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Beyond his celebrated acting career, Stewart was an advocate for women and children affected by domestic abuse.

Whether you’re into books, music, movies, or TV shows, we’ve got the perfect woman-centered horror tales for you.

Centuries after women were burned at the stake for witchcraft, the archetype of the dangerous, unruly woman continues to haunt us. Now we’re reclaiming it.

A book written a century ago shows women’s problems haven’t changed much.

Bangladesh's textile industry has a long history of deadly workplace accidents, but the Green Field Factory in Rangpur is so popular with its workers, they spend their spare time there.

A Saturday Night Live monologue shows how easily sexist tropes still pass for comedy. But I’m not laughing. Are you?

The problem with rankings is that no list can measure what a television show meant to you when you needed it most.

A new documentary by The New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly reveals what goes through the minds of women cartoonists as they ply their trade.

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.

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.

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?

Images of people generated by AI tend to be gorgeous, even when creators ask them to be ugly. That could have a profound effect on our emotional wellbeing.

It was June, and I was about to experience the rebirth of Radiohead’s album, “In Rainbows” perfectly timed for Pride.

She was a celebrated photographer in her own right, but even with a retrospective devoted to her work, we can’t seem to stop staring at Lee Miller.

Women's soccer has never been an alternative version of the sport. It has always been the sport.

The director's acknowledgment of his failure to protect a 13-year-old actress 50 years ago cannot undo the past. But it offers an example of what genuine accountability can look like.

The governing body says much of the research used to train and protect athletes is still based on men

For years, a confident E. Jean on the outside masked a wounded E. Jean on the inside.

Who doesn’t love a sympathetic villain or a slyly smart anti-hero?

Top-grossing films released in the U.K. were also four times more likely to feature a talking animal as the lead character than a woman 60-plus.

What once would have felt invasive, humiliating or cruel, now barely registers as remarkable. The spectacle escalates, viewers acclimatize, and the cycle repeats itself.

The sequel to the hit movie bemoans the decline of print journalism, but still manages to elevate the power of women.

We’re not here to argue that women are funny, because, duh! We are here to clue you into our contributors’ funniest favorites. You’re welcome.

Throughout history, breastfeeding is depicted as a symbol of maternal love, but pumping seems a more accurate reflection of what being a parent looks like in a late-capitalist society.