Female sexuality has always terrified people—not because it’s dangerous, but because it’s powerful. Whenever women express sexual agency openly, confidently, or on...
There is a dirty little double standard hiding in plain sight in American culture, and it shows up the moment a woman...
I am a wrestling fan. Not in the ironic, arm’s-length way people sometimes admit it, but genuinely, historically, emotionally. I grew up...
Politics likes to pretend it is about budgets, borders, and ballots. It dresses itself up in spreadsheets and soundbites, insisting it is...
America has a long tradition of calling its fear virtue. When social change threatens existing power, the response is rarely honest panic....
America says it is protecting freedom. Tradition. Family values. Safety. But when you trace what policies defend most aggressively and whose autonomy...
America claims to value strong women.It just doesn’t like them when they act like it. The moment a woman is visibly confident—about her body,...
I didn’t read this year to escape the world. I read to understand it, argue with it, and occasionally laugh at it...
In the United States, having a child is treated less like a social responsibility and more like a personal inconvenience. If you...
Another school shooting, another wave of outrage tweets, candlelight vigils, and “thoughts and prayers.” And then—nothing changes. On February 14, 2008, I was...