Josie Cox - The Persistent (Page 6)

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Health

Gates Foundation Commits $2.5 Billion To Women’s Health

A significant influx of funding could change one of the most marginalized and overlooked areas in medicine.

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Careers

Who's Going to Fly Your Plane?

A new study finds that women pilots might actually outperform their male counterparts.

Oil painting of Margaret Fuller, a brunette woman in a cornflour blue gown, with a cream shawl draped over her shoulders.

Forgotten Feminists

The Life and Untimely Death of One of America's First Feminists

There’s no way of knowing what Margaret Fuller might have achieved if she hadn’t died in the summer of 1850.

Sport

‘Equally Valued, Visible and Paid’

The UN human rights chief calls on countries to do more to dismantle gender-based barriers faced by women athletes.

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Culture

I've Been Thinking About Creativity All Wrong. Perhaps You Have Too.

Creativity shouldn't be about success. It should be about the simple joy of trying something out.

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Theatre

I’m Trying to Embrace Mediocrity. How About You?

Making the case for being OK with just being OK.

Equality

Same-Sex Marriage in the U.S., a Decade On

Ten years since the Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell, how do things look for LGBTQ rights?

Reproductive Rights

Three Years Post Dobbs, Everything Has Changed, and Nothing

Abortion remains a wildly divisive issue in the U.S., with perspectives varying dramatically by state.

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The Interview

'Slut-Shaming' is Evolving. This Author Set Out to Understand Why.

The author Leora Tanenbaum's new book, Sexy Selfie Nation, offers advice on how we can shut down a uniquely harmful form of gender discrimination: slut-shaming.

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Mental Health

‘I Would Never Suggest This is All in Your Head, But…’

Amid a parenting mental health crisis, it helps to remember that whatever private hell you might be feeling, you’re likely not alone.

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Work and Money

The Gender of Magical Thinking

New research shows that women are more likely to believe in astrology and fortune tellers than men. Is the patriarchy to blame?

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Women You Should Know

‘Let's Be Honest, Moms Are Never In the Photo’

The photographer Nancy Borowick takes on a taboo topic and puts mothers at the center.

Reproductive Rights

Dozens of Organizations Call on Trump to Stop Defunding Planned Parenthood

One in three women have visited a Planned Parenthood. Cutting funding would 'block these patients from getting the care they need.'

Politics

Catholics' Views on Women Are Evolving. Will the Vatican Ever Catch Up?

A majority of American Catholics today hold views that differ from church teachings on birth control, marriage and the priesthood.

Equality

Women and People of Color Comprise Most Fired Federal Workers

New figures show women and POCs accounted for a majority of workers in the departments that have been targeted for layoffs.

Careers

So You Think You’re a Rocket Scientist? Not. So. Fast.

Media coverage of Katy Perry & Co.’s Blue Origin trip to space failed to acknowledge the many of women in space exploration who actually made history.