So it has always seemed to me. Somehow we have lost control of the narrative and allowed the Limbaughs and Carlsons of the world (and others who should not be named) to sell the notion that we must choose sides.

To them, I think sex does define us all. To persuade them to change their thinking would be like talking a junkie into giving up his next fix.

The war on women--like the war on science, the war on non-whites, and the war on the poor--is a war on humanity. Like the Ukrainians, we must and will eventually prevail, but at what cost?