Bridget Read

Bridget Read

  • Being an 'Unruly' Woman Is Not a Feminist Act

    In praising female celebrities like Lena Dunham and Hillary Clinton, Anne Helen Petersen's "Too Fat, Too Slutty, Too Loud: The Rise and Reign of the Unruly Woman" suggests that basically anything a woman does is feminist, and therefore good.

  • What Really Happened in Salem

    In Stacy Schiff's new comprehensive account of the 1692 Salem witch trials, "The Witches," female sexuality and empowerment get burned at the stake. We talked to the author about why teenagers lied, why witches confessed, and "the riddle of women in...