
Culture
Not Ladylike to Laugh? Oh, Please.
For men to be funny, women don’t have to be unfunny. Both may chuckle.
Welcome to The Persistent—covering women for a change. More about us.
Culture
For men to be funny, women don’t have to be unfunny. Both may chuckle.
Culture
I wanted to be the objectifier of men and their wars, quirks, and shortcomings, not the objectified. Why was this so hard?
Culture
A rewatch of Friends reveals it isn't the post-feminist masterpiece we thought it was.
Culture
Infertility, so long hidden from view, is finally finding a spotlight in various contemporary art forms.
Culture
The author Kate Mosse co-founded the Women’s Prize for Fiction to shrink the gender gap in publishing. Twenty-nine years on, she says her work is far from finished.
Culture
A new production of Romeo and Juliet in London peels back layers of misogyny, racism and sexism. It’s a lot.
Culture
Nick Kyrgios has been added to the BBC’s Wimbledon commentary roster. The move serves as a reminder that sexism is well entrenched.
Art
Viewers who take the time to look closely at Tate Britain's "Now You See Us" will uncover a great deal about the plight of professional women artists over the last 400 years.
Parenting
Those going through infertility are owed our compassion. Why can’t fiction mirror real life?