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Feminism

  1. reproductive rights
    What It’s Like to Endure a Forced Ultrasound Before Your Abortion“I remember feeling so annoyed and dismayed. I was almost having an out-of-body experience.”
    By Anna Silman
  2. word choice
    The Weaponization of ‘Mansplaining’When mansplaining describes everything and nothing, it’s time to retire the term.
    By Bridget Read
  3. politics
    Did Emma Sulkowicz Get Redpilled?At the very least, she’s found a new social set.
    By Sylvie McNamara
  4. books
    Naomi Wolf’s New Book Has Been Canceled, Presumably Over Major ErrorsSeveral months ago, the author found out mid-interview that some of her research was disastrously incorrect.
    By Hannah Gold
  5. politics
    Abortion and Same-Sex Marriage Will Finally Be Legal in Northern IrelandActivists and supporters celebrated the overturn of draconian abortion laws that have governed the country since 1861.
    By Bridget Read
  6. power
    I Love Watching These Women in SpaceJessica Meir and Christina Koch made history on the first all-woman spacewalk today — but for them it was business as usual.
    By Bridget Read
  7. #metoo
    Chanel Miller Gives Powerful Interview About Surviving Brock Turner AssaultThe woman previously known as “Emily Doe” in the Brock Turner case talks about her assault with 60 Minutes.
    By Marie Lodi
  8. games
    The Monopoly Man Has Been Replaced by a Monopoly Girl BossHer name is “Ms. Monopoly.”
    By Anna Silman
  9. #metoo
    ‘Emily Doe’ From the Brock Turner Case Is Ready for You to Know Her NameIt’s Chanel Miller.
    By Anna Silman
  10. power
    Real Equality Is When We Can Elect a Female SlobBoris Johnson has become the latest man known for slovenly buffoonery to be elected to high office.
    By Bridget Read
  13. have you seen this woman?
    Ivanka Is Officially Done Pretending to Care About Anyone But HerselfIvanka Trump’s silence is specific and self-preserving.
    By Bridget Read
  14. health
    Every Girl I Knew Was On ItWhy some women are questioning hormonal birth control.
    By Anna Silman
  15. power
    Cool Teens Fight Back After Boys Circulate List Ranking Their LooksThey took matters into their own hands after deciding the boys’ punishment wasn’t enough.
    By Kimberly Truong
  16. power
    NASA Is Canceling Its First All-Female Space WalkThanks to … space suit sizing issues.
    By Kimberly Truong
  17. profile
    The Feminist Paradox of Cathy GuisewiteShe made a wildly successful comic strip by and for women. But to her critics, she’s just another example of compromised feminism.
    By Rachel Syme
  18. campaign trail
    8 Women on the People Who Inspire ThemThey’re part of a new Instagram campaign for a good cause.
    By Andrew Nguyen
  19. she's worth it
    Some Subtle Celebration Suggestions for International Women’s DayFor brands looking to show love to ladies all over the world.
    By Claire Lampen
  20. international women's day
    To All the Mediocre Women Out ThereHappy International Women’s Day to you.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  21. books
    Sex, Lies, and Andrea DworkinReconsidering unflinchingly angry feminist writing.
    By Nona Willis Aronowitz
  22. human rights
    24-Year-Old Woman Delivers Stillborn Baby in ICE CustodyDays after the 24-year-old went into premature labor, she was released from ICE detention.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  25. talking to
    What Happened When We Started a Feminism Club at Our Catholic Boys School“We had a whole meeting about Kavanaugh. One day a student from Regis could be a Supreme Court nominee.”
    As told to Richard Morgan
  26. 2019 oscars
    A Film About Periods Just Won an Oscar“I can’t believe a film about menstruation just won an Oscar!”
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  27. reading the signs
    Lee Radziwill and the Cinderella TrapGlamorous in life and even after death, the princess was forever compared to her sister.
    By Rhonda Garelick
  28. reproductive rights
    New York Has Finally Updated Its Archaic Abortion LawThe law, which the state Senate’s GOP majority blocked for years, takes abortion out of the criminal code and allows some abortions after 24 weeks.
    By Sarah Jones
  29. women's march 2019
    4 Women on What the 2019 Women’s March Was Like“I made sure we went to a march that was not associated with leaders who have been at the center of the anti-Semitic controversy.”
    As told to Opheli Garcia Lawler
  30. politics
    The Saudi Teen Who Fled From Her Family Has Been Granted Refugee StatusRahaf Mohammed al-Qunun says she fears that she’ll be killed if she returns home.
    By Ella Cerón
  31. my allergies
    Try Not to Cry at Glenn Close’s Golden Globes SpeechNo one in the room was able to keep their eyes dry.
    By Ella Cerón
  32. the wing
    Co-Working Space The Wing Is No Longer Just for WomenIts membership policy has been altered to be more inclusive.
    By Lisa Ryan
  33. equality
    5 Million Women in India Joined Hands in Massive Peaceful ProtestThe human chain they formed stretched an estimated 385 miles.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  34. paid family leave
    Planned Parenthood Says They ‘Must Do Better’ for Pregnant WorkersFollowing a New York Times report alleging that pregnant employees had been mistreated and denied maternity leave.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  37. lean in
    Michelle Obama Is Done With the Gospel of ‘Lean In’At her New York City stop on her book tour on Saturday, she said of Sheryl Sandberg’s popular manifesto, “that shit doesn’t always work.”
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  38. k-beauty
    The Korean Beauty Protest Taking Over InstagramWomen are posting photos of their smashed beauty products.
    By Kayleen Schaefer
  39. time's up
    Time’s Up’s New CEO on What We Can’t Tolerate“When women are treated inequitably, we all suffer. We are not afterthoughts.”
    By Jessica Boddy
  40. reading the signs
    How Donald Trump Uses the Female Body As a WeaponThe White House co-opts the language of #MeToo to punish a CNN reporter.
    By Rhonda Garelick
  41. profiles
    Red Scare Leans Into NothingA podcast that offers a critique of feminism, and capitalism, from deep inside the culture they’ve spawned.
    By Noreen Malone
  42. human rights
    Trans Americans Have a Message for Trump: We Won’t Be Erased#WeWon’tBeErased on Twitter is full of passionate responses to Trump’s proposal to narrow the definition of gender.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  43. human rights
    What to Know About Trump’s Terrifying Proposal to Eliminate Transgender RightsThe Department of Health and Human Services is reportedly working to establish that a person’s sex is to be male or female and “unchangeable.”
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  44. motherhood
    Keira Knightley Wrote an Essay on the Strength of Motherhood“They belittle me, they try not to listen to me, they don’t talk to me, they don’t want to hear my voice, my experience, my opinion.”
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  45. further reading
    The Books That Inspired Rebecca Traister’s Good and MadIncluding a surprise appearance by Andrea Dworkin, plus two books the author wishes she’d read before finishing her own.
    By Rebecca Traister
  46. power
    Exclusive: Jordan Peterson Threatened to Sue Author for Calling Him a MisogynistThe self-styled “free speech warrior” alleges Kate Manne defamed him by calling his work sexist.
    By Irin Carmon
  49. the body politic
    Serena Williams and the Game That Can’t Be Won (Yet)What rage costs a woman.
    By Rebecca Traister
  50. us open
    Serena Williams Did Not Mince Words After U.S. Open Referee Controversy“I’m here fighting for women’s rights and for women’s equality… For me, it blows my mind.”
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  51. drama
    What’s Going on With Avital Ronell, the Prominent Theorist Accused of HarassmentThe story exited the insular world of academia and became another flash point in the ongoing debate about consent, power, and harassment.
    By Amanda Arnold
  52. power
    There Is a Kind of Feminist Revolution Happening Right Now in AppalachiaAmong the radicals of Western Pennsylvania.
    By Eliza Griswold
  53. books
    Jessica Valenti Wants Us to Focus on the Bad MenIn an exclusive with the Cut, the writer announces a new book that will expand on her feminist project.
    By Anna Silman
  54. femen
    Femen Co-founder Found Dead in ParisOfficials have not yet released a cause of death.
    By Opheli Garcia Lawler
  55. #metoo
    Henry Cavill Won’t Flirt With Women in Case He Is ‘Called a Rapist or Something’He has since apologized for saying so.
    By Anna Silman
  56. profile
    Amber Tamblyn Is Advocating for Women, and HerselfShe’s lactating on late-night TV, teaching feminism to David Cross and Quentin Tarantino, and attacking rape culture in her debut novel.
    By Lisa Miller
  57. comedy
    This Stand-Up Special Will Change the Way You Think About ComedyHannah Gadsby’s must-watch Netflix special is the most groundbreaking stand-up performance since Tig Notaro’s cancer set.
    By Anna Silman
  58. defenses
    Laura Linney Says Jason Bateman Regrets New York Times Interview ‘Terribly’Her Ozark castmate is, she says, “open and progressive.”
    By Anna Silman
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