She Wore the Costume for a Month. We Wear It for Life.
Gloria Steinem died on September 2 at her home in New York City. She was 92. We are not going to pretend that she was nothing to us. We are not going to pretend she was everything, either.
11 Sep 6min
When “I Don’t Believe in Carceral Feminism” Still Means Criminalization.
This story really began in 2018, at the Florida NOW Conference, when I supported what I believed was a modest resolution. It did not ask Florida NOW to endorse full decriminalization of adult consensu...
28 Aug 13min
The ”Gentleman's” Game - Golf Takes a Swing At Women
Here is the ad, told as plainly as possible. A woman reaches for a golf club. A man charges her, knocks her to the ground, stands over her body, and says: "Don't touch my driver." That was the pitch. ...
25 Aug 6min
Jeffrey Epstein Is Not Your Nordic Model Success Story
Jeffrey Epstein has become shorthand for sex trafficking—and, predictably, ammunition for advocates who argue that criminalizing the purchase of sex is the answer to exploitation. But Epstein wasn’t b...
14 Aug 9min
Samuel Little Is Not Your End Demand Success Story
America has produced an alarming number of serial killers who discovered the same thing: if you wanted to murder women repeatedly, sex workers were among the least protected victims you could choose. ...
8 Aug 8min
Robert Pickton and the Women Vancouver Failed
There is a photograph that appears almost every time Robert Pickton's name is mentioned. It is not a photograph of the women he murdered.
31 Juli 8min
Gary Ridgway Chose the Women Society Had Already Decided to Ignore
Whenever a serial killer targets sex workers, the same political argument seems to emerge. Before the victims are even buried, someone claims their deaths prove we need stronger laws against buying se...
24 Juli 9min
