Women’s Rights
Under Review
Can Motherhood Be a Mode of Rebellion?
In “Essential Labor,” Angela Garbes argues that care work should be public and universal.
Daily Comment
What an Unprecedented Supreme Court Leak Says About the Future of Abortion—and About Precedent Itself
The fragility of the right to an abortion has become synonymous with the fragility of the Court’s legitimacy.
Daily Comment
Of Course the Constitution Has Nothing to Say About Abortion
There is no mention of the procedure in a four-thousand-word document crafted by fifty-five men in 1787. This seems to be a surprise to Samuel Alito.
Our Columnists
Justice Alito’s Draft Ruling on Abortion Shows the Need to Curb Minority Rule
If the Justices who have made the Supreme Court an agent of conservative counter-revolution overturn Roe v. Wade, there is no reason to believe that they will stop there.
The Theatre
A “Hamilton” for the Suffrage Movement
Shaina Taub’s new musical follows Alice Paul’s tireless quest to win American women the vote.
Daily Comment
A Novel and the Fight for Transgender Rights in Argentina
“Bad Girls” mirrors the real-life experiences of Camila Sosa Villada.
Essay
How Black Feminists Defined Abortion Rights
As liberation movements bloomed, they offered a vision of reproductive justice that was about equality, not just “choice.”
News Desk
What Does an At-Home Abortion Look Like?
The practice is often assumed to be dangerous, but Abigail Aiken’s data suggest that ordering abortion pills online, and inducing a miscarriage at home, is as safe as going to a clinic.
News Desk
Mexico’s Historic Step Toward Legalizing Abortion
A landmark court ruling gave Mexicans greater rights to the procedure than Texans now have, but opponents have vowed to reverse the decision.
The Political Scene Podcast
How a Girls’ School Fled Afghanistan as the Taliban Took Over
To the Taliban, educating girls is a crime to be brutally suppressed. The head of a Kabul girls’ school describes how the whole school evacuated as the group came back to power.
News Desk
The Inconsistency of American Feminism in the Muslim World
For women in the Middle East and beyond, the U.S. has been an unconvincing liberator.
Q. & A.
Anand Gopal on the Future of the Taliban
The New Yorker contributor discusses whether the group might rule Afghanistan differently this time, and its long-term prospects for staying in power.
Annals of Activism
Who Lost the Sex Wars?
Fissures in the feminist movement should not be buried as signs of failure but worked through as opportunities for insight.
A Reporter at Large
The Other Afghan Women
In the countryside, the endless killing of civilians turned women against the occupiers who claimed to be helping them.
The Political Scene Podcast
Afghanistan’s Only All-Girls Boarding School Fears the Return of the Taliban
The militants brutally oppose the education of girls. The founder of the School of Leadership Afghanistan anxiously watches their resurgence, hoping that Kabul remains safe.
Books
The Radical Women Who Paved the Way for Free Speech and Free Love
Anthony Comstock’s crusade against vice constrained the lives of ordinary Americans. His antagonists opened up history for feminists and other activists.
Photo Booth
The Photo Book That Let Lesbians See Themselves
With “Eye to Eye,” from 1979, the photographer JEB created not a paean to lesbian life but something more essential: plain evidence of lesbians’ basic humanity.
Double Take
Sunday Reading: Celebrating Women’s History Month
From the magazine’s archive: a selection of pieces about women central to the story of this nation.
Books
When the Barbizon Gave Women Rooms of Their Own
The story of New York City’s most famous women-only hotel is also a story of class and sexual politics in the twentieth century.
Our Columnists
The Abortion Protests in Poland Are Starting to Feel Like a Revolution
The Polish government has delayed implementing the court decision that sparked the demonstrations, yet people continue to flood the streets all over the country.