It's no secret that foreclosure rates are high, unemployment is soaring, the gap between rich and poor is beyond absurd, and political unrest is disrupting the lives of so many around the world. That's what the global Occupy movement is all about. People have taken to the streets in more...

This is a call to end the SlutWars.

On the off-chance the global SlutWalk movement hasn't hit your radar, here's a brief primer: SlutWalk is worldwide grassroots movement challenging rape culture, victim-blaming, and working to end sexual violence. It started in January 2011, when a Toronto...

Sex slavery yields around $12 billion a year and harms about 4 million women, girls, and young boys around the world. On April 23, 2010 Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law the state's undocumented immigration law (aka "breathing while brown"). Psychology professor

Sunday, February 28, 2010. I wake up, brew a pot of coffee, and sit down to read the Los Angeles Times. Then my world shifts ever so slightly.

On the front page of the Calendar section, I see the headline, "Redeploying Gender." Jumping off the page this time...

Faculty across the California State University system recently received two edicts for closing the massive state budget deficit. The word from Chancellor Charles Reed's office is to either accept furloughs or face layoffs. The first option is bad; the second choice is worse. What's more, these options pit members...

The question: Why is the media talking about Sonia Sotomayor's tongue or temperament?

In a recent New York Times article, "Sotomayor's Blunt Style Raises Issue of Temperament," journalists Jo Becker and Adam Liptak write that President Obama's Supreme Court nominee "has a blunt and even testy side." Evidence includes...

Alternet recently published a piece on sex and relationships titled "Should You Try Stripping?"

The "you" in question is specifically female and author Lily Blau's suggestion that parading in the buff empowers women has rightfully ruffled the feminist blogosphere.

These days, says Blau, "sex appeal has attained a status...