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Reuters When Being Childless Isn’t a Choice
Couples without kids have recently been celebrated in the West, but in some countries they still face ostracism and abuse.
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Razmarinka/Shutterstock How Takeout Supports the Working Woman
A very short book excerpt
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Mike Segar / Reuters What Does It Mean to Wear Heels?
Today in shoesplaining: Until your career is at its height, ladies, maybe you should stick to flats.
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Mike Blake/Reuters Why Football Must Get Safer
If new rules aren't enough to protect players, the game could fade away. Parents will increasingly keep kids out of the sport rather than expose them to the risk.
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Austin Kleon/Tumblr I Wasn't to Write 'Rape'
In an email from my editor-in-chief, I learned that our liberal, feminist website was to stop using the words "abortion," "rape," and "vagina."
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Google Patents A Brief History of Breast Pumps
Debates about online milk exchanges wouldn't be possible without a simple—yet revolutionary—machine.
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1 in 10 Serious Relationships That Began in the Last Decade Got Started Online
According to a new major study, sites such as Match.com, OK Cupid, and eHarmony are playing a significant role in American romance.
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Lake Bell on Filmmaking, Push-Up Bras, and Feminism
The writer, director, and star of In a World shares stories from her career.
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Leonhard Foeger / Reuters First Children Are Smarter—but Why?
One mysterious finding—and seven theories
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Ted S. Warren/AP Photo Black Boys Have an Easier Time Fitting In at Suburban Schools Than Black Girls
Minority young men are considered by their white peers to be cool and tough; minority young women, on the other hand, are stereotyped as "ghetto" and "loud."
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gniliep/flickr Men Have Biological Clocks, Too
Men and women are roughly equally likely to be infertile, but for years the focus has been on female treatments.
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Fox Searchlight 12 Years a Slave's Reminder: Slaves Didn't Win Freedom by Being Manly
Unlike Glory or Django Unchained, Steve McQueen's film resists the notion that a slave could overcome the institution just by fully asserting his masculinity.
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'Advice to a Younger Me': Female Leaders on Starting Out
Successful women share stories from their careers in a new video series from The Atlantic.
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Associated Press A New Front in the Abortion War
Convinced Roe v. Wade can't be overturned now, pro-life activists have passed laws in 12 states restricting termination after 20 weeks—about the time some fetal defects emerge.
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A Wondrous GIF Shows the Most Popular Baby Names for Girls Since 1960
Social Security Administration data visualized in the most lovely way imaginable
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Firdaus Kharas Talking Condoms Make Safe Sex Campaigns Acceptable in Conservative Countries
Using animation and humor to get important public health messages on the air
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Reuters Urging Germany's Women to Lean In
As one of the few German women who has been on the board of a major company, Regine Stachelhaus wants the country’s women to stop leaving work when they have kids.
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Elaine Thompson/AP Alcohol Education Is Not Rape Apology
It’s not victim-blaming to educate women—and men—on alcohol’s connection to sexual assault.
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David L. Chapman/Arsenal Pulp Press Hunks: How Ripped Became an Ideal
A historic look at images of masculinity
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Computing Power Used to Be Measured in 'Kilo-Girls'
The earliest computers were human. And, more often than not, female.
