Women and Girls

November 28, 2016

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Talks Beauty, Femininity and Feminism

Perhaps the most unexpected fashion icon of the year has just added another glossy credit to her name. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Nigerian-born novelist and feminist […]
November 26, 2016

What Is the Color of Beauty?

ACCRA, Ghana — Semiratu Zakaru was standing in the hot sun on a crowded noontime street explaining why Ghana’s new ban against certain skin-bleaching creams was […]
October 22, 2016

Debate-Watching With Hillary Clinton’s BFFs

CHICAGO — Donald J. Trump had just called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman,” and Mrs. Clinton’s childhood girlfriends started laughing. “I’m so glad he said that,” […]
October 20, 2016

Unbuttoned: Is It Time for Wonder Woman to Hang Up Her Bathing Suit?

Unbuttoned By VANESSA FRIEDMAN On Friday, Wonder Woman turns 75, and she is getting a bang-up party. It will take place at the United Nations in […]
October 19, 2016

Critic’s Notebook: Those Lips! Those Eyes! That Stubble! The Transformative Power of Men in Makeup

My favorite person on Instagram these days is a guy who matches his makeup to his snacks. His name is Tim Owens, but online he goes […]
August 27, 2016

Venus Williams, Off the Court

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Venus Williams’s ability to get around a tennis court quickly is well known. She is 6-foot-1 and nearly can get from […]
August 17, 2016

Fighting Frizz? Then You Should’ve Put a Shower Cap on It.

Aly Walansky doesn’t care how ridiculous she may look. When she is running errands or heading to meetings and it begins to rain, she will reach […]
August 13, 2016

A ‘Sex and the City’ for African Viewers

Let’s get this out of the way up front: “An African City,” the steamy Ghanaian web series about five young women looking for love in Accra, […]
June 25, 2016

Noted: Closing the Gender Gap, One E-Battle at a Time

Judy Jetset walked around the bar at the Playwright Irish Pub in Midtown Manhattan, checking in on the 40 people she had brought together to watch […]
June 9, 2016

First Person: Hillary Clinton’s Moment, and My Own

First Person By DOMINIQUE BROWNING June 8, 2016 She got me at the introductory video, before she ever set foot on stage. All those women, generations of us, […]