feminism
Yellowjackets Showrunners on S3 Finale: 'How Could They Possibly Ever Re-Find Normalcy?'
“For me, it's a lot of fun to watch someone go really dark.”
By Lex McMenamin
How 4 Black Women Writers Shaped Black Feminism
These influential women used literature to challenge societal norms.
By Sakyra Abbitt
Two Men Explain How They Left the Manosphere — and Why Some Never Will
There's no one clear path, but it is possible.
By Fortesa Latifi
It's Time for Black Women to Be Selfish
White feminism continues to fail us. It can't be our burden to convince white women otherwise.
By Niya Doyle
The 4B Movement Has Become a Refuge for Gen-Z Women Tired of Toxic Men
“I realized most every man I know and love was able to overlook sexual assault as long as gas is cheaper.”
By Maria Santa Poggi
Sydney Sweeney Says Hollywood's ‘Women Empowerment’ Is ‘All Fake’
“[It's] a front for all the other sh*t that they say behind everyone’s back.”
By Sara Delgado
What Trump and the Manosphere Can Teach Us About Young Men
"There's a growing current among a lot of young men of grievance.”
By Jessica Washington
How The Trad Wives of TikTok Are Selling Biblical Gender Roles
Is it back to basics, or back to patriarchal religious ideals?
By Fortesa Latifi
Olivia Rodrigo Gets That the Girlies Are Pissed
There’s nothing like an arena full of people screaming their hearts out.
By Reshma Saujani
The Jewish Roots of Women's History Month
And the Russian-Jewish refugee who started National Woman's Day — a precursor to the international celebration.
By Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt
Malala Yousafzai Says Faith Is a ‘Big Part of My Life
“My faith guides me to know that it is wrong to deliberately and systematically oppress girls and women.”
By Angie Jaime
Celebrating International Women’s Day As Women’s Rights Crumble
Platitudes don't replace progress
By Angie Jaime
How My Mentor Changed the Course of My Life
“We can’t see what we’re capable of until someone turns a mirror toward us and reflects our own light back to us.”
By Bella Pincus
5 Things To Know About the History of the Barbie Universe
Here’s some of the history that the Barbie movie left out.
By Cameron Katz
Movies
Check Out America Ferrera’s Barbie Monologue on How 'Impossible' It Is to Be a Woman
“We have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we’re always doing it wrong.”
By Kathleen Walsh
Why Teen Girls Have Always Been on the Vanguard of Social Progress
Their stories had been excised from the historical record.
By Mattie Kahn
Hammer & Hope Wants to Confront Political Crises At The Root
Meet the new magazine on Black politics and culture from Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor and Jen Parker.
By Mary Retta
American Muslim Women Say Wearing the Hijab Should Be a Personal Choice
"Such a private act of personal worship has so much stigma and negative reactions.”
By Yusra Farzan
How the First Abortion Speak-Out Revolutionized Activism
Fifty years ago, women gathered in a West Village basement to share their abortion stories.
By Joy Press
My Journey From Anti-Choice Evangelical to Repro Rights Reporter
“For 23 years, I was vehemently anti-abortion.”
By Becca Andrews