When the Press Puts Private Decisions About Pregnancy and Parenting Up for Public Debate, Women Lose
Reporters should go easy on the sanctimony and fear mongering as they frame articles on pregnancy and childrearing.
Why Most Men Think They’re Over-Working as Parents When, Quantitatively, This Isn’t True
Men constantly over-estimate their performance in the areas of household work and childcare (and just about everything else too) because society congratulates them for doing these things at all.
When Online Friendships Are More Honest Than Offline Ones
When we are suffering, sometimes the best friends and the most confessional discussions can be found online.
Sex Workers Don’t Owe You Any Answers
It is not the job of sex workers to do pro bono work un-paralyzing society’s hang-ups about sex, commerce, and the space where the two meet.
Your Imaginary Relationship With a Celebrity
In a highly connected era where fans can easily and directly interact with famous people online, long-standing parasocial relationships have intensified and become increasingly complex to navigate.
Transforming White People Is Not the Job of Minority Students
It is time for universities to acknowledge their students of color as more than potential learning tools and diversity statistics for white students and brochures to brag about.
Porn Is Not Coming for Our Sex Lives
Recent research suggests that porn is hardly the life-ruining, woman-hating, healthy-sex-murdering specter we’ve been warned about for so long.
Digital Darkness: When We Can’t Turn Away From Death Online
Alana Massey explores her own long-running relationship with the grotesque.
The 30,000-Word Job Application
Over the last year, Alana Massey has applied to more than 700 jobs. She reports on all the free words she's created in the process.