When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to leave, what message do we send about the roles of women? In some ways we're as committed to the old madonna-whore dichotomy as ever. And…

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The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the...

The problem... is emblematic of what hasn't changed during the equal opportunity revolution of the...

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two...

America is a country that seems forever to be toddler or teenager, at those two...

Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss,...

Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss,...

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and...

Books are the plane, and the train, and the road. They are the destination, and...

There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are...

There is a lot of talk now about metal detectors and gun control. Both are...

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman...

There is little premium in poetry in a world that thinks of Pound and Whitman...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect...

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind...

I would be the most content if my children grew up to be the kind...

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to...

When an actress takes off her clothes onscreen but a nursing mother is told to...

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

If I get the forty additional years statisticians say are likely coming to me, I...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

The clearest explanation for the failure of any marriage is that the two people are...

I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the...

I realized that, while I would never be my mother nor have her life, the...

A finished person is a boring person.

A finished person is a boring person.

I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition...

I will never understand people who think that the way to show their righteous opposition...

If you want something, it will elude you. If you do not want something, you...

If you want something, it will elude you. If you do not want something, you...

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse...

I read and walked for miles at night along the beach, writing bad blank verse...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

I would even go to Washington, which is saying something for me, just to glimpse...

I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure....

I'm sure not afraid of success and I've learned not to be afraid of failure....

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why...

Ignorant free speech often works against the speaker. That is one of several reasons why...

Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in...

Look back, to slavery, to suffrage, to integration and one thing is clear. Fashions in...