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Author: Stassa Edwards

Stassa Edwards is a very tired new mom. Follow her on Twitter @stasssaedwards.
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Steubenville Redux: Victim Blaming in a Florida Football Town

Stassa Edwards

“She’s just ruining Jameis’ good character.” That’s what I overhear a young mother, decked out in a garnet top and dream-catcher earrings, telling her teenage daughter at a Mexican restaurant […]

  • Health

McConnell and Judd: What It Means When We Talk About Gender and Mental Health

Stassa Edwards

On Tuesday, Mother Jones released an audio recording of Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) speaking with members of his reelection staff. Much of the conversation focused on actor Ashley Judd, who, […]

  • Violence & Harassment
  • Voices
Thinking About the Steubenville Rape and Raising a Son

Thinking About the Steubenville Rape and Raising a Son

Stassa Edwards

The Steubenville rape case proved we need to do more than just “flip the script.” We all have a stake in creating a new cultural curriculum.

  • Global
  • Violence & Harassment

When Isabel Met Kavita and Talked About Militarism

Stassa Edwards

Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Global Fund for Women’s event “Resist, Reclaim, Restore,” which featured a conversation between Kavita Ramdas, the former president and CEO of […]

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Vote No on Sexist Politics

Stassa Edwards

“Man up,” “Get your man-pants on,” and “Whore.”  These are some of the finer examples of sexist rhetoric that infiltrated the midterm elections. Though the media dubiously declared this political […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

Sex Trafficking: Is There An App For That?

Stassa Edwards

When Craigslist shuttered the doors of their adult services section, the feminist blogosphere was divided: Was it a victory for anti-sex trafficking campaigns or a setback for sex worker activists? […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

Candied Katy Perry Says “Eat Me”

Stassa Edwards

Katy Perry’s California Gurls is, without doubt, the it pop-song of the summer. It’s everything a summer pop song should be–sweet and easy to digest. The accompanying video lays bare, well, both […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

On the Anniversary of “To Kill a Mockingbird”: Going Beyond a “Conversation on Race”

Stassa Edwards

When I sat down last week to start my post about the 50th anniversary of Harper Lee’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird, I was initially going to contest […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

Chrissie Hynde at Almost 60: No Pretending

Stassa Edwards

A 50-something rock n’ roller with a 20-something girlfriend hanging off his arm: You know the scene, it’s as old as Keith Richards. But what if we invert it? How […]

  • Arts & Entertainment

Will Elisabeth Badinter’s New Book Rile Oprah Mommies?

Stassa Edwards

Élisabeth Badinter’s new book, Le Conflit: la femme et la mère (Conflict: the woman and the mother) is causing quite a stir on the European continent. Badinter, a French feminist and […]

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