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Women

  1. what were the 2010s?
    Gone BoysWhere are the Jonathans of yesteryear? Female authors dominated the 2010s, and replaced the Great American Novel with something better.
  2. celebrity shopping
    What National Book Foundation Executive Director Lisa Lucas Can’t Live Without“So the deal on this stuff is that it looks like a brown gelatinous mess and it smells like Alpo and it makes your face magic.”
  3. the bigger picture
    ‘I Don’t Think a Man Could Have Taken the Picture’National Geographic celebrates 130 years of photographing women across the globe.
  4. vision 2020
    Should Democrats Panic About Elizabeth Warren’s Chances Against Trump?A new batch of polls has the candidate faring poorly against Trump in some battleground states.
  5. steal my registry
    11 Strategist-approved Things to Buy on Jennifer Lawrence’s Amazon RegistryWe’ve got to hand it to J.Law — her wedding registry picks are pretty solid.
  6. friendship
    Group of Friends Makes Pact to Retire and Die TogetherA group of seven women in China built a three-level glass house where they will retire together.
  7. dalai lama
    The Dalai Lama Says He Was Just Joking About His Successor Needing to Be Hot“He is deeply sorry that people have been hurt by what he said and offers his sincere apologies.”
  8. vision 2020
    Democrats Think Older White Man Is Best Bet to Beat TrumpBiden and Sanders’s strong position in early 2020 polls is likely related to perceptions that, based on 2016, candidate diversity may be too risky.
  9. vision 2020
    Will Old Folks Stick With Joe Biden?There’s a dynamic that could undercut his exceptional popularity among seniors, across racial and gender lines.
  10. vision 2020
    Biden Botches an Apology to Anita Hill at the Worst Possible TimeThis was not the flawless, forward-looking campaign launch that Joe Biden really needed, and it may presage future problems.
  11. gifts
    The Softest Things That Make Good Gifts, According to 12 MomsSocks, scarves, throws, robes.
  12. vision 2020
    How to Break the Highest Glass Ceiling in AmericaClinton’s defeat stirred fears that America won’t elect a woman president, but there are several paths forward — if we refuse to surrender to sexism.
  13. are men funny?
    The Best Way to Get Promoted Is to Be Hopelessly Dull and EarnestApparently only men can be funny at work and succeed.
  14. reading the signs
    Lee Radziwill and the Cinderella TrapGlamorous in life and even after death, the princess was forever compared to her sister.
  15. hot shot
    The Women of Congress Are Wearing White to Trump’s SOTU As an Act of SolidarityThey gave speeches on gender equality while dressed to honor the suffragettes.
  16. state legislatures
    West Virginia Leads States With Boys’ Club LegislaturesSome states, like Massachusetts (bad) and Georgia (relatively good), defy partisan stereotypes on legislative gender balance.
  17. tell me something i don’t know
    Study Finds Twitter’s Bad If You’re a Woman and Worse If You’re a Woman of ColorAmnesty International spent a year combing through tweets sent to journalists and politicians, proving what women who spend time online already knew.
  18. 2018 midterms
    Democrats Won Big With a Key Demographic of Trump’s Base During MidtermsIf you’re looking for a key 2020 demographic, white working class women who aren’t evangelicals could be crucial in battleground states.
  19. abortion
    Just When Their Party Needs Them, Pro-Choice Republicans Are VanishingIt’s not going to be easy for Republicans to win back the suburbanites, women, and millennials they are losing when they are all for banning abortion.
  20. 2018 midterms
    Cindy Hyde-Smith Joins a Rare Club: Women Elected to High Office in the SouthMike Espy’s election would have been truly historic. But Cindy Hyde-Smith made some modest history of her own.
  21. 2018 midterms
    Utah Republican Mia Love Fires Back at Trump in Concession SpeechTrump mocked the defeat of the first black Republican woman in Congress. Love suggested he was part of her party’s minority outreach problem.
  22. reading the signs
    How Donald Trump Uses the Female Body As a WeaponThe White House co-opts the language of #MeToo to punish a CNN reporter.
  23. 2018 midterms
    Will the Kavanaugh Fight Affect the Midterms?All the noise about Kavanaugh could encourage the older white voters who usually vote in midterms to show up, but Democratic enthusiasm remains high.
  24. the kavanaugh confirmation
    New Poll Shows Kavanaugh and Trump Losing Support of Republican WomenMaybe one segment of the GOP “base” wants Republicans to go all-out for Kavanaugh, but maybe another doesn’t like him at all.
  25. the kavanaugh confirmation
    Trump Should Have Nominated a Woman to the Supreme CourtTrump’s famous vetting process did not protect him from a SCOTUS nominee who may join the president as a presumed sexual predator.
  26. motherhood
    Not All Women Are Waiting Until Their Late 20s to Become MothersA new report shows how much education and geography influence the average age of first-time mothers.
  27. the skin we’re in
    25 Famous People on Taking Care of Their SkinSkin-care tips from Kristen Stewart, Cate Blanchett, and Justin Bieber.
  28. women’s rights
    Women in Saudi Arabia Legally Get Behind the Wheel for the First Time EverOn June 24, the country officially lifted its decades-long ban on women driving.
  29. gifts
    What Our Senior Writer Wants for Her BirthdayIncluding in-ear headphones and glass disco bricks from Home Depot.
  30. White Evangelicals Are Trump’s BaseConservatives like to think of anti-Trump folk as living in a bubble. Could it be that pro-Trump white Evangelicals are isolated from everyone else?
  31. beauty
    Why Isabella Rossellini Took Lancôme BackThey publicly fired her for being over 40. Now, after 14 years, she’s back and delighted.
  32. women in politics
    A Record Number of Women Are Running for the U.S. House of RepresentativesAnd the majority of them are Democrats.
  33. backstories
    How 50 Famous Female Characters Were Described in Their ScreenplaysAll the surprising ways these well-known characters were introduced on the page.
  34. women at work
    What Would a World Designed by Women Look Like?As more women rise to power in the architecture world, we’re starting to find out.
  35. A Tour of the All-Women Comedy Shows of Los AngelesWomen in comedy are often seen as solitary creatures, like mountain lions or that bird that fell in love with a statue. Female comics are […]
  36. photography
    What Does It Mean to Dress Like a Woman?From Bangladeshi garment workers to U.S. First Ladies: portraits of women at work.
  37. valentines day 2018
    The 14 Best Gifts If Your Valentine Is a Beauty ObsessiveIf you’re looking for where to start, why not with these special things they’re definitely coveting?
  38. Trump Losing Ground With Women, Especially in the White Working ClassThe very large gender gap Donald Trump has generated is really beginning to cut against his reelection odds.
  39. 2018 Could Be a Wave Election for Female Governors, TooIt looks like an unprecedented number of women — and especially Democratic women — could be elected to governorships in 2018.
  40. franchises
    More Than 180 Women Across the U.S. Have Reported Sexual Assault at Massage EnvyA new investigation from BuzzFeed News reveals what was happening on Massage Envy tables at 1,200 spas across the country.
  41. John Kelly Is As Deluded About the Confederacy As Donald Trump IsThe wise, gray head who is supposed to be restraining Donald Trump seems as reactionary as his boss is on key matters of history and culture.
  42. select all
    This Hotline Will Text Creepy Dudes Back AnonymouslyThe perfect number to give to that dude at the bar who won’t stop bothering you.
  43. select all
    On the Web, Respecting Women Is a Full-time JobWhen performative wokeness folds in on itself.
  44. oops
    New Hampshire Fixes Mistake That Allowed Women to Commit MurderOops!
  45. gender equality
    A Record Number of Women Were Just Elected in the U.K. General ElectionOver 200.
  46. gender
    Why Some Women Aren’t Excited About Leadership PositionsResearch suggests that sexism in hiring can’t explain the entire gender gap in leadership positions — there’s other stuff going on, too.
  47. lists
    All the Things Women Are Doing WrongHere are 54 things women just can’t get right.
  48. skin deep
    Cate Blanchett on Female Judgment and How She’s Moisturized for Over a DecadeAnd her favorite sunscreen.
  49. This Poll Is the Best News Liberals Have Had in a Long TimeThe Women’s March is twice as popular as the tea party once was — and Democratic women are increasing their political engagement in large numbers.
  50. now smell this
    Hermès’s 1st Female Perfumer on Breaking Into the Male-Dominated Perfume WorldAll scents are interesting to her — except one.
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