Kate Harding (page 8)

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

An image from the documentary "Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired."

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Kate Harding (page 8)

Reminder: Roman Polanski raped a child

Why are parents skipping swine flu vaccines?

End-of-life care is a feminist issue

What is John Edwards waiting for?

Humorless prigs 1; Tucker Max 0

Dying to be the next Gisele

When “Malcolm powder” gets in your eyes

It’s time to forgive Serena

Antiabortion activist slain

The world according to GOOP

Tyler Perry’s black feminist classic?

Thunder thighs may be good for you

Are your kids eating right?

Lactate on your own time, lady

Is Jaycee Dugard’s tormentor mentally ill?

“Women hold up half the sky”

Michele Bachmann: Pro-choice spokeswoman

The first gams make their debut

You’re a bitch, but a good soldier

Late-term abortion hits the lad mags

Hotel blames victim for sexual assault

For girls, a major bummer

No more Mr. Nice Guy

When women act like men, children die