News in Brief This May Be the Most Exhaustive Study of Manspreading Ever Conducted A feminist photographer examines 5,000 images of men and women exhibiting body language that plays a role in… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Beyond the Helpless Victim: How the Media Portrays Women in Conflict Zones Prominent media outlets represent the scale of a conflict’s violence through the injury and death of women, but… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Fighting for Women’s Rights Around the World We’ve perfected our ability to lean into opportunities, even when those opportunities seem in conflict. Now is the… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Will Women Hold National Security Positions Under a President Trump? The Obama administration might provide an unlikely road map for women in the national security establishment under Donald… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Legislators Must Recognize How Central Gender Is to Security Policy Until policymakers recognize how central gender is to every security policy and issue, we will continue to live… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Ganja Gender Gap Marijuana usage is up sharply among low-income males since the 2007 crash. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: Marc Piscotty/Getty… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief The Shifting Nature of Gender Norms A new study suggests expectations are changing faster for women than for men. By Tom Jacobs (Photo: QueenofTarts/Flickr)… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Closing Wikipedia’s Gender Gap A new program that teaches librarians how to edit Wikipedia might broaden the site’s user diversity. By Rick… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Well, Are Millennial Men Feminists or Aren’t They? In male feminism, as in all things, nurture nuance. By Alexa Hassink Women march behind a banners as… Pacific Standard Staff
News in Brief Guest Programmer: Joelle Dobrow Joelle Dobrow is a former producer-director of non-fiction television, and a member of the Original Six, a group… Pacific Standard Staff