Revisiting the Terrifying Prophecies of “The Day After”
The 1983 TV film warned us about the consequences of a nuclear arms race. Could we be headed there again?
Kate Tuttle
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President of the National Book Critics Circle, Kate Tuttle writes about books for the Boston Globe. Her reviews have also appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Salon, the Washington Post, and Newsday. Her essays on raising children, race and politics, and coming to terms with her own 1970s childhood, have appeared in Dame, The Rumpus, The Atlantic, and elsewhere. Follow her @katekilla
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Robin DiAngelo Wants White People to Confront Their Racism
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Nancy Balbirer Finds Wisdom in Having a “Terrible Time”
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The Things Meg Wolitzer Knew Before We Did
The best-selling author of 'The Female Persuasion' has published the perfect feminist novel about women's friendships for this moment. Only she wrote it before Election 2016.
A Sobering Meeting With ‘The Recovering’ Author Leslie Jamison
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Is the Solidarity of Sisterhood a Myth?
There's a good reason Moira Donegan created a private space like the Shitty Media Men list. So why would another woman seek to violate that trust?
Jaclyn Friedman Wants to ‘Unscrew’ Systemic Sexism
The 'Unscrewed' author talks with DAME about "fauxpowerment" and Hugh Hefner, the fate of Roe v. Wade, and the inevitability of the current brutal backlash.
Talking With Ruby Karp, the Upright Teen Feminist Citizen
Our parenting columnist sits down with the 17-year-old author of 'Earth Hates Me' and learns why some girls recoil at the word "feminist" while still embracing its principles.