Culture
New Website LedBetter Maps the Glass Ceiling of Nearly 2,000 Major Consumer Brands
Many companies claim gender parity in leadership is a priority but which ones are actually following through?
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"Nonbinary" Is Now a Legally Recognized Gender in Oregon
The U.S. only recognizes “male” and “female” on passports—but this ruling could help change that someday.
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Want to Write a Memoir? Make Sure You Get a Therapist!
Advice from author and comedian Sara Benincasa, whose new book is called “Real Artists Have Day Jobs.”
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Backtalk: Letting Go of Likability
This week, we’re joined by the hosts of podcast Good Muslim/Bad Muslim, Taz Ahmed and Zahra Noorkbakhsh, to talk about how gender and race impact who’s seen as “likable”—and what that means both for Hillary Clinton and for the rest of us. At last summer’s Girls Write Now awards... Read more »
Innovative Comic "Little Teeth" Explores Queer Pain and Romance
Queer animals live, love, and hurt one another in this thought-provoking comic.
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As a Biracial Woman, It's Powerful to See "The Mindy Project" Explore Identity
In my family, my race and my culture made perfect sense. Outside it, people didn’t always know what to make of me.
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Ask Bear: I Wanted to Join the Peace Corps, But then I Fell In Love
Should you follow your life-long dream? Or stick around for a budding romance?
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The Problems With Bemoaning a Rapist's "Once-Promising Future"
Bringing you up to speed on the Stanford rape letter you’ve been reading about.
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Unbelievable: Amber Heard and the Cult of the Accused
We live in a culture where people are more willing to believe that a man has been cruelly and elaborately framed for violence than we are to believe that he’s capable of committing it.
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Douchebag Decree: Possible Trump Rival David French
You thought this election couldn't get worse, but then someone who thinks feminists are “backed by hysterical rage” is considering running for president.
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