The XX Factor : guns

Accessorize, Palin-Style

Hanna Rosin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 15:09:00 GMT

Susannah , you remind of the good old days. Meaning the early '90s, when the Independent Women's Forum was just getting started, and they would celebrate every minor anniversary at a local shooting range. Only they were city girls for the most part, or...(read more)

Shoot 'Em Up Palin

Susannah Breslin — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 13:23:00 GMT

Thanks, Dahlia, for throwing down the welcome mat. Although, I'd add that part of what I was trying to point out in my post about the Palin sex doll is that it's not just the male population—your "dirty old men"—that are obsessed with Palin's sexuality—it's...(read more)

Closer to Home

Dahlia Lithwick — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:28:00 GMT

It would have been just one more distressing story about a controversial, possibly threatening student essay; gun possession on campus ; and an expulsion and involuntary hospitalization in Virginia. There are almost too many layers to untangle: The 23-year-old...(read more)

More on Girls 'n' Guns

Dahlia Lithwick — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:34:00 GMT

My friend Corey Owens takes me to school for last week's gender-based generalizations . . . . Guest post follows: Not to stand between you and your spitball-straw, but "...if women ever ran the country"...?!? Come on. The not-so-subtle suggestion that...(read more)

Girls 'n' Guns

Dahlia Lithwick — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:08:00 GMT

In just over a week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in the most important gun rights case of our lifetimes. And two days ago, the student body president for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was shot to death in a residential...(read more)

They Shoot Plus Sizes, Don't They?

Melinda Henneberger — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:05:00 GMT

Michelle Obama is no Nancy Reagan, either, and I think maybe all of these women are just trying to "pop'' on TV. But—shameless forced transition alert—whatever shade we're in the market for ... doesn't it seem like the phrase "shop until you drop'' is...(read more)

Baby Bond Girls

Meghan O'Rourke — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:08:00 GMT

Parody site of the day, via feministing: Guns for girls . "My Little Carbine" takes the cake for its pastiche of My Little Ponies with assault weapons. It's startling to me how perniciously traditional many children's TV ads still are. We didn't have...(read more)