Parenting
Gentle Parenting is Gentle on Everyone But the Mothers Doing It
While gentle parenting places a high value on children’s feelings, it doesn’t have the same concerns about parents.
Latest
Careers
Flexible Work Is a Great Idea. If Only Everyone Would Use It.
Unless workplace culture changes too, flexible working can end up widening inequalities instead of closing them.
Great Women
Why RBG’s Complicated Legacy Doesn’t Bother Me
Nothing will take away from the immense wins Ruth Bader Ginsburg secured for those who couldn’t stage their own fights. But she was complicated, and so is her legacy.
Equality
Global Equality for Women and Girls is Grim. What Are We Doing About It?
In 2015, the U.N. established sweeping gender goals. Ten years on, they’re not even close to being met.
The Interview
If She Were Here Today, She’d Be President
Written out of the history of suffrage, Jeannette Rankin was a remarkable feminist and congresswoman. The author Lorissa Rinehart finally tells her story.
Friendship
Few Things Test Friendships Like Success
It’s reasonable to share in the pain of a friend in need. But sharing in the joy of a friend’s success? That’s harder.
Global Politics
The Hounding of Britain's Deputy Prime Minister was Sexist and Classist
Angela Rayner, Britain’s outspoken deputy prime minister, resigned last week after a media campaign against her. A reminder that some will pay the price while others get off scot-free. It depends on who you are.
Personal Finance
The Pay Gap Has Always Been Bad. Now It's Getting Worse.
For the first time in over half a century, the gender pay gap in the U.S. has widened over two consecutive years.
World
In the Aftermath of a Devastating Earthquake, Afghan Women Struggle to Get Help…Because They’re Women
Taliban restrictions have made women medics a rarity, putting women’s health, care and survival at serious risk.
Forgotten Feminists
Five Tech Pioneers Who Should Be As Famous as Zuckerberg and Bezos
These five women should be as famous—and well off—as Silicon Valley's finest.
Great Women
What to Make of Vogue's New Editor, Chloe Malle
Chloe Malle’s appointment comes at a moment when Vogue faces an identity crisis.
Forgotten Feminists
The Tech Mogul “Steve” Who Looked Out for Women
Her software company would change everything; perhaps most notably how—and where—women could work.
Parenting
How Back to School Puts Working Moms in an Impossible Bind
The mismatch of days off between schools and workplaces is an annual puzzle. It’s moms who bear the brunt.
Art and Design
Visceral, Dark, Hopeful: The World Through Women’s Eyes
This year's Women Photograph grant winners offer an honest, hopeful view of the world as it looks through a woman's lens.
Great Women
The Dignified Revenge of Pamela Denise Anderson
Pamela is not the sum of her scandals or the product of her movie credits. Her latest ‘rebirth’ is just Pamela, once again, being herself.
Personal Finance
Why Women Dislike Talking About Money. (And What We Can Do About It.)
Ultimately, it might not be about how much you make or how you spend, it's about how money makes you feel.