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Women and Luxury Products: How a New Study Brings Up Old Anxieties
A new paper seems to perpetuate tired, depressing stereotypes about women and money. Is there anything redeeming about it?
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Chick Lit Remixed: The Simple Brilliance of Gender-Flipping
What if "chick lit" was marketed to men? Or if articles about teen sex focused on boys instead of girls? A wide range of websites are asking those questions in creative ways, with funny (and meaningful) results.
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When Being a Suffragette Was Adorable
Sometimes even the most radical demands take a turn for the awww.
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Soccer Isn't for Girly-Girls? How Parents Pick the Sports Their Daughters Play
Should a girl do soccer, dance, or chess? It depends on what kind of a woman her mom and dad want her to become.
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What My Son the Thespian Taught Me About Parenting
How did two non-extroverts produce an outgoing, theatrically gifted kid?
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Even the First Lady's Chief of Staff Gets Nervous
Her advice: Get over it.
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For Stronger Families, Focus on Childcare, Not Birthrates
Some people are worried about the fact that the lifetime fertility rate for American women is at an all-time low. But it's wiser to be concerned with policies that support families that already exist.
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'There Is No Pressure for a Girl to Be a Girl'
My quest to understand why some of my female friends are drawn to the frattiest social club on campus.
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Busting 'Busty' Reporters for the Tape Recorders in Their Bras
Decades before Tina Tchen, there was a woman named Connie Stuart to keep reporters -- and their underwear -- in their rightful place.
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Do Women Make Better Lobbyists Than Men?
Men outnumber women on K Street, but female lobbyists tend to bring in bigger contracts than their male counterparts.
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There Has to Be a Better Way to Sell Tampons
Why does so much marketing center around candy and infantilized language? Two editors discuss.
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How Sheryl Swoopes's Pregnancy Changed Professional Sports Forever
Before her, hardly any female athletes had given birth mid-career. Sixteen years later, it's relatively normal.
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Rick Rycroft / AP Images For Female Scientists, There's No Good Time to Have Children
That's why so many drop out of the field. Here's how to make the system more fair for women in academia.
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Penis Jokes on the Cover of the New Yorker: A Complete History
The esteemed magazine's favorite way to make fun of a disgraced politician
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'Calm Down': The Best Advice for Parents, or the Worst?
Examining the CTFD school of child-rearing
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Porn on the Kindle: A Catch-22
People like to read erotic literature on an e-readers because they're discreet. But retailers can make the smut very difficult to find.
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When Is a Royal Baby a Fetus?
Technically, right up until the moment he's born. And yet we've called him a baby the whole time. What media coverage of the recent pregnancy and birth has to do with abortion politics.
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Bringing Home the Royal Baby, 1982 vs. 2013
How clothing choices change (or don't change) over 30 years.
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Selling Feminism: A History
For decades, writers have been publishing guides to make the movement seem appealing to young women. How convincing are they?
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Prediction: Royal Baby Fans Will Spend $238 Million on Souvenirs
There are dolls, dishes, even morning-sickness bags for sale to commemorate the birth.
