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Reflections from The Persistent as we come to terms with the death of Gloria Steinem.
The U.S. is the most dangerous wealthy nation to give birth. A campaign group has outlined ways to make it better.
Beach reads tend to be insubstantial in format and content alike. These recs are different.
Gloria Steinem, the feminist, political activist and co-founder of Ms. Magazine, has died, a post on her social media said today.
According to the disability activist Lucy Webster, when people from different causes join hands, change isn’t far behind.
Women make up 10% of Glassdoor’s annual top 50 CEOs ranking, roughly matching their representation in corporate leadership. But none cracked the top 10.
A new memoir by the exiled Afghan journalist Zahra Joya traces the trajectory of her homeland — and shows how quickly women's rights can be snatched away.
On the day the Taliban returned, I went to the salon. Before long, the old me had vanished.
Dolly Parton built an extraordinary life out of songs, rhinestones, ambition and generosity; but her rarest gift may have been her ability to bring people together.
Women tend to form tighter-knit workplace networks, while men are more selective — a difference researchers say could have consequences for careers and pay.
Growing up in China, I was told marriage was my destiny. For today’s young women, it’s a choice - and one many are rejecting
Hawaii tops a new ranking measuring gender gaps in the workplace, education and health, and political representation.
History is rife with examples of women who effected change, then vanished into obscurity. When it comes to the story of how the 19th Amendment became a reality — irony be damned — it’s no different.
Women are underrepresented in leadership, AI jobs and AI companies — and the disparities could be getting worse.
Ted Lasso is back, now coaching a U.K. soccer club’s underfunded women’s team. It’s delightful entertainment, but the ostensibly feminist plotline lacks actual feminist punch.
A new study shows that a wife’s response to a cheating husband acts as a powerful social signal.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is on Instagram talking about follicles, fertility and the biological clock. It matters.
New research reveals how stubborn gender norms shape decisions about starting a family when a parent loses their job
The 'competent husband' meme, in which online influencers show off how capable their partners are, appears to be rising just as tradwifery falls out of fashion.
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I have no interest in speculating about whether Ariana Grande is ill or healthy. But I can't stop thinking about what our collective reaction to her body reveals about our culture.
She may have described herself as apolitical, but the work of the dancer Martha Graham spoke volumes. And it's more relevant today than ever.
New research in Pakistan finds that what we think other people believe may shape our behaviour just as much as what they actually believe.
Sometimes, assigned reading doesn’t even get read. Sometimes, it becomes a treasured piece of literature years later. We have a lot to say on the latter.
Resisting unpaid labor is a feminist move. In the real world, it’s complicated.
Sunhats, sunscreen, hydration: It’s the primary carers dropping everything to keep everyone cool.
Guy wants girl, girl wants guy way too much, terror ensues: it's a tale as old of time. But the low-budget thriller "Obsession" turns this characterization on its head.
For a party that talks a big talk on women and equality, it's embarrassing that Labour has never elected a woman as leader.
The Brazilian soprano Gabriella Di Laccio is determined to close the gender gap in classical music, performance by performance
Employers happily rearrange the working day for soccer. Why are they often less willing to show the same flexibility for carework?
