Kate Harding (page 17)

Kate Harding is the author of Asking For It: The Alarming Rise of Rape
Culture–and What We Can Do About It, available from Da Capo Press in August 2015. Previously, she collaborated with Anna Holmes, Amanda Hess, and a cast of thousands on The Book of Jezebel, and with Marianne Kirby on Lessons from the Fat-o-Sphere. You might also remember her as the founding editor of Shapely Prose (2007-2010).

Kate’s essays have appeared in the anthologies Madonna & Me, Yes Means Yes, Feed Me, and Airmail: Women of Letters. She holds an M.F.A. in fiction from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a B.A. in English from University of Toronto, and is currently at work on a Ph.D. in creative writing from Bath Spa University

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Kate Harding (page 17)

Girl crush: Velvet d’Amour

Should we go to the mall — or get pregnant?

Heart disease is a feminist issue

Outrage of the day: Children’s salon boom

“She had her mouth on my dad’s penis!”

Quote of the day

Michelle Obama Watch

Fashion! Espionage! Midsize sedans!

Always a bridesmaid — who can afford that?

Don’t forget the gender-neutral lyrics!

Girl crush: Sarah Haskins

Why political candidates should be sucking up to women

The perfect time to quit smoking?

The education gender gap

Vatican to women: No stinkin’ girls allowed!

How fast do your boobs bounce?

I’ve got a bow and arrow, and I intend to use them

Rosie the Six-Figure-Earning Mechanic

Pretty girls, and Bollywood starlets, get bullied, too

The latest in fake-girlfriend technology

No date, no prom for you!

Make it stop: Professional baby planners

Should this dress be illegal?

It’s kinda gross, but it’s only 90 calories!