Republicans in Congress Urge Supreme Court to Reconsider Roe
Republican Sens. Mitt Romney of Utah and Kevin Cramer of North Dakota both signed a brief urging the Supreme Court to reconsider Roe v. Wade.J. Scott Applewhite/AP More than 200 Republicans in Congress are asking the Supreme Court to reconsider the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade, which established the constitutional right to an abortion in…
Disney Princesses, Ranked by Social Justice Warriors
Anna and Elsa with their mom.Disney Since Frozen II was released a few days before Thanksgiving, the snowy family franchise has raked in more than a billion dollars globally—and inspired hordes of 3-to-8-year-olds to put on glittery blue gowns and go to the theater to watch their beloved ice queen Elsa. Frozen II breaks many…
2019 Was a Banner Year for Abortion Laws—and Not the Kind You Think
People both supporting and opposing abortion protest at the Rhode Island statehouse on March 5.Jennifer McDermott/AP This year will be remembered for an unprecedented red-state assault on reproductive rights. From a wave of early-term abortion bans in the South and Midwest to a host of policies aimed at preventing providers from having open conversations with patients…
I Wish Clint Eastwood Would Do to Himself What Female Movie Journalists Are Always Doing to Their Sources
Clint Eastwood arrives at the AFI Fest 2019 – Richard Jewell premiere. Sthanlee B. Mirador/AP There are a lot of things that have really, truly sucked about being desperately addicted to journalism, of all things, while also being female, but if one more movie/TV show/porno/whatever comes out in which a female journalist exchanges sex for…
It’s 2019 and Female Pilots Are Still Fighting Pregnancy Discrimination in the Workplace
Airlines are “no stranger to sex stereotypes,” but a group of pilots and flight attendants are pushing back on that.Thomas_EyeDesign/Getty Back in 2013, Shannon Kiedrowski was 11 years into her dream job as a pilot at Frontier Airlines when she gave birth to her second child. On her first day back from maternity leave, a…
Supreme Court: Kentucky Abortion Seekers Must Listen to Fetal Heartbeat
J. Scott Applewhite/AP The Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Kentucky law to go into effect that requires doctors to perform an ultrasound on patients seeking an abortion and play the sounds of the fetus’ heartbeat. The 2017 law forces physicians to give patients seeking an abortion an ultrasound regardless of whether the patient wants one.…