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Women
Why Do Famous Women Make Us Mad?
Plus: Meet the Manhattan socialite who sips luxury whiskey and calls her fellow millionaires ‘cheaters’ for avoiding New York taxes.
Suzy Weiss
The Dark Side of Motherhood
And what Amy Chozick learned after years of covering women like Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Holmes, and Lauren Sánchez Bezos.
Suzy Weiss
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Sophie Cunningham’s Common Sense
When the basketball player said, ‘Young girls in sport shouldn’t have to go against biological men,’ the mainstream media shrugged. How far we’ve come.
Kat Rosenfield
Was Sex Better in the ’80s?
We may not still be in a golden age of porn, but there have never been more stories about the people making it—and why.
Suzy Weiss
Hating ‘Supergirl’ Doesn’t Make You a Misogynist
The movie hasn’t flopped because people don’t like female superheroes. It flopped because it’s awful.
Kat Rosenfield
I’m a Female Athlete. The Supreme Court Finally Gave Us the Protection We Need.
When Lia Thomas, a biological male, joined Penn’s women’s swim team, my coaches told me to accept it. The Supreme Court’s ruling on transgender athletes…
Paula Scanlan
Anne Hathaway Is Pregnant at 43—and the Internet Is Out for Blood
Forty-something women are at their peak financially and emotionally. If they are capable of getting pregnant too, it’s cause for celebration—not an…
Kara Kennedy
I Know What Iran Does to Women Who Sing
The ink on the Iran deal wasn’t even dry before the Islamic Republic showed its true face. Its first move? Sentencing singer Parastoo Ahmadi to 74…
Masih Alinejad
Great Americans: The Godmother of Management
At a time when American factories outnumbered office buildings, Mary Parker Follett invented the ideas that made the modern workplace. Her critique of…
Philip K. Howard
The Ideologues Are Wrong About ‘Obsession’
Feminists think the horror film is about the toxicity of the Nice Guy; the manosphere argues that it proves women are crazy. But it’s much deeper and…
Kat Rosenfield
I’m an IVF Doctor. ⁠The Annual Ob-Gyn Visit Needs a Redesign.
The 33-year-old patient who comes to me in tears is the one the gynecologist never properly educated because the insurance codes wouldn’t pay for it.
Brian A. Levine, MD
Eat Thy Neighbor’s Sourdough
I went deep into the world of ‘cottage food.’ Plus: A conversation with Freya India about how the internet ruined girlhood—and if we can ever get it…
Suzy Weiss
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