Learn about five little-known women in history who made big contributions to our modern world, from Yosano Akiko to Rosalind Franklin.
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Artist Grimanesa Amorós Builds Sculptures of Light with Technology
The large-scale installations for which Grimanesa Amorós is best known pair programmed LED lights with other media to embody natural phenomena and human strength.
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Why History’s Greatest Male Artists Depended on Female Nudes
Women have long changed the course of art history. From Rembrandt to Duchamp, these are the artists who made their name by painting female nudes.
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Yulia Zagoruychenko on Dance, Life, and Where She’s Heading Next
World champion ballroom dancer Yulia Zagoruychenko shares insights on her career in dance and how she sees it evolving.
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Urban Planning: How to Build a Better New York
Community developers throughout New York City are bringing urban planning to the people, ensuring that new spaces are both functional and fit for the neighborhood.
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Gallerist Sara Kay Aims to Elevate Female Artists and Art Professionals
Gallery owner Sara Kay makes connections between female artists and other women in the art world.
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Why Are People So Angry Miss America Is Losing Its Swimsuit Competition?
Allison Geller responds to the Twitter outcry about eliminating the swimsuit competition in the Miss America pageant.
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This Female Director Explores a Taboo Subject: Breasts
In “The Breast Archives,” female director Meagan Murphy asks nine women to talk about the body part we all share, but rarely discuss.
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“Minor Characters” Author Joyce Johnson Remembers Life Among, and Apart From, the Beat Generation
Joyce Johnson talks about coming of age as a writer in the 1950s and her long career supporting women in publishing.
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Esther Perel on Why We Cheat: “The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity”
In “The State of Affairs: Rethinking Infidelity,” couples therapist Esther Perel asks why people cheat—and spares no one blame.
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Mary Rozell, Head of the UBS Art Collection, on Pursuing a Career in Art
What does a career in art look like? We asked Mary Rozell, who manages the largest corporate art collection in the world.
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Breaking Boundaries for Dance—and Female Choreographers
Kinesis Project founder Melissa Riker’s goal is to get dance off the stages and onto the streets, helping female choreographers and dancers along the way.
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Poems of Desire, Poems of Self: Lisa Russ Spaar’s “Orexia”
A review of Lisa Russ Spaar’s fifth poetry collection, Orexia: “love has stories not mine to know/ or ever tell.”
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This Jewelry Company Combines Activism With Fantasy
What if you knocked on your idol’s door and asked him for a job? Designer Nelly Zagury did just this when she arrived in New York City from Paris, intent on realizing her dreams.
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