Books
Two Friends, One Diagnosis: This Is a Love Story
When Kat Alexander started looping through cycles of mania, it was her best friend, Mara Altman, who came to the rescue.
Emma Haslett
Beauty
A Rash On My Face Made Me Reassess My Relationship With Makeup. Here’s What I Learned.
Can you wear makeup and still call yourself a feminist?
Culture
'Now It's Over, I Don't Feel Any Better At All’
The short film, “Incompatible,” tells the story of a pregnant-working class woman making an all-but-impossible choice.
Persisting Through Politics
How Angry Should Women Voters Be?
The journalist Jessica Valenti chronicles the pro-life movement in forensic detail in her new book. Ahead of the election, she says, voters need to get angry.
Culture
The Janice Problem
A rewatch of Friends reveals it isn't the post-feminist masterpiece we thought it was.
Royalty
Was the Queen a Feminist?
Two years after her passing, the jury's still out.
Persisting Through Politics
Gender Equality Isn’t Just a Women’s Issue. Tim Walz Knows That.
The vice presidential candidate is a plain-speaking Midwesterner—whose experiences mean he has prioritized policies traditionally classed as “women’s issues”.
Sports
What Happened to the ‘Most Equal Olympics in History’?
Statistically, Paris 2024 may be the most gender-equal games ever—but the first few days have proven that there’s a long way to go before true equality is achieved.
Politics
A (Nearly) 50-50 Gender Split in the U.K.’s New Government. It’s About Time.
Research shows that more diverse teams perform better. Will the new U.K. government prove the point?
Relationships
The Day I Walked Out of The Kitchen
My choice is to leave all planning, preparation and worrying about food to my husband. That feels like a radical feminist act.
Unpaid labor
Heatwaves Are A Women’s Issue. Here’s Why.
The increase in global temperatures will disproportionately affect women. Women’s lives overall will become more difficult.
Abortion
Two Journalists Investigated the Decade-Long Campaign to Criminalize Abortion. Here’s What They Found Out.
A new book takes a deep dive into the right-wing Christian campaign that overturned Roe v Wade. Ahead of this year’s presidential election, its authors uncover an America that is as divided on the issue as ever.
Fashion
The Rebellious Power of the Statement Tee
Women have used their clothing for political ends for years. It’s no wonder we’re seeing an uptick in statement fashion.
Policing
The Missing Stories of Missing Women
The journalist Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff was an intern when she learned how newsrooms decide which missing person cases they cover. Now she wants to find a way to change it.
Technology
What if OpenAI had just not created a female voice option?
Misogyny is entrenched in the technology industry. Scarlett Johansson’s experience with OpenAI shows it still is.
Maternal Care
How Did Medical Birth Trauma in the UK Become So 'Normal'?
Women share their stories of birth trauma in a new U.K. report. When did shockingly bad maternity care become the norm?