It’s time to not just to pay lip service to “the end of men,” but to place real value on women’s work.

Dissent Magazine || Winter 2013

Some viewers seem to believe that it’s progressive to appreciate a weird, nerdy female loser, but there is nothing especially new about Tina Fey’s attractive, upwardly mobile, wealthy, white, college-educated Liz Lemon.

The New Inquiry || May 10, 2012

Chicken pieces, iPods, A-level burb girls with jobs in Selfridges, unable to buy any of the stuff they sell: how often if ever are such things addressed by feminism?

London Review of Books || December 15, 2011

I decided that I would never use the word “feminism” but that I would organize the course around themes I know and care about and can teach best. So, three clusters: childhood, manhood, womanhood.

Dissent || Summer 2011

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Come for the Lady Gaga, stay for the empowerment.

New York || October 30, 2011

A profile of a breakout male porn star:

The porn machine churns out performers to satisfy every fantasy, be it MILF, dwarf, fat, granny, or gang bang. But if you’re interested in watching a young, heterosexual, nonrepulsive man engage in sex, James Deen is basically it.

GOOD || Winter 2011

[via Longform]

The fog of violence, the internalization of violence, and a misinterpretation of what it means to be independent

Feministe || August 8, 2011

Maybe if we weren’t confined to thinking of all movies made by and for women as either “chick flicks” or “rom-coms,” we’d be free to enjoy and critique these movies outside of some greater feminist discussion.

The AV Club || May 16, 2011

Everyone from Anne Boleyn to Kate Middleton is supposed to have used their wiles to get ahead. But the tactic should be understood rather than condemned.

The Independent || April 26, 2011