Activism
Why Crafting is, and Always Has Been, a Rebellious Act
From suffragists’ embroidered banners calling for votes for women to the potent symbolism of pink pussy hats, stitchwork has always been a distinctly feminist way of rebelling.
Politics
Politics
British Women Are Angry. Of Course We Bloody Are.
A survey has named British women among the angriest in Europe. It's obvious why: they've got so much to be angry about.
Reproductive Rights
Why Does the U.S. Fertility Rate Include 14-Year-Olds?
There’s something really creepy about America’s bi-annual fertility report. Why, in the age of Epstein, is the U.S. government still considering the breeding capabilities of 14-year-old girls?
Film and TV
Will the Real E. Jean Carroll Please Stand Up?
For years, a confident E. Jean on the outside masked a wounded E. Jean on the inside.
Women You Should Know
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.
Activism
When Immigrant Caregivers Disappear
Immigrant enforcement tactics have driven many caregivers into hiding or out of the U.S. altogether. The ripple effects on parents are enormous.
Equality
DEI Isn't Dying — It’s Evolving
A new study finds most companies remain committed to inclusion efforts despite legal and political backlash.
Politics
Four Men Are in the Back of a Taxi. Where Are the Women?
A high-profile New York congressional race is full of qualified women candidates. As ever, they’ve been left out of the frame.
AI
A New Movement Wants to Silence Women In Public Life. AI Is Enabling It.
Women activists and journalists are being targeted in increasingly scary ways, forcing many to self-censor, as AI supercharges levels of online abuse.
Violence Against Women and Girls
The Burden of Sixty Years of Silence
What kind of world makes women’s truth telling take so long?
Violence Against Women and Girls
The Silence Gap: Violence Against Women Remains Critically Undercovered in Global Media
A new report shows that media coverage of violence against women has fallen to a decade low, despite a rise in reported cases.
Politics
It’s Not Just What Brought Down the Disgraced Ex-Congressman Eric Swalwell, It’s Who
When online influencers Arielle Fodor and Cheyenne Hunt started getting messages from women who said they’d been harassed by the former congressman, Eric Swalwell, they listened. It made all the difference.
The Interview
‘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.
Activism
'Wine Moms' is Just the Latest Way The Right Has Trivialized Women-Led Activism
Women-centered forms of resistance have been reduced to laughable stereotypes by their detractors for centuries. The purpose? To put women back in their boxes.
Equality
More And More People Believe Women’s Equality Has Gone “Far Enough”
Gen Z men are most likely to believe “a wife should obey her husband”, a new survey shows—as the UN warns of global “backsliding”.
Equality
Who Invented Women’s History Month? I’m Glad You Asked.
Before they became marketing opportunities, International Women’s Day and Women’s History Month were milestones in a much longer and larger struggle.