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Will We Ever Have Viagra for Women?
A new documentary argues that the sexism of the medical industry explains the pink pill’s failure to launch. That’s not strictly true.
Jennifer Block
How Perimenopause Became America’s New Health Scare
Influencers are selling lubricants. Gwyneth Paltrow is talking about hormone replacement therapy. Drug companies are paying for ghostwritten articles…
Kara Kennedy
The Political Genius of Spencer Pratt. What Happens When the Boomers Say Goodbye? Plus. . .
Freya India joins The Free Press! Nikki Haley’s son on the future of the Republican Party. Hadley Freeman on Britain’s Jew-hatred. And much more.
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I’m Not a Soldier in the Battle of the Sexes
Young women are miserable for so many reasons. But in certain media outlets, you’re only allowed to acknowledge one: the shortcomings of men.
Freya India
Don’t Blame the Girlboss for the Falling Birth Rate
The recent drop in fertility has nothing to do with career women. But a different cohort is having many fewer children.
Patrick T. Brown
Meta’s Been Found Guilty of Exploiting My Generation. So Why Don’t I Feel Better?
A Los Angeles jury just confirmed the damage caused by social media. But as Britain rolls out age-verification and online surveillance laws, the…
Freya India
Okay, Millennial Feminism Is Dead: What Comes Next?
Plus: The news avoiders of spring break, Bojangles in NYC, Jeff Ross at his most tender, and more!
Suzy Weiss
The Media Sought to Recast Jeffrey Epstein’s Assistant as a Victim. But Was She?
A recent profile of Svetlana ‘Lana’ Pozhidaeva tells one story. Public records and people who knew her tell a more complicated one.
Tanya Lukyanova
Things Worth Remembering: Our Founding Mother
Printer Mary Katharine Goddard risked British retaliation in 1777 when she produced the first widely distributed copy of the Declaration of Independence…
Norah O'Donnell
Things Worth Remembering: The Iranian Movie to Watch This Weekend
If you want some sense of what life’s been like in Tehran—watch the dark and captivating Iranian vampire film, ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.’
Kat Rosenfield
Your Back Hurts? Your Feet May Be the Problem.
Look at your bare foot. Trace it on a piece of paper. Now place your favorite shoe over that outline. Once you see how much of your own foot lives…
Charlotte Grinberg, MD
The Weekend Press: The Girls Who Hate Men
Plus: Two drinks with a former governor who resigned over a meeting with Epstein. A plot to kill a man on the Appalachian Trail. Suzy Weiss on our…
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