The DSM removed homosexuality from its list of mental illnesses in 1973. So why did the author's mother lose everything—including her kids—when she left her abusive husband for a...
As they remind us time and again, the GOP has no regard for those on this side of the womb, with this most recent bizarre, dangerous decision by California Judge Roger Benitez, which...
As the state’s 15-week abortion ban heads to the Supreme Court, Mississippi doctors talk reproductive health care access, fetal viablity, and maternal health.
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News & Issues
By ignoring the rules, the Trump administration exposed the innumerable fissures in our democracy. With Mike "My Pillow" Lindell's b.s. defamation suit, lawyers are taking it even...
When Lawyers Flout the Law
GOP lawmakers around the country claim they’re “protecting women and girls” in school sports. But, as this genderqueer writer attests, these humiliating, discriminatory laws can...
Gun violence disproportionately affects Black women, like this young author's cousin, a massage therapist shot and killed by her client. This is her story.
And now, with the Supreme Court hearing Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, that could mean the end of abortion access for most of the country.
Culture
Kate Winslet's mesmerizing portrayal of a small-town detective in 'Mare of Easttown' not only reveals her character's grief but also our own.
And Then There’s Mare
Growing up, women were fed a steady diet of mixed messages of what motherhood entailed. I discovered I needed to define what it meant for me.
When two cis-female anti-trans professors were uninvited to give talks, they were presented in the U.K. press as “victims” of cancel culture. But in the fight for trans rights,...
Sometimes, we are born to toxic moms. But, as this writer has discovered, no matter what we do to protect ourselves, our bond with them is inescapable.
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Science
Technology has developed and altered human life so swiftly that it’s left many of society’s institutions ill-equipped to handle its faults.
Can Tech Actually Save Humanity?
We can’t stop our bodies from aging, but in this exclusive excerpt from their new book, ‘What Fresh Hell Is This?,’ Heather Corinna asks whether we can shake the cultural standard...
Indigenous communities are the frontline protectors of the planet, yet their cautionary advice has been drowned out by fossil fuel and oil companies that continue to benefit from...
It’s perfectly reasonable to have some trepidation about the post-vaccine stage of the pandemic. A clinical psychologist explains how to cope with the anxieties and hesitancies that...
Podcasts
The long history of pool segregation: from the pre-Civil Rights Era to modern day defacto segregation
Episode One: Perilous Waters
There are plenty viral news stories where people of color have been confronted in public spaces, but there’s a long history of the policing of public spaces.
Late-night pioneer Robin Thede joins Ashley to answer listeners' questions about navigating working relationships, and turning pettiness into power.
Ellevest CEO Sallie Krawcheck reminds women of the key to true gender equality: Learning to take control of our money is the only way to dismantle the patriarchy.