Women and Girls

November 10, 2021

The Cinderella Myth We Can’t Quit

The same woman who stars as the embodiment of poverty in Netflix’s “Maid” is a brand ambassador for one of the world’s largest luxury companies. How […]
October 27, 2021

8 Black Women Who Are Mayors in Some of the U.S.'s Biggest Cities

When Kim Janey failed in September to qualify for the mayoral runoff election in Boston, effectively ending her time as the city’s top leader, her political […]
October 21, 2021

Kyrsten Sinema’s Style Keeps Us Guessing

Sometimes a dress is just a dress. Sometimes it’s a strategy. Senator Kyrsten Sinema may have been in Europe recently on a fund-raising trip and out […]
July 12, 2021

Phoebe Philo Is Returning to Fashion With Her Own Brand

The patron saint of designing for the female gaze is back. Listen? Do you hear that? It is the intake of breath after thousands of women’s […]
June 25, 2021

A Graceful Place Where Bhangra and Bollywood Meet

Manpreet Toor, who has found success on YouTube and TikTok, reflects a new wave of Indian diaspora dance. Growing up in California, Manpreet Toor remembers being […]
June 23, 2021

The Gospel of Rebecca Minkoff

The designer Rebecca Minkoff takes issue with the widely accepted image of self-care: the turmeric lattes, the face masks in salt baths, the aromatherapy and massage, […]
June 17, 2021

‘Arab Divas’ at the Arab World Institute: Singers Who Took Center Stage

A multimedia exhibition in Paris offers a rich flashback to a period between the 1920s and the 1970s when many female performers took center stage. PARIS […]
June 14, 2021

La píldora anticonceptiva inició la revolución sexual; ¿qué hará Phexxi?

Saundra Pelletier está comercializando una nueva forma de control de la natalidad para las mujeres que desconfían de las hormonas. SAN DIEGO — Si eres una […]
June 11, 2021

‘Betty’ Skates Into Season 2

The young stars of the HBO skate comedy discuss how pandemic-era New York shaped the new season. “Our show grows with us and changes with our […]
June 10, 2021

What is the Phexxi Birth Control Method, and Who Owns It?

Saundra Pelletier is marketing a new form of birth control to women wary of hormones. SAN DIEGO — If you’re a woman aged 18 to 34, […]