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February 2019

February 26, 2019

Don’t Bury the Female Lede: Keeping Women’s Names in the Headlines

Elecia R. Dexter of Auburn, Alabama, is the new publisher and editor of the Democrat-Reporter,...

November 2018

November 07, 2018

Women in the House: Progress Comes in Steps, Not Waves

As of today, there are 100 Women in the House of Representatives. 100 Women in...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

No Words: When There’s Nothing Left to Say Before the Kavanaugh Vote

Like many of you, my moral outrage is spent after watching the Kavanaugh hearings yesterday....

September 04, 2018

Bishop Fails Apology for Groping Ariana Grande: Let’s Maybe Try That Again

We all cringed. By "we," I mean every woman who's ever endured a time when...

July 2018

July 11, 2018

Better Songs, Better Stories: Give Girls More Than “Pretty”

We start conditioning girls young. The message is, your main goal in life is to...

July 03, 2018

Internalized Misogyny: When Women Are the Part of the Patriarchy Problem

Last week, I got to discuss my book with Adam Ericksen of The Raven Foundation....

June 2018

June 11, 2018

Piecing it Together: Childcare Struggles and Economic Justice for Women

One minute, it's the last week of school. There is something extra special and important...

May 2018

May 16, 2018

Wednesday Writing Prompt: 10 Books That Never Leave You

Anne Shirley is the reason I never shut up. The reason I happily remain "too...

January 2018

January 26, 2018

Career Obsessed Banshees with Snake-Filled Heads: Why Courtland Sykes Is No Joke

Career-obsessed banshees. She-devils who shriek from the tops of tall buildings. Mean-spirited radical feminists. Women...

January 08, 2018

Not-So-Little Black Dresses

"I'm not usually into award shows... but I watched every minute of the Golden Globes...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

A Slow Burn: Why Matt Lauer Got Fired But Trump Is Still President

Bill Cosby. Louis C.K. Billy Bush. Harvey Weinstein. Charlie Rose. Matt Lauer. They're dropping like...

October 2017

October 20, 2017

40 Things For My 40th Birthday: What I’m Giving Up, Embracing, Or Not Even Worried About

I’m trying to say it out loud, so here goes: I’m 40. Four-oh. 4-times-10. FORTY....

October 05, 2017

Pro-Life Congressman is a Total Hypocrite, and Other Totally Unsurprising News

If that title sounds extreme and click-baity, that's intentional. Because the headlines (and tag lines,...

May 2017

May 03, 2017

Selling Cookies and Laughing Out Loud: Another Day, Another Fight for Girls

EVERY DAY. Every day it's something. Something to remind us that all of our systems of...

March 2017

March 23, 2017

My Belated Love Affair with Pawnee, Indiana

I'm inexcusably late to the party. I'm the first to admit that. But now, I...

March 08, 2017

A Friendly Women’s Day Reminder that the President Hates Women

Unless they are in direct service to him, that is. Sexually or otherwise. Think about...

January 2017

January 26, 2017

“This is Us,” and How Rape Culture Ruins Everything

Remember the good old days when people used to talk about TV shows they were...

January 23, 2017

Signs of Strength: Thoughts on the Women’s March

Guest post: Dr. Kimberly Jones One of the first signs that I saw as we...

November 2016

November 09, 2016

I’m With Them

"My head is pounding and I feel sick; but I can't go to bed because...

September 2016

September 07, 2016

We Don’t Dance on Graves: To Those Celebrating the Death of Phyllis Schlafly

People. Get ahold of yourselves. I get it. She tried to single-handedly squelch the Equal Rights...

July 2016

July 11, 2016

Good Christian Sex: Not an Oxymoron

Guest Post, by Bromleigh McCleneghan Last spring, I told the committee that hired me as the...

June 2016

June 09, 2016

Running While Female: A Survivor’s Story

The story of Brock Turner has rape culture on everyone's minds this week--but that story...

June 07, 2016

Criminal Journalism: Brock Turner and the Sanitation of Rape Culture

Such a heartbreaking story. Such a gifted young man, with a promising future. Sadly, he...

March 2016

March 16, 2016

Making the Pass: Early Lessons in Unbalanced Courts

It's March! You know what that means, right? We can take a break from fighting...

August 2015

August 20, 2015

The Naked Truth About Dress Codes

Women's bodies sure are controversial these days. And not just in the political/ideological sense regarding reproductive rights...

July 2015

July 02, 2015

Thin Pink Line: Teaching My Daughter About a Woman’s Place

The poorly applied fuchsia lipstick. The nervous stage mothers pounding Starbucks. (The GLITTER SPRAY. God...

June 2015

June 10, 2015

Who Run the World (#ChurchGirls): 10 Threatening Women to Watch

You guys, this is adorable. A friend sent me this blog post about how to know...

June 04, 2014

Screaming Like a Girl

The small boys were screaming—nay, shrieking—on the playground. It was all in good 4-year-old fun,...

January 2013

January 25, 2013

For Life. Still.

On this anniversary of Roe v. Wade, when emotions run high, it seems an important...

January 21, 2013

Another Dream

Holy smokes. I am just getting around to reading Jimmy Carter's piece about gender inequality...