Feminism

A conversation with the film's co-writer and producer Olivia Milch about hiring a diverse cast and writing all-female leads.

• By Anna Furman

Considering a new anthology of stories about rape culture—and two other anthologies about how to end it.

• By Rebecca Stoner

You can't understand international security without thinking about gender and the many ways it influences behavior, access, and opportunity.

• By Elizabeth Weingarten

While the region touts some of the most pro-feminism positions in the world, there are still many regressive aspects to its society.

• By Haidar Khezri

Kassi Underwood's memoir, May Cause Love, probes the difficulties many feminists feel in expressing grief around abortions in a way that doesn't set the pro-choice movement back.

• By Natalie Pattillo

The author of The Art of Vanishing discusses literary mysteries, monogamy, and the future of #MeToo.

• By Candace Butera

Sunita Sharma has founded a homestead in Mankhu where women can own their own land, offering them a path out of dependency.

• By Eva Wieners

Pacific Standard recommends the writer's new collection of essays, which takes an in-depth look at the social, cultural, and historical story of black female oppression.

• By Kristina Kutateli

What was once a medium for sexually exploitative imagery has been re-born into a progressive place for empowerment.

• By Kristina Kutateli

Hedy Lamarr was promoted as "the most beautiful woman in the world." She also helped create a technology that's now in our cell phones.

• By Jenni Miller

The less-than-logical distinction reflects the complex connotations the term carries.

• By Tom Jacobs

Susan Griffin explains the meaning behind the film's images of female suffering.

• By Katie Kilkenny

In her new book, martial artist Wendy Rouse digs into the history of women fighting back.

• By Peter C. Baker

The reporter-activist discusses her latest book—and why class politics is identity politics.

• By Kitty Stryker

We spoke to the Norwegian musician about what she recommends reading, watching, and listening to.

• By Katie Kilkenny

Nearly 45 years after they put the female superhero on the cover of Ms. magazine's first issue, the players behind the cover consider its impact, and the new movie.

• By Katie Kilkenny

Although inventing the bra was barely an adolescent pit stop on Mary Phelps Jacobs' glamorous trajectory, it did suggest what she would get up to next.

• By Malcolm Harris

"We have a gaping hole, a desperate need for young women in government," says Schrode, who is on this year's list of the top 30 thinkers under 30.

• By Avital Andrews

Pacific Standard recommends Lady Macbeth, a film adaptation that reminds viewers in 2017 that women aren't just consumers of romantic comedies.

• By Kristina Kutateli

To keep up with a faster fashion cycle, designers are reframing bare shoulders as a symbol of female empowerment.

• By Jade Papa

Lim's non-profit, Women SPEAK, cultivates mentorship among young women over subjects like positive body image, healthy relationships, media literacy, and leadership.

• By Rosie Spinks

As Christianity increasingly dwindles in popularity with young Americans, the occult is offering girls a safe, flexible, and feminist-friendly alternative.

• By Katie Fustich

It only does away with certain buzzwords.

• By Lauren Duca

Conservatives and religious groups are borrowing myths about transgender people from feminists.

• By Melissa Gira Grant