Susan Grigsby
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The epitome of Republican ideology
The mainstream media doesn’t always report the way that we want, the news that we want, or all that we want—but they do represent the last link we have in the chain that extends more than 200 ... → Read More
The first lady gives a speech
The first wife of a presidential candidate to address a political convention was Eleanor Roosevelt, who, when asked by her husband to address the 1940 Democratic Convention in his place, promptly ... → Read More
Sextortion: To convict a creep
In addition to the cases highlighted last week in Sextortion: Virtual sexual assault , wherein predators victimized women and children of both sexes and extorted sexual content, another aspect of ... → Read More
Sextortion: Virtual sexual assault
The Federal Bureau of Investigation defines sextortion as: ...a serious crime that occurs when someone threatens to distribute your private and sensitive material if you don’t provide them ... → Read More
How Republicans celebrate the National Park Service's 100th anniversary
In 2015, the two million annual visitors to California’s Joshua Tree National Park spent almost $97 million in the surrounding communities. Those same visitors created 1,341 job,s which had a ... → Read More
The mysteries of women's health
For too many American women, working a 40-hour per week job (if they are fortunate enough to have one), commuting, and then caring for a home and family can be exhausting. And so they stop to pick ... → Read More
Communities, large and small
Communities are groups in which we participate, sharing a common interest, identity, or locale. They can be as small as a family, or as large as a nation. Until a tragedy strikes, and the ... → Read More
'You've got to be carefully taught'
Our students may not be learning calculus, music theory or art history, but they are learning that racism is acceptable, that it is part of our society’s institutional culture. They witness it ... → Read More
Kenneth Starr, or how I learned to stop worrying about Republican attacks on the Clintons
So, Kenneth Starr was fired from his position as president of Baylor University due to the university’s failure to properly address accusations of sexual assault against members of the Baylor ... → Read More
Zika: This summer's blockbuster
Somewhere far outside of the primary battle bubble, a mosquito is busy reproducing, just to make your summer a little bit less enjoyable than it would have been otherwise. Only this year there is ... → Read More
Money, politics, and death threats
It probably never occurred to Ann Ravel , when she accepted an appointment from Barack Obama to serve as a Commissioner on the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), that she would receive death threats. → Read More
What's the matter with Kansas? Republicans.
You have to feel some sympathy for the people of Kansas. They are so screwed. Their leaders created the perfect Republican state , one in which they provided tax breaks for the wealthy and ... → Read More
Book review: Peggy Orenstein's 'Girls & Sex'
This nation must, abso-freaking-lutely, stop enshrining ignorance into law. From climate change to cunnilingus, as a nation we seem to take pride in not knowing what we are talking about. ... → Read More
Thank you for your concern, gentlemen.
Thank you for your concern, Gov. Pat McCrory of North Carolina, which you displayed by signing House Bill 2 into law. We know you only did it for the women and the children. The law, commonly ... → Read More
A look at Rebecca Traister's new book, 'All the Single Ladies'
Rebecca Traister’s new book, All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation, opens with an examination of the treatment of Anita Hill by the Senate Judiciary ... → Read More
Gender bias and the millennial generation
The folks over at FiveThirtyEight got together last week to ponder the question, “ Do You Have To Be Manly To Be President?” And while they did not appear to reach a definitive conclusion, ... → Read More
The reality of rape: 'I Will Find You'
Joanna Connors is a winner of the 2008 Medill Medal for Courage in Journalism from Northwestern University, and Columbia University’s Dart ... → Read More
How much is a library worth?
How can anyone hate a library? For generations, my ancestors were lead miners in Wanlockhead, Scotland, which makes me proud. In addition to being the highest village in Scotland at 1,531 ... → Read More
How a Seventh-Day Adventist and peyote led to Supreme Court fights over contraception
In 1957, Adele Sherbert became a member of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church while she worked for a textile mill in South Carolina. The mill changed its work week from five days to six, extending ... → Read More
The 14th Amendment is not enough: We must have an Equal Rights Amendment
On January 29, 2009, President Obama signed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act into law. The Act did not protect women from discriminatory pay, but only plugged a hole in the existing patchwork of ... → Read More