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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Cathy Young _Cathy Young is a contributing editor at_ Reason _magazine._ ## Cathy Young *  Sep 18, 2015 ### [Only a Woman Could Slow Donald Trump](https://time.com/4039408/carly-fiorina-donald-trump/) In some ways, her gender gave her an advantage [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 30, 2015 ### [Polygamy Is Not Next](https://time.com/3942139/polygamy-is-not-next/) The logic of same-sex marriage does not inevitably lead to multi-partner marriage [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 19, 2015 ### [The Most Radical $10 Bill Candidate: Ayn Rand](https://time.com/3928240/woman-on-the-10-bill-ayn-rand/) The libertarian philosopher worshipped the dollar sign as the supreme symbol of free enterprise and ... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Jun 17, 2015 ### [Don't Root for the _Game of Thrones_ White Walkers Just Yet](https://time.com/3924156/game-of-thrones-white-walkers/) Despite the grim realities of Westeros, there's still enough goodness to have hope for humanity [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 21, 2015 ### [The Problem With the Backlash to the _Game of Thrones_ Rape Scene](https://time.com/3891450/the-problem-with-the-backlash-to-the-game-of-thrones-rape-scene/) Awareness should not turn into obsessive hyper-vigilance [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  May 9, 2015 ### [Putin's Russia Has To Deal With the Legacy of World War II](https://time.com/3852689/ussr-russia-victory-day-wwii-putin-ukraine/) The Soviet Union’s Victory Day, May 9, was the one Soviet holiday that belonged to everyone [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Mar 24, 2015 ### [Comics Like Batgirl Shouldn't Require a 'Good Feminist' Seal of Approval](https://time.com/3755285/batgirl-joker-cover-controversy-feminism/) The answer is to spend less energy on policing and more on creating. More women, fewer litmus tests. [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 31, 2014 ### [A Better Feminism for 2015](https://time.com/3651057/a-better-feminism-for-2015/) Half of successful advocacy is knowing to pick one’s battles [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Dec 6, 2014 ### [It's Women Who Suffer When We Don't Ask Questions](https://time.com/3620504/its-women-who-suffer-when-we-dont-ask-questions/) Perhaps the lessons of the UVA story will help us balance our support for victims with the presumpti... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 17, 2014 ### [How to Turn a Cool Moment Into a #ShirtStorm](https://time.com/3589392/comet-shirt-storm/) Sadly, the brouhaha over Dr. Taylor’s shirt overshadowed not only his accomplishments but those of h... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 4, 2014 ### [Online Harassment Affects Men Too](https://time.com/3546044/online-harassment-affects-men-too/) According to a Pew study, men are also largely affected by cyber harassment—and to make it sound lik... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Oct 20, 2014 ### [Halle Berry's Child-Support Fight: Female Breadwinners Can't Have It Both Ways](https://time.com/3524843/halle-berry-gabriel-aubry-child-support/) We need to shed the notion that providing for one’s family is an essential part of masculinity [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 26, 2014 ### [Sorry, Emma Watson, but HeForShe Is Rotten for Men](https://time.com/3432838/emma-watson-feminism-men-women/) Until feminism recognizes discrimination against men, the movement for gender equality will be incom... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Sep 17, 2014 ### [The CDC's Rape Numbers Are Misleading](https://time.com/3393442/cdc-rape-numbers/) Men reported being “made to penetrate” at virtually the same rates as women reported rape [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Aug 29, 2014 ### [Campus Rape: The Problem With 'Yes Means Yes'](https://time.com/3222176/campus-rape-the-problem-with-yes-means-yes/) Having the government dictate how people should behave in sexual encounters is a terrible idea [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/cathy-young/","name":"Cathy Young"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/cathy-young/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/cathy-young/"},"name":"Cathy Young","jobTitle":null,"description":"Cathy Young is a contributing editor at Reason magazine.","url":"https://time.com/author/cathy-young/","sameAs":["https://x.com/CathyYoung63"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```