Growing public conversations around menopause are shattering taboos. But they only help some women in the workplace.


Rottenberg is co-author of The Care Manifesto (Verso, 2020) as well as author of The Rise of Neoliberal Feminism (Oxford UP, 2018).
Growing public conversations around menopause are shattering taboos. But they only help some women in the workplace.

Efforts to overturn Roe vs Wade are just one part of a more general – and so far successful – conservative comeback.

Race and class continue to determine how much public attention is paid to cases of gender-based violence.
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Why is it that a sexual harassment scandal toppled Cuomo, but not revelations about preventable elderly deaths?
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Safe spaces for women are shrinking, but increased policing will not solve the problem.

Media reports documenting the pandemic’s impact on gender equality are inadvertently deflecting accountability.
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The UK government’s failure to respond swiftly and effectively to the pandemic can and should be considered evil.

The outbreak necessitates heavy government involvement in our lives but this does not mean an overreach is justified.

From London to Beirut to Santiago and New Delhi, protesters need to build solidarity networks.

Recent anti-abortion measures in the US are a symptom of a dangerous malady which has afflicted its democracy for years.
