult Women: The Forgotten Work of Nancy Hale
Caitlin Keefe Moran on the marvelous novels and short stories of Nancy Hale, well-known in the 1930s and 1940s, but largely overlooked today.
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.
Fan Fiction Everything Like White Elephants
I fixed "Hills Like White Elephants."
Politics The State of Abortion Access in New Brunswick
Alexandra Davis discusses the closing of the only abortion clinic in New Brunswick, Canada, and what it means for women.
Heroes Let’s Talk About The Movie Where Katharine Hepburn Has An Abortion By Flying Into The Sun
Katharine Hepburn, aviatrix and autodidact abortionist.
Politics 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.
Advice She Said, She Said: Advice on Crisis Pregnancy Centers and Abusive Family Members
The Toast's advice column takes on whether you should donate old baby stuff to crisis pregnancy centers and how to deal with abusive family members.
Work My Gap Year: Asking Hungarian Soldiers About Abortion
Jeremy Barr, on the gap year he spent teaching Hungarian soldiers English, and the surprises along the way.
Music Songs I Never Realized Were About Abortion Until Someone Explained Them To Me
So many songs are about abortion, but they don't use the word abortion, which I think is sneaky.
Feminism Adventures With My Mum and the Anti-Abortion Movement
Jane Shepard on her mother's journey into and out of anti-abortion activism.
