Happy Holidays Don’t Always Look Like a Rockwell Painting
Amid clutter and welfare checks, two old feminist comrades unexpectedly find what others yearn for in the holiday season in a less-than-classic setting.
Feminism
It’s Still Radical For a Woman to Be Alone
Why has the image of a solitary woman historically elicited a range of emotions, from sympathy to suspicion and fear?
We Need Boys to Dismantle the Patriarchy
As masculinist politics sweeps across the globe, raising boys to be feminists isn’t merely a good idea. It's a necessity.
Stop Calling Black Women “Superheroes”
Women of color like Therese Patricia Okoumou have been at the frontline of activism for centuries. But portraying them as super-human diminishes the very real struggles they face daily.
‘Dietland’ Serves Up Revenge Porn. But Is That What Women Want?
The new AMC series imagines a world in which the patriarchy is flipped upside down, then dropped from the sky. It's fun and feels good. But whether it's justice is subject for debate.
Can the ERA Pass in Our Lifetime?
After a 36-year battle, we're one state away from ratifying the amendment that would make equal rights the law of the land. What is standing in the way?
The Things Meg Wolitzer Knew Before We Did
The best-selling author of 'The Female Persuasion' has published the perfect feminist novel about women's friendships for this moment. Only she wrote it before Election 2016.
Becky Goes to the University of Beyoncé
The Queen came to the desert not only to rain blackness on the nearly all-white Coachella music festival, but to represent the power of Black women.
Reckoning With Roseanne, My TV Mom
The original “Becky” reflects on the polarizing comic and Trump voter who indelibly changed what it means to be a TV matriarch.
Can ‘Queer Eye’ Make Over Masculinity?
The reboot is about more than spiffier clothes and better haircuts. The new Fab 5 shows straight men that emotion is the strongest weapon they possess.