Women and Girls

January 29, 2018

Naomi Alderman on the World That Yielded ‘The Power’

Advertisement “The Power,” Naomi Alderman’s recent work of speculative fiction, tackles a freighted question: What would happen in a conventional society if the roles of men […]
January 9, 2018

Come on Over to My Place, Sister Girlfriend, and We’ll Co-Work

Advertisement LOS ANGELES — Most wage-earning women have gone through some version of this prework routine: assemble appropriate outfit (not too flashy, not too drab). Add […]
December 29, 2017

First Person: Taking out the Trash? That’s Still a Man’s Job, Even for the Liberal Coastal Elite

Advertisement On a recent Monday night in San Francisco, as I lounged in the living room watching “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” out of the corner of […]
December 21, 2017

The Cycle: When a Grieving Mother Talks, Listen

The Cycle By JEN GUNTER There is a chance that you will receive a holiday card this year from someone who lost a baby right before […]
December 16, 2017

Are High Heels Headed for a Tumble?

One Saturday evening this spring Florie Hutchinson, an arts publicist and a mother of three daughters, was nursing her youngest, Beatrice, at home and texting with […]
December 13, 2017

‘Where Out-of-Town Girls Could Come Feel Safe in New York’

At a recent event for the very active alumnae of Finch College, the genteel Upper East Side women’s school that dramatically closed its doors in 1975, […]
November 30, 2017

On the Runway: In India, Ivanka Trump Tried on Some Fashion Diplomacy. Was it a Good Look?

Advertisement Where is the line between culturally appropriate dress and cultural appropriation? It was hard to look at Ivanka Trump’s wardrobe during her India trip this […]
November 27, 2017

Pinups in the Post-Weinstein World

This is a big week for women in their underwear. On Tuesday, the Victoria’s Secret fashion show, a.k.a. “the world’s biggest fashion event,” airs on TV […]
November 24, 2017

Up Next: Kiran Gandhi, Former M.I.A. Drummer, Releases Feminist Music Project

Advertisement Name: Kiran Gandhi Age: 28 Hometown: Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan Now Lives: In a 800-square-foot loft in the Arts District in Downtown Los Angeles, […]
November 23, 2017

A Modeling Rite of Passage, Unmasked

Advertisement LONDON — On a sidewalk slicked with rain, a young woman in an Audrey Hepburn T-shirt stands awkwardly beneath an umbrella. Against the same drab […]