Culture - The Persistent (Page 5)

Illustration: rear view of a woman, in an olive-colored dress, staring into a mirror surrounded by feminist posters.

Fashion and Beauty

A Rash On My Face Made Me Reassess My Relationship With Makeup. Here’s What I Learned.

Can you wear makeup and still call yourself a feminist?

An illustration of a woman wearing a boob robe and surrounded by boob homewares.

Art and Design

What Is It About Boobs?

Some people like flowers on their homewares. Some like cute animals. I like boobs.

A photograph depicts a soccer player shown from the knees down, wearing cleats.

Sport

Could Advertising Be An Activist Tool?

How do you sponsor something that apparently nobody wants to see? You trick them into it.

Watercolor of Alison Place, a woman with long dark hair and bangs and blue eyes, folds her arms. She wears a yellow blouse.

The Interview

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.

Black and white photo of Maxine Peake and Hayley Standing walking down a lane in Yorkshire. Behind them is a dry-stone wall.

Film and TV

'Now It's Over, I Don't Feel Any Better At All’

The short film, “Incompatible,” tells the story of a pregnant-working class woman making an all-but-impossible choice.

An illustration of a woman performing standup comedy. She is flanked by two giant men, making the woman look smaller.

Theatre

Not Ladylike to Laugh? Oh, Please.

For men to be funny, women don’t have to be unfunny. Both may chuckle.

An illustration shows a woman running a race. She looks back at other versions of herself as she runs.

Sport

The Pain and Joy of Not Running the Marathon

Sure, I can run a marathon. But I can also not. And maybe, just maybe, in a few years I’ll be able to.

Deborah Copaken stands outside a store in Cairo in jeans and a utility jacket, with a camera around her neck.

Film and TV

Lee and Me

I wanted to be the objectifier of men and their wars, quirks, and shortcomings, not the objectified. Why was this so hard?

Film and TV

The Janice Problem

A rewatch of Friends reveals it isn't the post-feminist masterpiece we thought it was.

A watercolor showing Daniella Zalcman smiling in a short-sleeved top, with her long dark hair swept down one side of her face

The Interview

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.)

Abstract illustration of a woman in a wheelchair, pushing herself uphill, against a background of yellows, pinks and reds.

Paris Olympics 2024

I Love The Paralympics, But Let's Not Kid Ourselves

The Paralympics is always a wonderful spectacle—but let's be honest: they won't change anything for disabled people.

A black and white photograph of Ilona Maher being tackled by an opposing player in the Paris Olympics.

Paris Olympics 2024

The Real Losers of the Paris Olympics Are the Stereotypes That Hold Women Back

Athletes at the Paris Olympics have challenged perceptions of what it means to be a woman in sport.

A pencil drawing of a woman's body with a scribble over it.

Sport

What Happened to the ‘Most Equal Olympics in History’?

Statistically, Paris 2024 may be the most gender-equal games ever—but the first few days have proven that there’s a long way to go before true equality is achieved.

Detail from a work by Jessa Fairbrother showing a woman who appears pregnant holding her belly.

Art and Design

When Words Fail On Infertility, There is Art

Infertility, so long hidden from view, is finally finding a spotlight in various contemporary art forms.

An abstract illustration of a woman gazing into a book.

Culture

Men Still Aren’t Reading Women’s Books. Can the Women’s Prize Help?

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.

A watercolor painting of Romeo and Juliet, played by Tom Holland and Francesca Amewudah-Rivers

Culture

Was Shakespeare a Feminist? Juliet Gives Us a Clue.

A new production of Romeo and Juliet in London peels back layers of misogyny, racism and sexism. It’s a lot.