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She’s Passionate About Keeping Us Safe From Toxic Chemicals. Just Don’t Call Her a Perfectionist.

She’s Passionate About Keeping Us Safe From Toxic Chemicals. Just Don’t Call Her a Perfectionist.

Lindsay Dahl has devoted her career to getting toxic chemicals out of our homes, water and air, but the progress she’s worked for is under attack. Here’s what we all can do about it.

by Paula Derrow
‘Racism is Still a Public Health Crisis’

‘Racism is Still a Public Health Crisis’

Planned Parenthood CEO Alexis McGill Johnson on the Black maternal mortality crisis and what it would take to change things.

by Josie Cox
People Were Calling Me an Economist. And I Was Like, ‘Am I?’

People Were Calling Me an Economist. And I Was Like, ‘Am I?’

In her book “The Double Tax,” the economist Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman explains why Black women pay more for their hair products and their homes, get paid less at work, and are underestimated at every turn.

by Francesca Donner
Whitney White: 'These women were risking it all. They weren’t just liking things on Instagram.'

Whitney White: 'These women were risking it all. They weren’t just liking things on Instagram.'

Whitney White, the director of the Broadway play 'Liberation,' says modern life has made feminism more "cowardly."

by Josie Cox
'No One’s Dreaming of a Day When Women Would Be the Default.'

'No One’s Dreaming of a Day When Women Would Be the Default.'

The comics in Aubrey Hirsch's new book, "Graphic Rage," blow the lid open on the indignities in women’s lives and push back, one small rebellion at a time.

by Francesca Donner
'Just Pills'—How Women Created Their Own Abortion Revolution

'Just Pills'—How Women Created Their Own Abortion Revolution

A new book reveals how ordinary women—not doctors—first noticed the effects of the medication now sold as so-called ‘abortion pills.’

by Emma Haslett
‘I Refuse to Be Invisible’—Why the Author Pamela Redmond Decided to Get Naked On Stage at 72

‘I Refuse to Be Invisible’—Why the Author Pamela Redmond Decided to Get Naked On Stage at 72

Sometimes, a woman has to do something drastic to get the notice she deserves.

by Paula Derrow
If She Were Here Today, She’d Be President

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.

by Josie Cox
‘Because it Feels So Urgent’

‘Because it Feels So Urgent’

We are on the edge of an AI revolution that is going to transform our society. What are we doing about it?

by Ellen Halliday, +1
‘The Chaotic, the Creative, the Instinctive, the Structured, the Mathematical’

‘The Chaotic, the Creative, the Instinctive, the Structured, the Mathematical’

An immersive project at Canterbury Cathedral marks the 1969 moon landing—and the women from a Navajo reservation in New Mexico who made that landing possible.

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

'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.

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

‘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.

by Josie Cox
If You Could Take a Pill That Erased Feelings of Guilt, Would You?

If You Could Take a Pill That Erased Feelings of Guilt, Would You?

Imagine if women could unabashedly do their thing without worrying about others’ feelings.

by Ruchika T. Malhotra
Lilly Ledbetter Has Made It to the Big Screen. It’s About Time.

Lilly Ledbetter Has Made It to the Big Screen. It’s About Time.

It took the writer and director Rachel Feldman years of doors being slammed in her face before she got her movie off the ground, but she’s finally done it: LILLY is out May 9.

by Francesca Donner
Who Gets to be a Wartime Hero?

Who Gets to be a Wartime Hero?

Overlooked stories of women are everywhere. Sometimes you just need to find them.

by Josie Cox
‘Everybody Should Be a Feminist Filmmaker’

‘Everybody Should Be a Feminist Filmmaker’

The unassuming story of three working-class Indian women has captured the world’s attention. Here’s why.

by Preeti Jha
Some Love Stories Start with a Glance. This One Starts with a Movement.

Some Love Stories Start with a Glance. This One Starts with a Movement.

A love story doesn’t just have to be between two people, says Jana Naomi Smith, the creator of Red for Revolution.

by Patrice Peck
Two Friends, One Diagnosis: This Is a Love Story

Two Friends, One Diagnosis: This Is a Love Story

When Kat Alexander started looping through cycles of mania, it was her best friend, Mara Altman, who came to the rescue.

by Emma Haslett
Designers Are Taught to Think of Their Work as Neutral. It’s Not.

Designers Are Taught to Think of Their Work as Neutral. It’s Not.

Feminist design can show up in anything from the apps we use to the healthcare we receive. The issue is prioritizing it.

by Emily Goligoski
How Angry Should Women Voters Be?

How Angry Should Women Voters Be?

The journalist Jessica Valenti chronicles the pro-life movement in forensic detail in her new book. Ahead of the election, she says, voters need to get angry.

by Emma Haslett
Who Takes the Photo, Tells the Story

Who Takes the Photo, Tells the Story

The founder of Women Photograph on how diversity in photojournalism can change the conversation. (Yes, it really matters.)

by Anne Quito
Two Journalists Investigated the Decade-Long Campaign to Criminalize Abortion. Here’s What They Found Out.

Two Journalists Investigated the Decade-Long Campaign to Criminalize Abortion. Here’s What They Found Out.

A new book takes a deep dive into the right-wing Christian campaign that overturned Roe v Wade. Ahead of this year’s presidential election, its authors uncover an America that is as divided on the issue as ever.

by Emma Haslett
The Missing Stories of Missing Women

The Missing Stories of Missing Women

The journalist Charlie Brinkhurst-Cuff was an intern when she learned how newsrooms decide which missing person cases they cover. Now she wants to find a way to change it.

by Emma Haslett

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