Twenty-five years after surviving childhood sex abuse, one woman confronts her fears of motherhood.
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Janet Sarbanes Wants Protesters to Persist
In her new story collection, “The Protester Has Been Released,” Sarbanes presents a timely meditation on the dangers …
What Alexa Can Teach Us About Gender Inequality
Artificial intelligence apps like Alexa are improving the way we use technology, but they’re also revealing the perva…
How I Became Polyamorous and Why I Want to Tell the World About It
Alexandra LaPlante tells her story of living a polyamorous life to help make a world where women aren’t afraid to try…
Why We Need an All-Black Press
The 2016 presidential election included a candidate whose campaign slogan was “Make America Great Again,” but truth b…
How Trying to Assimilate Helped Me Find My Latina Identity
I had struggled with my Latina identity before I even understood why. But all my attempts at assimilation led me back…
Q&A with Shelma Jun: Founder of Flash Foxy and the Women’s Climbing Festival
The founder of the all-women’s national climbing community and founder of the Women’s Climbing Festival, Shelma Jun c…
How Design is Enabling Social Change in Southeast Asia and the Middle East
Design is not just about pretty lights and wallpaper, it is an enabler of social change.
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Women-Run Startup Bulletin is Out to Reinvent Retail—And It’s Nasty
Bulletin founders Alana Branston and Ali Kriegsman curate the coolest items on the internet, while giving emerging br…
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story
As filmmaker Alexandra Dean deftly examines in her documentary “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story,” the combination of…
Jewelry Designer Tarra Rosenbaum on Balancing Creativity With Spreadsheets
From New York City to London, jewelry designer Tarra Rosenbaum has traveled the globe finding nature-based inspiratio…
Catherine Hernandez Is a Well-Spring of Body Wisdom
Each of us has one body to travel through this world in and, unfortunately, many of us have not been taught to love t…
Shirley Chisholm, the Black Woman Who Ran For President Decades Before Obama
Shirley Chisholm’s refusal to accept the status quo and run for office shows incredible leadership, decades before Ba…
Ella Baker: We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest Until It Comes
“We who believe in freedom cannot rest until it comes,” goes Ella’s Song, written to honor civil and human rights act…
Happy Hour with Ivy Mix
Speed Rack’s Ivy Mix is one of those women who comes to mind when you think of the phrase “powerhouse.” She is an art…