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You Might Like—Spooky Recommendations from The Persistent

Must-see viewing from feminist horror to kid-friendly anime and a not-so-light read about the history of poison.

Culture

Where Is Mary Shelley In All the ‘Frankensteins’ Out There?

Maybe it’s time for a woman to show us what “Frankenstein” is really about.

An illustration of hand holding paper currency. Taylor Swift's face is on it.

Culture

Like Her Or Not, We’re All Swifties Now. (But Not For the Reasons You Think.)

When Taylor Swift releases a new album, we all profit. "The Life of a Showgirl," is no exception.

An illustration of pink Doc Martin boots on the footrest of a powerchair; a close-up of a hand wearing a spiky bracelet operating a powerchair

How We Live

The Punk Side of Disability Culture You’ll Never See

What does the phrase “disability culture” make you think of?

A woman in a white dress, sitting on a chair, twists her body to look up at the sky.

Culture

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.

Essays

‘I Couldn’t Stay Away’

A reenactment of the Dominique Pelicot trial takes on a life of its own, becoming as real as the trial itself.

A watercolor painting of Margo Selby (left) and Helen Caddick (right), the creators of "Moon Landing"

Culture

‘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.

Pieces of torn-up paper with the lines of a poem on them are scattered on a teal background.

Art

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.

A black and white photograph of a rapturous audience in a packed theater.

Culture

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

Making the case for being OK with just being OK.

Watercolor image of Nancy Borowick, a white woman with long dark hair, brown eyes and colorful earrings.

Culture

‘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.

Gillian Brett, wearing day-glo overalls, sculpts a two-footgreen wax model of Fanny Wilkinson.

Culture

70 Years After Her Death, Britain’s First Female Landscape Designer Finally Gets Her Due

Fanny Wilkinson designed more 75 public gardens in London during her 20-year career. Now she's being commemorated by the sculptor Gillian Brett.

A watercolor of Rachel Feldman, a white woman with green eyes and short dark hair, wearing a colorful jacket.

Culture

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.