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Elizabeth Shafiroff/Reuters The Women of #BlackLivesMatter
Netta Elzie unwittingly joined a growing community of black, female activists after Ferguson.
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Andrew Kelly/Reuters/The Atlantic Taylor Swift and the Fraught History of Navel-Gazing
Hollywood's decades-old fight against (and fascination with) the female belly button
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sung ming whang/Flickr Learning to Talk Like a Woman
For many transgender people, achieving a feminine voice can be difficult. A singer-turned-vocal coach specializes in helping them adjust.
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Nanny Snowflake/Flickr The Blog Comment That Achieved an Internet Miracle
A nerd's attempt to engage feminists—made deep beneath an obscure blog post—spurred the debaters to recognize their mutual humanity.
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Netflix The Fall: The Most Feminist Show on Television
The BBC drama stars Gillian Anderson as a detective investigating a serial killer, but the series' treatment of women defies the genre's conventions.
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Jonathan Ernst/Reuters The Push to Destigmatize Abortion
Pro-choice activists hope that getting women to talk about their experiences will boost support for the movement.
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Lee Jae-Won/Reuters/The Atlantic The Republican Party's Abortion Bind
Female GOP lawmakers withdrew their support for a late-term ban, demonstrating that the leadership is more than just old, white men.
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Fox Empire's Gay Son Is the Show's Greatest Asset
Audiences were promised King Lear and Def Jam, not Suge Knight's Mystic River. So why are we getting more of the latter?
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CIA DE FOTO/Flickr The Pros and Cons of Sorority Parties
Some women in Greek life want to host more college festivities to regain control over alcohol consumption. It's worth trying, but it may not fix everything.
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David McNew/Reuters Billy Crystal and Useful Homophobia
Even an actor who helped break down barriers for gay characters on television can still be grossed out by them.
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Reuters Page 3's Insidious Sexism
Until last week, The Sun, Britain's most-read newspaper, featured daily pictures of topless women. The tradition's demise is worth celebrating.
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Larry Downing/Reuters On Same-Sex Marriage, the Supreme Court Will Have to Tackle the Question of Rights
If the Supreme Court requires states to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere, then it cannot allow states to refuse to celebrate such marriages themselves.
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Rebecca Cook / Reuters The Secret to Smart Groups: It's Women
A fleet of MIT studies finds that women are much better at knowing what their colleagues are really thinking. It's another reason to expect the gender wage gap to eventually flip.
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The Odds of Marriage Equality
This Supreme Court has shown a tremendous capacity to surprise.
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Wilfredo Lee/AP The Supreme Court Will Decide If 'Gay Marriage' Is Just 'Marriage'
The Justices will hear four cases challenging state bans on same-sex marriage, a decision that could bring an end to the question of the freedom to marry.
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Kate Warren The Real Knockouts of Women’s Boxing
Even the sport’s reigning champions have trouble making a living without turning themselves into sex symbols.
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Danny Moloshok/Reuters At the Oscars, Best Actress and Best Picture Rarely Coincide
Best Actor nominees are almost twice as likely as their female counterparts to have starred in Best Picture-nominated films.
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Rick Bowmer/AP Want More Women in Office? Look to Republicans
If women are going to achieve parity in elective office, most of the gains will have to come from the GOP.
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Cliff/Flickr Where the Sugar Babies Are
It's getting sweeter in the South—and at one university in particular.
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Jon Super/AP/The Atlantic Should a Convicted Rapist Be Allowed to Play Professional Soccer?
English teams are citing commercial concerns for their reluctance to let former striker Ched Evans back on the field.
