Columns

Check out our mission statement, to the right! In keeping with that mission, we frequently post Guest Posts and invite submissions to our regular columns and to Girl w/ Pen in general.  You’re also welcome to contact us if you’re interested in becoming a regular Contributing Writer (see “Submit Your Ink“).

Regular Columns

Bedside Manners (Adina Nack):

    applying the sociological imagination to medical topics, with a special focus on sexual and reproductive health

Body Language (Alison Piepmeier):

    Because control of our bodies is central to feminism. (“It is very little to me to have the right to vote, to own property, etc., if I may not keep my body, and its uses, in my absolute right.” –Lucy Stone, 1855)

Body Politic (Kyla Bender-Baird and Avory Faucette):

    A co-authored column on queer bodies, law, and policy.

Girl Talk (Allison Kimmich):

    truths and fictions about girl

Global Mama (Heather Hewett):

    myths and realities of motherhood, family life, and ge

Mama w/Pen (Deborah Siegel):

    reflections on emergent motherhood, feminist and otherwise

Nice Work (Virginia Rutter):

    social science in the real world

Off the Shelf (Elline Lipkin):

    book reviews and news

Pop Goes Feminism (Natalie Wilson):

    an intersectional feminist analysis of popular culture

Second Look (Susan Bailey):

    a column on where we’ve been and where we need to go

Science Grrl (Veronica Arreola):

    the latest research and press on girls and women in science & engineering

 

Archived Columns

Beyond Pink & Blue (Lori Rotskoff)Book Smarts (Laura Mazer)Generation Next (Courtney Martin)Global Exchange (Gwenn & Tonni)Relating Radially (Avory Faucette)Sex & Sensibility (Kristen Loveland)The Intersectional Feminist (Allison McCarthy)The Man Files (Shira Tarrant)The Next Generation (guest contributors)XY Files (Deborah Siegel) The Xena Files (Leslie Heywood)

Comment Policy

We encourage and invite your comments on all our posts! We maintain a spirit of civil discourse over here. We’re happy to have disagreements — and frequently do, even amongst ourselves — but we don’t tolerate no disrespect. Please respect the community, and that means the editors and guest posters as well as readers and other commenters too.