How Director Alexandra Dean Revealed a Silver-Screen Bombshell’s Ingenious Invention
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.
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Why Some Women Say They’re Not Feminists Even If They’re All for Gender Equality
The less-than-logical distinction reflects the complex connotations the term carries.
A Conversation With the Ecofeminist Who Helped Inspire ‘Mother!’
Susan Griffin explains the meaning behind the film's images of female suffering.
The Origins of the Women’s Self-Defense Movement
In her new book, martial artist Wendy Rouse digs into the history of women fighting back.
‘The Stakes Have Never Been Clearer’: An Interview With Laurie Penny
The reporter-activist discusses her latest book—and why class politics is identity politics.
Musician Jenny Hval on Feminism and the Body as a Political Space
We spoke to Jenny Hval about what she recommends reading, watching, and listening to.
How a Magazine Cover From the 1970s Helped Wonder Woman Win Over Feminists
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.
Revolutionary Objects: The Woman Behind the World’s First Bra
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.
Off-the-Shoulder Tops Are Relics of a Less-Feminist Era. Why Are They So Popular in 2017?
To keep up with a faster fashion cycle, designers are reframing bare shoulders as a symbol of female empowerment.
The Responsibility of Men in Conversations About Campus Sexual Assault
The conditions for sexual violence are born and cultivated long before the party or drinking begins. By Jeff…