Appetite For Distraction

‘I have concerns about the Eighth Amendment,’ my male friend said to me recently. But he felt awkward asking about it. Women need to talk to men about this, he said. So let’s talk

The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood’s dystopic novel about a theocratic nation in North America in which men keep women as slaves, has been adapted for TV

Last week, a friend asked me to educate him on the case for repealing the Eighth Amendment. He had concerns, he said. He thought the proposed legislation might be going too far. Nobody was talking to him about it. He felt afraid to say his piece, to express his views in the face of a barrage of social media postings, but very little actual dialogue in his day-to-day life. Women need to talk ...