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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…
The Free Press
There’s No ‘Perfect Age’ to Have a Baby
To the men who tell women to spend their 20s having kids: Where is the 25-year-old man who wants to become a father?
Hadley Freeman
Why Are So Many British Women Getting Abortions?
New government figures suggest that, amid a fertility slump, there has been a sharp rise in abortions in the UK. Our reporter speaks to the women who…
Kara Kennedy
‘Bridgerton’ Only Pretends to Be Progressive
What if the sexual revolution hadn’t killed courtship? That’s the fantasy that plays out in the raunchy Netflix hit.
Kat Rosenfield
Two Drinks with . . . the Youngest Female Self-Made Billionaire
Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara has a net worth of $1.3 billion. She couldn’t care less.
Maya Sulkin
How Iran’s Biggest Pop Star Was Imprisoned, Silenced, and Then Escaped
Before the Islamic Revolution, Googoosh was Iran’s biggest celebrity. After the revolution, she was jailed, then barred from performing for more than…
Rafaela Siewert
A Man Should Know: How to Host
We are quick to categorize hosting as a feminine pursuit. That’s a mistake.
Elliot Ackerman
Tough Love: I Don’t Want My 22-Year-Old to Get Married
A reader thinks her daughter needs to know herself better before committing to a man. Our advice columnist Abigail Shrier responds.
Abigail Shrier
Iran’s Silent Revolution
By defying the hijab ban, Iranian women are honoring their history.
Roya Hakakian
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