Dirty Dancing Moves to Feminist Beat
A male dancer who is most assuredly straight; a Hollywood leading man who is happily married: Patrick Swayze bashed tired stereotypes. Most importantly, as the male star of the imminently watchable...
View ArticleWhen Church Becomes State
When you’re in the Peace Corps, you expect culture shock. But it’s generally not supposed to come from your countrymen. Among many foreign experiences I had in Honduras a decade ago, interpreting for a...
View ArticleMotherhood in America: Some Apples for Your Pie
As news of Stupak has dominated our livid attention, many of us may not have heard the amazing gains made for motherhood in America. As of this month, all states will now allow women receiving aid...
View ArticleWhat a Drag: Why Can’t Little Boys Wear Dresses?
Tomorrow, Jews will celebrate Purim, my contender for all time best holiday in a religion. Not only are we encouraged to drink enough as to not be able to distinguish the names Haman and Mordecai...
View ArticleCan a Reality Show Find the Elusive “Common Ground” on Abortion?
Eventually, we will all be on a reality show. There will be a military-style draft instituted, as there are simply too many shows that need bodies. Currently, “real” people starve themselves, get cut...
View ArticleAdulthood and the Right to Make Our Own Choices
Healthy disregard for my lack of skill with a cue kept me out of San Juancito’s pool hall during my first year in the Peace Corps in Honduras. That and the insistence by the villagers that women...
View ArticleStuck in the Middle with You: Inventing “Normal” for Sex and Gender
An Amish couple walks into a hospital, only there’s no joke here. This could be the hook to a story Dr. Tracy Bekx, a pediatric endocrinologist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, told me. Having...
View ArticleSon Preference and Sex Selection in America: Why It Persists and How We Can...
See all our coverage of the Prenatal Nondiscrimination Act (PRENDA) here and all our coverage of sex selection here. See also this article on PRENDA by Miriam Yeung. UPDATE: As of 11:00 am Wednesday,...
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