The Problem With Sheryl Sandberg’s ‘Ban Bossy’ Campaign Feminism is at its best when it’s creating more choices, not more rules.
The 31-Year-Old ‘It’ Girl: Lupita Nyong’o and Aging in Hollywood She’s the perfect ingenue for an era when growing up takes longer than ever.
our barbies ourselves
Feb. 21, 2014
My Barbies Had So Much Sex. It Was Great. From plastic humping to swimsuit modeling — why Barbie’s sexiness matters.
crimes and misdemeanors
Feb. 5, 2014
I Believe Dylan Farrow Ultimately, what you think depends on whose experience you identify with more.
the war on women
Jan. 29, 2014
State of the Women: The GOP’s Tired Solution to Its Woman Problem In Cathy McMorris Rodgers’s State of the Union response, we saw the same thing we’ve been seeing for years.
single-sex spaces
Jan. 24, 2014
Why It’s Worth Banishing Men Once in a While The unexpected freedom of a women-only vacation.
office politics
Jan. 10, 2014
The Real Reason Twentysomething Women Are Worried It’s not because tricky, slippery boys just won’t commit.
Why Should Fluid Sexuality Be Women-Only? The rules for coming out as non-totally-heterosexual are different for men and women.
Why You’re So Sad About Paul Walker’s Death It’s not because you loved The Fast and the Furious.
I Love My Family But Loathe Their Politics Current events are off the table at Thanksgiving dinner.
shmashmortion
Nov. 7, 2013
Why the Abortion Pill Didn’t Change Everything Still controversial, still painful, and still misunderstood by even pro-choice women.
teenage dreams
Oct. 31, 2013
Our Tumblrs, Our Teenage Selves Social media lets us treat the Internet like it’s our bedroom wall.
relationships
Oct. 24, 2013
Be Mine? Why It’s Smart to Court Your Friends Like romantic relationships, many friendships begin with one person pursuing the other — and it’s not desperate or weird. It’s smart.
modest proposals
Oct. 16, 2013
College Men: Stop Getting Drunk It’s closely associated with sexual assault. And yet we’re reluctant to tell young men to stop doing it.
mating rituals
Oct. 10, 2013
How Tinder Solved Online Dating for Women It’s exactly what we’ve been told women don’t want — but they love it.
competing causes
Oct. 4, 2013
Why I’m Glad I Quit New York at Age 24 Although I still spent Saturday night singing “New York, New York” at karaoke.
gender studies
Sept. 20, 2013
What Does Manhood Mean in 2013? No one’s sure, but that’s okay.
anthropology
Sept. 12, 2013
coitus interruptus
Sept. 5, 2013
No Pill? No Prob. Meet the Pullout Generation For years, the withdrawal method was taboo — it was birth control for ignorant risk-takers. Not anymore.
Why a Woman Should Never Date Her Co-workers The problems go much deeper than a walk of shame through the office.
just friends
Aug. 20, 2013
Harry Had It Wrong: Men, Women, and Friendship It’s trust, not sex, that gets in the way of hetero friendship.
The Real Lesson of the ‘Opt-Out Generation’ Forget choosing your choice; it’s time for couples to make plans together.
Stand by Your Man? How Huma Can Do What Hillary Couldn’t “We’re baffled by Huma’s choice because women no longer need to be professionally affixed to a man to make inroads in business or politics.”
drug culture
July 22, 2013
Why Aren’t Women at Home in the World of Weed? Many don’t feel they can publicly own up to their marijuana use, even in cases where it is truly for medicinal purposes.
pop mechanics
July 12, 2013
Blurring the Lines: How to Enjoy Maybe-Sexist Music On Robin Thicke, Justin Timberlake, and the art of compartmentalizing.
‘tis the season
July 3, 2013
Traveling Solo: A Manifesto for the Modern Woman Society assumes that ladies are either unsafe, or that they should be pitied, when on the road alone.
let her speak
June 27, 2013
On Wendy Davis, the Supreme Court, and Speaking Out As Women “Women, people of color, gay people — anyone who’s underrepresented in national politics — are desperate to see our interests voiced in real time.”
love thyself
June 19, 2013
For Women, Is Masturbation the Last Sex Taboo? Men can joke about self-love, but it’s still transgressive when women do.
body politic
June 13, 2013
The Daughter Problem: Obama and Teen Girl Sex Panic The president may be setting policies based on his preteen daughters, but all women have to live with the consequences.
mating behavior
June 4, 2013
When Women Pursue Sex, Even Men Don’t Get It “Women want sex, and in particular, they want sex with people who really want them. But socially, many straight men still find it a turnoff when women are sexual aggressors.”
just friends
May 31, 2013
Shine Theory: Why Powerful Women Make the Greatest Friends “Approaching and befriending women whom I identify as smart has been a major revelation of my adult life.”
Too Much or Too Little: DSM-V’s Gray Area on Sex Addiction The psychiatric manual will help diagnose “hyposexual” women but still won’t label men sex addicts.
trailblazing
May 16, 2013
How Barbara Walters Invented the Internet She’s the reason women discuss the news online all day long.
Why Don’t More Women Run for Office? Straightforward sexism no longer seems to explain the gap.
double standards
May 2, 2013
When Lesbian Athletes Come Out, We Hardly Notice But when Jason Collins does, he’s heralded as the first gay pro athlete.
being a woman
Apr. 18, 2013
Beauty Above All Else: The Problem With Dove’s New Viral Ad In a smart new campaign, there’s still no mention that women would rather be called smart than beautiful.
Why Female Politicians Aren’t Always Pro-Women Thatcher, Palin, and whether parity in politics will create equality of the sexes.
a woman’s work
Apr. 4, 2013
Lonely at the Top: Being a Lady Boss Without Mentors “I worried about how to establish myself as an authority without seeming like an asshole.”
rites of passage
Mar. 28, 2013
Parties We Should Have Instead of Weddings Because American sex and mating bevahior has evolved a lot faster than our laws, policies, and social rituals.
How Social Media Can Become Our New Rape Whistle Many say the Internet is dangerous for teen girls. It can also save them.
role models
Mar. 14, 2013
Martha Stewart’s Best Lesson: Don’t Give a Damn She doesn’t care at all if people like her, which is why she’s been so successful.
We’re All Bystanders to the Sandberg-Mayer Mommy Wars I’m sick of every debate about women and work quietly morphing into an argument about educated, corporate-track mothers.
Why Do Women Hate Anne Hathaway (But Love Jennifer Lawrence)? It’s irrational. But that’s how we approach Hollywood’s actresses, anyway.
our bodies our selfies
Feb. 25, 2013
valentine’s day
Feb. 14, 2013
Live Every Day Like It’s Galentine’s Day Send these #RealTalk Valentines to your BFFs.
the fame game
Feb. 8, 2013
In Praise of ‘Fake’ Women When female pop stars succeed, the authenticity police aren’t far behind.
haters to the left
Jan. 31, 2013
linguistics
Jan. 22, 2013
What Should We Say Instead of ‘Pro-Choice’? As Planned Parenthood moves away from the term, feminists offer up new options.
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