There are stories where you read the headline and assume some crucial piece of information must be missing. There isn’t. David Rademaker is serving life without parole in California for the rape and murder of…
Sometimes I wonder if we're all reading different newspapers. Spend five minutes watching the evening news, then spend ten minutes reading Reduxx. You'll come away convinced you're living in two different countries. One world is…
I was reading an opinion piece in The Hill about transgender athletes competing in women's sports when a thought occurred to me. The author argued there is no real compromise. One side views sports through…
Another week, another story involving a boy in girls' sports. This time, it's a Michigan lacrosse player who was reportedly transitioned at age six and is now competing on a girls' team. Before that, it…
Jessica Valenti is excited. Very excited. In a recent article, she celebrates Planned Parenthood's new program offering women abortion pills to keep at home "just in case" they might need them someday. Reading it, I…
I have followed the Sall Grover case in Australia off and on for years, and the latest ruling is outrageous. An Australian court ruled that a women-only app must include a biological male who identifies…
Female prisoners are becoming collateral damage. It’s been a while since I’ve done one of these, but every now and then I like bringing one of my own posts over from Victory Girls Blog and…
If you have been reading An Americanist for any length of time, you have probably noticed a category called The XX Files. That is where I tend to file stories about women’s sports, women’s spaces,…
A convicted child sex offender who identifies as a woman is currently serving a 40-year sentence inside a women’s prison in Maine, a situation that highlights a policy many Americans have been warning about for…
In 1991, The Silence of the Lambs swept the Oscars. Best Picture. Best Director. Best Actor. Best Actress. Best Screenplay. It became part of the cultural lexicon. Hannibal Lecter was crowned one of cinema’s greatest…
