More And More People Believe Women’s Equality Has Gone “Far Enough”

Gen Z men are most likely to believe “a wife should obey her husband”, a new survey shows—as the UN warns of global “backsliding”.

Who Invented Women’s History Month? I’m Glad You Asked.

Before they became marketing opportunities, International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month were milestones in a much longer and larger struggle.

Here’s Your Soundtrack To The Fall of The Patriarchy

From the Indigo Girls to Lizzo, these 15 songs make us feel powerful.

Women Leaders Are Still in The Minority

From peace talks to boardrooms, women still hold vanishingly few positions in business, politics and economics, a new study has found.

When Mirrors Are Minefields

My old self left the building when I received a diagnosis of Stage I breast cancer. And while it’s true I survived, I can’t bring myself to quite love the body that walked back in.

It’s Five Years Since the Murder of Sarah Everard. Has Anything Changed?

Recommendations to improve policing in the wake of Everard’s murder have yet to be implemented—meanwhile, for women, the world feels like a darker place.

12 Under-the-Radar Obsessions We Wish More People Knew About

These wide-ranging recommendations from The Persistent contributors may not be mainstream–yet–but they definitely deserve to be.

After the Olympics, a Letter to My Teenage Hockey-Playing Son

Better inclusion means a better party for all of us, just ask Flavor Flav.

Slippery, Snowy Sidewalks Are Sexist: Let Me Explain Why

Caroline Criado Perez’s book "Invisible Women" explains why the women of New York City are having a harder week than the men.

How to (Re)Discover Your Identity Outside of Work

There's a particular combination of fear, insecurity, and doubt that shows up when you know your current professional chapter has come to an end, but you can't imagine what's next.

UN Warns of ‘Deadly Triple Crisis’ for Women and Girls in Ukraine

It's been four years Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The country is facing repeated attacks energy infrastructure and collapsing funding for women-led and women’s rights organizations.

Screen vs. Page—Five Times the Movie Adaptation Was Better Than the Book

From “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” to “Bridgerton,” here are the screen adaptations we thought trumped the book.