The Art of Dying: Death Doula Marne Lucas Is Changing Our End-Of-Life Aesthetics
End-of-life doulas explain to families what death is going to look and sound like.
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The Forgotten History of Female Athletes Who Organized Their Own Olympics
Men barred “those delightful creatures” from competing at the Olympics. So female athletes protested by making their own games in 1922.
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Brand New World: Nellie Bly’s Record-Defying Travels
Nellie Bly developed an unprecedented writing style as a way to overcome prejudice against female reporters.
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10 Women’s Sports Stories That Would Make Great Films
ESPN series 30 for 30 is excellent—but covers almost only dudes. Here are some female athletes they should feature.
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A New Origin: Joan Morgan Changes the Narrative of Black Women’s Sexuality
Finding and sustaining pleasure is crucial to living a good feminist life.
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Backtalk: YA's Cancel Culture
This week, Dahlia and Amy dig into the world of YA drama. Recently, two YA authors have chosen to cancel their own debut novels after being called out by some readers for “problematic” issues in the text. Dahlia and Amy talk about the effects of a cancel culture that demands perfect art. Also, a... Read more »
America’s Forgotten Female Astronauts
In the 1960s, a group of women spent months training for space travel. But they never got to go.
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Black Women Worked as Some of Nasa’s First Computers
Back when “computers” referred to people, Black women were some of NASA’s most crucial mathematicians.
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From Information Superhighway to Digital Runway: The Complicated Legacy of Fashion Blogging
In its own way, fashion and beauty blogging is as aspirational as traditional fashion media.
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The Radical Working-Class Roots of Improv Comedy
Most comedy fans don’t know that improv was created by a female social worker.
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