Rebecca Traister
The New York Times
Lexington, KY, United States
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Updating the ‘You Go Girl’ Book Collection
New children’s books published to mark the 19th Amendment’s 100th anniversary provide a wider lens than Alice Paul and dig deeper than “Girls Rule!” → Read More
Fury Is a Political Weapon. And Women Need to Wield It.
What the testimony of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh showed us about who gets to be angry in public. → Read More
Girlfriends are the new husbands
Women no longer become adults within the context of marriage -- we grow up with our friends. So what happens when they leave us? → Read More
What Women Find in Friends That They May Not Get From Love
Not marrying right away doesn’t mean you’re alone. → Read More
Let's Go Full Crocodile, Ladies
A documentary that disappeared more than 40 years ago—available to everyone for the first time here—is a gift to modern-day feminists. It's belligerent, it's hilarious, and it reveals exactly what the Clinton campaign is missing. → Read More
Rectal romance
"You open your ass and you open your mind and you open your heart." Toni Bentley talks about her new anal sex memoir, "The Surrender." → Read More
Our Racist History Isn't Back to Haunt Us. It Never Left Us.
The murders of 9 people in Charleston last night was the latest episode in an ugly, ongoing chapter of our history. → Read More
Meet the New, Old Hillary
A candidate is reintroduced as the woman she's spent her political career hiding from. → Read More
Meet the New, Old Hillary
A candidate is reintroduced as the woman she's spent her political career hiding from. → Read More
"You Cannot Claim to Have Any Ideas About Family Values Unless You Value Fathers"
When his daughter was born in an early, emergency delivery, Josh Levs mistakenly thought he would get the same leave benefits as the women at his company. He has spent the past several years explaining why this is wrong. → Read More
Marriage Is Evolving. The 'Primates of Park Avenue’ Aren’t.
For many Americans, marriage simply isn't the central institution it once was. → Read More
If You Want to See What Revolutionary Workplace Policies Really Look Like, Watch '9 to 5'
It's embarassing to fixate on a film that features a sequence with animated rabbits. It's more emabarassing that it's still relevant. → Read More
If You Want to See What Revolutionary Workplace Policies Really Look Like, Watch '9 to 5'
Sure, it's embarrassing to fixate on a film that features a sequence with animated rabbits. It's more embarrassing that it's still relevant. → Read More
The Best Thing Hillary Could Do for Her Campaign? Ditch Bill.
She's been at her best when he's made himself scarce. → Read More
The Violence In Baltimore Didn't Start with the Riots
It should be simple: Violence broke out and erupted not when students threw stones at police, but when Freddie Gray suffered a spinal cord injury while in police custody, and, eventually, died. → Read More
There's Nothing Inevitable About Hillary
It’s a terrifying thing, living through history. So here goes nothing. And everything. → Read More
There's Nothing Inevitable About Hillary
It’s a terrifying thing, living through history. So here goes nothing. And everything. → Read More
Why Women Can’t Break Free from the Parent Trap
More women than ever are having babies at the peak of their careers. When will we stop punishing them for it? → Read More
When Will We Stop Punishing Working Women for Having Babies?
In May of last year, I took a trip to Nevada to report a profile of a political candidate. After a three-hour interview with my subject, a member of her communications team suggested we go to lunch. Midway through, I jumped up from the table and ran toward the restaurant’s bathroom. I was unable to make it all the way to the toilet and ended up retching on the floor of the stall. After cleaning… → Read More
UVA Gang Rape Story: What to Make of Rolling Stone's Mistakes
Critics are already seizing them to deny campus rapes. → Read More