Sarah Seltzer
Don't Tell Her What to Wear
I think it’s a bad idea for a man to instruct a woman he’s dating on how to dress.
Sexy for Soldiers
Women in Israel are being urged to either show off skin or cover up to support soldiers. Are these women’s bodies being deployed alongside men’s?
Those Boys on Gaza Beach Remind Me of My Brother
Watching footage of four boys killed on the Gaza beach while playing soccer was a turning point for Sarah Seltzer. They reminded her of her brother and his soccer-playing friends.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg Was Right on Hobby Lobby
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned that the Hobby Lobby decision would be a slippery slope to widespread discrimination on religious grounds. She was right.
Hobby Lobby Puts Women in Second Class Status
The Supreme Court ruling on the right to deny employees contraception stigmatized women’s reproductive health care — and reduced women to second-class citizens.
Does Buffer Zone Ruling Protect Sidewalk Speech or Harassment?
The SCOTUS decision that struck down the “buffer zone” around Massachusetts abortion clinics shows that it’s only the powerful who get protection from protesters, writes Sarah Seltzer.
Goodbye, Dov Charney
With the ouster of Dov Charney from American Apparel, it may be that the era of sleaze-cool fashion has come to an end, Sarah Seltzer writes.
Q&A With the Co-Creator of Feminist Phone Intervention
The ‘feminist phone intervention’ provides women with a fake number to give out to aggressive men in bars. The number texts back with a quote from feminist thinker bell hooks.
A Kiss in the Anne Frank House
How to respond to a kissing scene in the Anne Frank House in ‘The Fault in Our Stars.’
Jenny Slate Takes on Abortion in 'Obvious Child'
Jenny Slate’s new romantic comedy, ‘Obvious Child,’ deals with abortion in a new way, showing a woman’s ownership over her own mistakes.