Timeline: Female Hysteria and the Sex Toys Used to Treat It
The new film Hysteria tells a fictionalized account of the invention of the vibrator in Victorian-era England. But just how historically accurate is it? Surprisingly close. As historian Rachel P....
View ArticleThe Best Protest Signs from Michigan’s “Vaginagate” Scandal
On Monday night, more than 2,500 people joined eleven state legislators and playwright Eve Ensler for a special performance of Ensler’s The Vagina Monologues on the steps of the Michigan state capitol....
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Charts: The State of Women’s Athletics, 40 Years After Title IX
When Title IX, the landmark legislation that bans sex discrimination in any educational program receiving federal funding, was signed into law by President Richard Nixon 40 years ago this weekend,...
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Quick Read: “Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?” by Jesse Bering
Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?…and Other Reflections on Being Human By Jesse Bering FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX I don’t buy the notion that couples have especially vigorous sex following a woman’s...
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Short Takes: “Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry”
Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry SUNDANCE SELECTS 91 minutes Knowing what fate has in store for the Chinese dissident artist gives Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry a foreboding air. At the outset, we see Ai, revered for...
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US Female Olympians Have Won More Medal Points Than All But 4 Countries
Title IX fans should be feeling pretty darn good. This year, for the first time, the US team sent more women than men to the games: 268 women and 255 261 men. And the ladies carried the American...
View ArticleDocument Dive: What’s Inside the Sugar Industry’s Filing Cabinets?
Gary Taubes and Cristin Kearns Couzens relied on more than 1,500 pages of internal sugar industry documents for their exposé “Big Sugar’s Sweet Little Lies.” The piece pulls back the veil on Big...
View ArticleGary Taubes Answers Redditors’ Sugar Questions
In their Halloween Day exposé “Big Sugar’s Sweet Little Lies,” best-selling science author Gary Taubes and researcher Cristin Kearns Couzens used internal documents to reveal the sugar industry’s...
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Charts: Ladyparts Strike Back
Note: Two undecided House races in Arizona could send two more women to Congress. In addition, three women currently serve as non-voting delegates in the House. Clarification: The original version of...
View ArticleMississippi’s Last Abortion Clinic Might Soon Disappear
With options running out, the future of Mississippi’s only remaining abortion clinic likely depends on a federal judge. The Jackson Women’s Health Organization, represented by the Center for...
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