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Library of Congress How Sexism Shaped Corporate Culture
From condescending bosses to the perceived illegitimacy of catering and cleaning jobs, a notion of the workplace conceived nearly 100 years ago still influences how Americans interact with their superiors.
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Mike Blake / Reuters The American Dream House Only Worked in Dreams and Commercials
Leisure and domestic bliss never seemed to materialize as promised. But over the years people have found ways to break down the standard designs and craft spaces of their own.
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Roadside Attractions The Dark Heart of Stonewall
In the world of Roland Emmerich’s ahistorical drama, LGBT liberation was not merely started by a “straight-acting” white man—it could only have been started by one.
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Jim Young / Reuters Why Being a Poor Kid in America Is Particularly Awful
For a rich country, the U.S. has an unusually high child-poverty rate—and spends unusually little on children and families.
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Kevin Key / Shutterstock Bioluminescence in a Bottle
Is it cruel to make products out of tiny glowing ocean creatures?
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Susanne Nilsson / Flickr The #LuckyGirl's Lie
On social media, admitting effort is taboo.
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RYGER / Shutterstock Can Game Theory Help to Prevent Rape?
A new app gives college students the option to only report a sexual assault if someone else is raped by the same person.
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Felipe Gabaldón / Flickr No One Really Understands How to Treat Menopause
Hormone therapy is a tangled mess of risks, benefits, and side effects that even doctors have difficulty unraveling.
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Fox Searchlight Why ‘Manic Pixie Dream Girl’ Won't Go Away
“It’s good that they’re talking about it,” says Natalie Portman of the controversial term she’s become a symbol of.
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Kate Ter Haar / Flickr Women Don't Need to Have Periods
Using birth control to eliminate menstruation isn’t unsafe, even if some worry it’s “unnatural.”
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Chelsea Beck / The Atlantic Coming to Terms With 'Slut'
After publishing my memoir, I learned firsthand how the simple act of being a woman who writes about sex can lead to vicious shaming from strangers.
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Josh Hallett / Flickr Can Mommy Bloggers Still Make a Living?
Heather Armstrong’s Dooce once drew millions of readers. Her blog’s semi-retirement speaks to the challenges of earning money as an individual blogger today.
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Jim Prisching / AP How Testosterone Affects Language
A brain-imaging study suggests the hormone might play a role in differences in how men and women speak.
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Jean-Paul Pelissier / Reuters Why Doesn’t Serena Williams Have More Sponsorship Deals?
The tennis player is arguably the era’s greatest athlete, but she has fewer endorsements than other less-successful players.
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Zanily Dancing Her Way Into the Dictionary
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Sundance Institute Lily Tomlin: Not Your Typical Grandma
Paul Weitz's new film achieves what few movies have before: It assumes that a woman can be old and interesting at the same time.
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'Don't Iron While the Strike Is Hot'
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US ARMY/ Reuters What Does It Take to Become a U.S. Army Ranger?
A look at the grueling training soldiers must complete to receive the coveted black-and-yellow tab.
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Allen G. Breed / AP Why Flibanserin Is Not the ‘Female Viagra’
The drug's controversial approval yesterday comes on the heels of two previous unsuccessful attempts, lingering questions about safety, and uncertainty about whether or not it really works.
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Universal Why Dr. Dre's Abuse of Women Is Catching Up With Him Now
Straight Outta Compton attempted to bolster his legacy by leaving part of it out.
