Women and Girls

October 15, 2019

Spanx Started a Shapewear Revolution

Sliding into shapewear for the first time feels a little like vacuum sealing oneself. As someone who’d never worn the stuff before, it was, at best, […]
October 14, 2019

Hey, Look! Nonna and Her Pasta Are on YouTube

Vicky Bennison, a 60-year-old British woman with a background in international development, never intended Pasta Grannies to become a minor YouTube hit or to make stars […]
October 4, 2019

Going Back to China in Search of My Daughter’s Secret Past

Seven thousand miles was a long way to go for a tiny scrap of paper. The note was pinned to my daughter’s sweater when she was […]
December 21, 2018

gender letter: Ditch the Tropes: These Holiday Movies Won’t Make You Roll Your Eyes

Take a break from saccharine plotlines to watch a holiday movie with women who are … people!
April 17, 2018

Saudi Arabia’s Female Designers to Know

After the first fashion week in the desert kingdom, here are four names to watch.
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 […]