Women and Girls

September 24, 2020
Published by Cynthia Greenlee at September 24, 2020
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Black Women Wanting Wigs Face Shortage

When Mia Birdsong was around 8 or 9, she’d prance around in cowboy boots and a spiky Tina Turner-style wig. As a tween, she coveted fake […]
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September 2, 2020
Published by MAUREEN DOWD at September 2, 2020
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Jane Fonda, Star of Fire Drill Fridays, Has New Book Out

I wanted to be schooled by Jane Fonda. There was a decent chance that we would get into a Megyn Kelly-type dust-up, where I waded into […]
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August 31, 2020
Published by Kim Velsey at August 31, 2020
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What’s It Like to Live With a Beauty Queen? Ask Miss Universe, She Rooms With Miss USA

When Zozibini Tunzi moved into the Midtown apartment where Cheslie Kryst was living last December, some roommate tension might have been expected. Ms. Tunzi — at […]
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August 26, 2020
Published by Alisha Haridasani Gupta at August 26, 2020
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The Suffragists Fought to Redefine Femininity. The Debate Isn’t Over.

When Kamala Harris stepped onto the stage in a high school gym in Delaware earlier this month, after Joseph R. Biden Jr. announced that he had […]
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August 18, 2020
Published by JEN GUNTER at August 18, 2020
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The Glory (and the Taboo) of ‘WAP’

I was thrilled to listen to and watch “WAP,” Cardi B. and Megan Thee Stallion’s recently released homage to female sexuality and vaginal, shall we say, […]
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August 17, 2020
Published by VANESSA FRIEDMAN at August 17, 2020
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Why We Cover What Politicians Wear

Ever since Kamala Harris was announced as Joe Biden’s choice for vice president, making her the first Black woman and the first person of Indian descent […]
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August 10, 2020
Published by Alisha Haridasani Gupta at August 10, 2020
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She Explains ‘Mansplaining’ With Help From 17th-Century Art

This story begins, as so many do these days, on Twitter. Last May, Nicole Tersigni, a Detroit-based writer, logged onto the social media platform at the […]
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August 8, 2020
Published by JESSICA BENNETT at August 8, 2020
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Katie Hill, Who Stepped Down From Congress After Nude Photos, Publishes Book

If Katie Hill were a different person, she might have gone away and found religion. Perhaps she would have tearfully apologized, a dutiful husband by her […]
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July 8, 2020
Published by JACOB BERNSTEIN at July 8, 2020
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Stephen Gan Is the Latest Magazine Editor Under Fire

In mid-June, Stephen Gan, the founder and editor in chief of V magazine and the creative director of Elle, was eviscerated on Diet Prada, the Instagram […]
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July 6, 2020
Published by Alisha Haridasani Gupta at July 6, 2020
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A Teacher Held a Famous Racism Exercise in 1968. She’s Still at it.

“It makes me really angry that I’ve been saying these things for 52 years.” — Jane Elliott, a schoolteacher turned anti-racism educator [In Her Words is […]
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