The television adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s classic 1985 dystopian sci-fi novel The Handmaid’s Tale debuts on Hulu today. For those unfamiliar with the work, it’s about a concubine whose job is to bear… Read more »

Tabloid newspaper the Daily Mail has caused outrage and been widely criticised over a sexist headline that ran on its front page last Tuesday, March 28th. Alongside a picture of British Prime Minister Theresa May and… Read more »

Oh, hi. How was your weekend? Well you look terrific. Rested. Ready for another run of holding up and getting by, seven more days living under a president who’s basically… Read more »

Throughout the 2016 election we marched alongside dictionary publisher and darlings of the Revolution Merriam-Webster. Today, we’re pleased to report that they’re still at it, offering their snarky and informative resistance as a cupped… Read more »

On January 17, Melville House will publish What We Do Now, a collection of pieces by leading progressive activists that attempts to help readers prepare for and respond to the… Read more »

Last week, I had a long talk with Laurie Stone about censorship. It wasn’t the interview she had been planning for. The conversation Stone had expected would have taken place on… Read more »

Even if you’ve never visited the City of Roses, you may recognize the brick exterior of In Other Words, a volunteer-supported feminist community space and bookstore in Northeast Portland. That’s because it… Read more »

Today marks the publication of  Sady Doyle’s hotly anticipated Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear… And Why (out today!). We got in touch to ask what the books are… Read more »

Britney Spears. Amy Winehouse. Miley Cyrus. Whitney Houston. Farther back: Sylvia Plath. Mary Wollstonecraft. And so on. As Sady Doyle writes in Trainwreck: The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and… Read more »

Gone Girl. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Girl Who Played with Fire. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. Girl in the Dark. Girl with a Pearl Earring.… Read more »