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July 2014

July 19, 2014

My turn to play #mencallmethings

After a little more than four years of blogging, last night is the first time...

May 2014

May 28, 2014

Making a Home for the Homely in Romance

I don't follow the opera world, but critics made enough of a stir about the...

April 2013

April 24, 2013

Pardon me, are you using that education?

In The Guardian, Keli Goff has some harsh words for women in my demographic who become...

April 23, 2013

The Sin of Inconvenience

I'd like to highlight a couple comments from the quite long thread on Babies on...

April 20, 2013

What Good is Sitting Alone at Your Desk?

In The Washington Post, Elsa Walsh takes issue with Sheryl Sandberg's Lean In. Walsh thinks Sandburg's...

April 16, 2013

Oh Stewardess? There’s a Baby in my Plane!

In The New York Times's Metropolitan Diary feature, one reader shares the following story: While waiting...

December 2012

December 12, 2012

Superpowered Feminism

This was going to be a short post, but there were a lot of good...

October 2012

October 17, 2012

A Binder Full of Women in Every Pot!

I tend to watch the debates with Twitter and Facebook open. When both candidates are...

October 15, 2012

To take up arms against a sea of sexists

In July of 2011, an unpleasant incident at an atheism conference prompted a much needed...

September 2012

September 05, 2012

Ave atque vale, Jen McCreight

After enduring a coordinated, relentless campaign of harassment, Jen McCreight of Blag Hag is done....

August 2012

August 28, 2012

I’m at First Things today!

Remember the post last week on careers and hookup culture where I eschewed punny titles...

August 24, 2012

Aaaahhh! Aaaaahhhhh! AAAAAaaaaahhhhhhHHHH!

That's my knee jerk reaction to Hanna Rosin's new piece for the Atlantic on whether women...

August 13, 2012

“Maybe we just weren’t meant to have children” [Sondheim]

I want to kick off the Sondheim Symposium this week with a guest post by...

April 2012

April 05, 2012

Maundy Thursday Problems Again

As I explained last year, Maundy Thursday is the day I feel least comfortable attending...

February 2012

February 08, 2012

When Men Treat Men Like Men Treat Women

This post is part of a debate on gay marriage. I'm responding to Matt's post on gay...

January 2012

January 13, 2012

7 Quick Takes (1/13/12)

--- 1 --- I bought girl scout cookies from a coworker this week, and now...

November 2011

November 01, 2011

The Matriarchy Trap

Kate Bolick's cover story for The Atlantic on living with the poor marriage prospects for...

October 2011

October 16, 2011

Bringing a Stat Book to a Culture Fight

Comments are still a little bit in flux here. Because Disqus was causing problems, it's...

September 2011

September 29, 2011

Worlds We’re Not Having Sex In

There was a lot of backlash to my Soup Nazi Approach to Sexuality post and...

September 21, 2011

Sexual Responsibility and Culpability

Looking through the comments thread for “Soup Nazi Approach to Sex” it looks like there...

September 16, 2011

Soup Nazi Approach to Sex

An anonymous commenter asked: This is a little off topic but as a pro-choicer do...

July 2011

July 05, 2011

Let’s Talk About Privilege

The Turing Test is ongoing (two more entries going up today, and more through the...

July 03, 2011

Handling Sexism Among Skeptics

This is a continuation of a post from this morning about an incident of possible harassment at...

July 03, 2011

Sexism Among Skeptics

If you follow the atheist blogosphere, you're probably aware of an internal debate about sexual...

March 2011

March 10, 2011

Fast and Loose with Family Facts

First Things has started a new online feature I enjoy called "Family Facts." The series...

December 2010

December 10, 2010

Covenant Marriage: What about Women?

This post is part of a series on covenant marriage. Mason was troubled by my...

September 2010

September 21, 2010

Don’t Let Social Science Raise Your Children (debating Justin Martytr)

It's finally time to return to my argument with Justin Martyr over procreation policy. [Quick...

September 10, 2010

If I were in charge of your childbearing (A reply to Justin Martyr)

Quick Recap: Justin and RustBelt debated gay marriage, I butted in, Justin responded (twice). Justin's...