In 1984, the U.S. women's gymnastics team swept the Olympics and forever changed the way Americans regard the sport. If only the Soviets' boycott hadn't cast eternal doubt over their...
Year: 2014
It's time for the internet to grow up and take responsibility for how it treats women.
DAME’s Friendkeeper tells us how to handle a friend’s social media TMI and put the kibosh on a well-meaning makeover we don’t want.
Childbirth brought this writer a baby…and a catheter bag. Now she knows there’s an exercise regime that goes well beyond kegels, and every pregnant woman should be aware of it.
Inventors are creating roofie-detecting products like nail polish, straws, and coasters. But why go through all the trouble when you can just listen to the testimony of a rape victim?
"Appalled" by James Foley's murder, the president has vowed to be "vigilant and relentless." Doesn't the murder of Mike Brown warrant his rage and vigilance, too?
What we’ll be listening to, watching, and reading to sate our pop culture needs.
DAME’s Friendkeeper gives the go ahead to comment on annoying speech habits (nicely!), and what to do when a friend is still friends with a backstabber.
For parents of Black children, even more important than the facts-of-life talk is the one made more dire in the wake of Trayvon and Mike Brown: how to stay alive.