Amanda Hess Amanda Hess

Amanda Hess is a Slate staff writer. 

The XX Factor
Jan. 27 2015 5:48 PMWatch the First Anti-Domestic Violence Super Bowl CommercialAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Jan. 20 2015 12:15 PMSororities Want to Fight Sexual Assault By Throwing Their Own Booze-Fueled RagersAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Jan. 15 2015 5:54 PMAre the Oscars Biased Against Female Directors?Amanda Hess
The Slatest
Jan. 14 2015 6:48 PMBill Cosby Accuser Meets With Police, Will Pursue Sexual Assault ChargesAmanda Hess
Politics
Jan. 9 2015 6:49 PM#IAmThe default mode of showing solidarity in the hashtag era.Amanda Hess
The XX Factor
Jan. 8 2015 8:52 AMA Lot of Hysterectomies Aren’t Medically NecessaryAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Jan. 6 2015 8:46 AMAn Interview With Lacey Noonan, Rob Gronkowski Erotica AuthorAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Dec. 30 2014 10:51 AMThe Best Things Written About Women This YearAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Dec. 24 2014 11:58 AMWatch President Obama Break Down Stereotypes About Toys for Girls and BoysAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Dec. 22 2014 4:34 PMMeet Paul Nungesser, the Accused Student at the Center of the Fight Over Campus RapeAmanda Hess
Brow Beat
Dec. 19 2014 12:54 PMSerial Might Have Been Better if Sarah Koenig Had Been Less LikableAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Dec. 8 2014 4:28 PMThe Newsroom’s Nightmare Campus Rape EpisodeAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Nov. 20 2014 11:07 PMWhy Did the AP Suppress the Sexual Assault Portion of Its Bill Cosby Interview?Amanda Hess
The XX Factor
Nov. 18 2014 8:52 AMWhat Cops Are Really Thinking When a Woman Claims She Was RapedAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Nov. 10 2014 12:48 PMThe FBI Finally Ditches Its 80-Year-Old Definition of RapeAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Jan. 26 2015 1:29 PMHow the Great Blizzard of 1888 Killed the PetticoatAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Jan. 16 2015 3:25 PMThe February Cover of Cosmo Does Not Show a Suffocating WomanAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Jan. 14 2015 11:00 PMThere Was a Rape on Broad City, and It Was HilariousAmanda Hess
Doublex
Jan. 14 2015 3:53 PMPopping the QuestionA brief history of asking celebrities, “Are you a feminist?”Amanda Hess
Sports Nut
Jan. 9 2015 3:47 PMThe Gridiron BoudoirA totally sensual NFL erotic fiction series.Natalie Matthews-Ramo, Mike Pesca, Amanda Hess, and Jeremy Stahl
Doublex
Jan. 6 2015 11:47 AMProtecting Trans PrisonersLeslieAnn Manning, a transgender woman in a male facility, says she was raped because her prison didn’t keep her safe. How should prisons protect their most vulnerable inmates?Amanda Hess
The XX Factor
Jan. 2 2015 11:33 AMFSU's Rose Bowl Loss Was Not a Victory for Rape VictimsAmanda Hess
DoubleX Gabfest
Dec. 25 2014 7:00 AMDoubleX Gabfest: The Righteous Feminist Outrage EditionListen to Slate’s show about identity outrage, women on TV, and a feminist wish list for 2015.Amanda Hess, Noreen Malone, and June Thomas
The XX Factor
Dec. 23 2014 9:00 AMHow the NFL Can Save CheerleadingAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Dec. 22 2014 9:00 AMThe Year We Asked the NFL, Budweiser, and TV Land to Solve Violence Against WomenAmanda Hess
The XX Factor
Dec. 11 2014 5:07 PMFeminism Can Stand Without JackieAmanda Hess
Slate Plus
Dec. 3 2014 10:30 AMAre Comment Sections Worth It?It takes a lot of moderation to keep the troll population at bay. Amanda Hess, Rachael Larimore, Amanda Marcotte, and Will Oremus
Doublex
Nov. 19 2014 6:33 AMHow the Sexiest Man Alive’s Sausage Gets MadeThree decades of what People magazine thinks women want.Amanda Hess
Future Tense
Nov. 13 2014 10:04 AMThe Golden EggCouples want their egg donors to be smart, athletic, and good-looking.Amanda Hess
Brow Beat
Nov. 6 2014 8:34 PMSerial Takes a Step Back, and Gets Some Experts Involved. We Discuss the Latest Episode.David Haglund, Katy Waldman, and Amanda Hess

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  News & Politics
The Slate Quiz
Jan. 29 2015 11:45 PM Play the Slate News Quiz With Jeopardy! superchampion Ken Jennings. Ken Jennings
He Was a Poker Pro and YouTube Celebrity. Now He’s Leading Florida’s Republican Party.
Scott Walker’s Strategy for Winning the White House: Divide and Conquer
Why Hillary Clinton Needs to Fight Hard for Iowa
Do the Crime, Get a Degree. Should Prisons Offer College Courses to Convicted Felons?
When Jeb Bush and Bill Belichick Were High School Classmates
The Bizarre, Incomplete History of the Pocket Constitution
  Business
Moneybox
Jan. 29 2015 6:17 PM Amazon Managed to Make Money. Everybody Is Shocked (Seriously). Alison Griswold
Watch 48 Years of Classic Super Bowl Ads
“Financial Literacy” Is a Distraction From What We Really Need: Actual Consumer Protection
America’s Obsession With Healthy Food Is Driving Campbell’s Away From the Soup Business
The Best App for Gmail Is Made by ... Microsoft?
New York City’s Affordable Housing Plan Is Ambitious, Progressive, and Totally Inadequate
Older Millennials Keep Moving in With Their Parents
  Life
Education
Jan. 29 2015 4:55 PM To the Teacher Who Changed My Life Thank you. John Dickerson
Is a Hashtag a Word? The Case of #BlackLivesMatter.
Chili Is a Local Specialty With a Specific History. Beans Are Not Part of That History.
Mail Rail: London’s Abandoned Underground Train System
Barcelona Has the World’s Most Beautiful Stoner Museum
An Interview With the Alabama Legislator Who Threatened to Reveal Colleagues’ Affairs
When Feelings Became Feels: How We Distance Ourselves From Emotion on the Internet
  Double X
The XX Factor
Jan. 29 2015 9:09 PM Money, Not Marital Status, Has the Most Impact on How Parents Raise Kids Amanda Marcotte
UVA Sorority Sisters Banned From Frat Parties to Punish Them for Being Potential Rape Victims
The Ghostbusters Casting News Is Totally Exciting. The Reaction to the News Is Even Better.
Another Sign That Men’s Magazines Are Changing: Men’s Health Denounces “Pickup Artists”
When Career Expectations Are Just About Getting Enough Money to Eat
Watch the First Anti-Domestic Violence Super Bowl Commercial
New Orleans Was Supposed to Get a New Planned Parenthood Clinic. Here's Why It's Still Not There.  
  Slate Plus
Slate Plus
Jan. 29 2015 1:04 PM Listen to Our January Music Roundup Beat the chill with our winter playlist, exclusively for Slate Plus members. Jack Hamilton, Dee Lockett, Leon Neyfakh, and John Swansburg
A Conversation With Patton Oswalt About Movies (Audio)
Every Episode From the First Half of Slate’s Season 5 Walking Dead Podcast 
Mark Joseph Stern Reads “American Liar,” His Piece on Chris Kyle’s Big Lie
A Spoiler-Filled Podcast on Downton Abbey Episode 4
  Arts
Brow Beat
Jan. 29 2015 6:40 PM An American Version of Black Mirror is Coming Chris Wade
In the Ted 2 Trailer, Seth MacFarlane Fights for the Right to “Bear Marriage”
With Better Call Saul, Bob Odenkirk Steps Into the Spotlight
The Cast of Don Verdean on Their New Movie From the Creators of Napoleon Dynamite
Watch the Trailer for the Next Three Episodes of Beloved Stoner Web Series High Maintenance
Why the Parenthood Finale Won’t Give Us Any Closure
A Dog Movie Star Demonstrates the Art of Canine Acting
  Technology
Technology
Jan. 29 2015 7:10 PM Is Snapchat Really Confusing, or Am I Just Old? A 32-year-old’s hopeless quest to understand America’s fastest-growing social app. Will Oremus
If You Want to Call Internet “Broadband,” It Better Actually Be Fast
First-Class Flyers Get to Try Virtual Reality, Coach Passengers Stuck in Real Reality 
Horrible California Drought Is Now Even More Horrible
A 125-Year-Old Letter Dives Into the True Meaning Of the Word Hack
Replica Mars Mission in Utah Desert Disrupted by Fire
A Federal Court Considers Whether We Have a Right to Tell the Truth
  Health & Science
Bad Astronomy
Jan. 29 2015 5:37 PM Crash Course Astronomy Episode 3: Cycles in the Sky Phil Plait
Psst, Buddy! Want to Buy a Red-Eared Slider?
Laser Rocket Aurora!
Our Health Is Shaped by the Struggles of Our Parents and Grandparents
SpaceX Drops Lawsuit Against Air Force
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Advises Governor to Ignore Federal Court’s “Judicial Tyranny”
Drones Are Protecting Rhinos and Elephants from Poachers
  Sports
Sports Nut
Jan. 29 2015 9:27 PM Another Data Point New England’s incredible ball security is not impossible, but also not meaningless. Jordan Ellenberg
What the Seahawks’ “Legion of Boom” Has in Common With the Last Patriots Championship Team
The Gayest and Straightest Super Bowl Halftime Shows: A Video Slide Show
How a Football Team Brought Me and My Father Together
A Message from a Pats Fan to All the Chafing, Crybaby Chumps Out There
The Patriots Became Nearly Fumble-Proof After a 2006 Rule Change Pushed by Tom Brady
The New England Patriots’ Prevention of Fumbles Is Nearly Impossible