You Can Be a Powerful Feminist and Love to Bake Pie
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Cecile Richards is not a woman who messes around—she’s best known as outgoing president of Planned Parenthood, her time as deputy chief of staff to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, and her work for her mother Ann Richards’ campaign for governor of Texas. What’s less…
Texas Women Prisoners Can Learn How to Type and Cook. Men Can Get a Master’s.
mediaphotos/Getty Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. If you’re locked up in Texas and want to earn a master’s degree, you’re out of luck unless you have a penis. That’s right: Although the state incarcerates more women than any other, its prison system denies female inmates access to educational programs offered…
A New Study Shows Men in Science Classes Really Are Arrogant Bastards
Shutterstock Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. As any woman in science can tell you, it’s an uphill battle. For decades, guys have been told they’re better at, and more “naturally inclined,” to be good at science, math, and engineering. And now, shockingly, a new study reveals that dudes may actually believe…
309 Women Are Now Running for Congress. That’s a Record.
Protesters at the Women’s March in Washington, DC, on January 21, 2017Michael Nigro/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A record-setting number of women are running for seats in the US House of Representatives, a new analysis by the Associated Press finds. The 309 women who so far are seeking House seats…
“Get Going Before You’re Ready”: Outgoing Planned Parenthood Head Cecile Richards Has Advice for New Activists
Cecile Richards speaks to the crowd during the Women’s March, Saturday, Jan. 21, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Jose Luis Magana/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Cecile Richards is somehow both an eternal optimist and a straight shooter, two characteristics that propelled her to fame on what was supposed to be…
“You Need to Calm Down” and Other Degrading B.S. Women Hear from Doctors
Mother Jones illustration Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. In the early 1960s, researchers noticed that women seemed to have lower rates of heart disease than men—but only until menopause, when women’s estrogen levels dropped. At that point, their levels were similar. To get to the bottom of the discrepancy, they set up the first-ever…