Apparently, Ryan Gosling Can Make Men Think Like Feminists
We can wax poetic for hours on the benefits of staring at Ryan Gosling photos, but there’s surprise benefit to the exercise that took us by total surprise—it can cause men to start to think more like...
View ArticleAmazing: Meryl Streep and J.Lo’s Reactions to Patricia Arquette’s Oscar Speech
Patricia Arquette is a badass with a capital B. Not only did she roll up to collect her Oscar in a gown that her friend—new designer Rosetta Getty—made, but she used her time on the podium to send a...
View ArticleDisgusting: You’ll Be Shocked By These #HowToSpotAFeminist Tweets
Twitter’s most ignorant users have just taken things to a disturbing new level with the hashtag #howtospotafeminist. The hashtag—which quite literally asks the incredibly stupid question, “How do you...
View ArticleNatalie Portman to Play Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in New Movie
In a bit of interesting casting news, Entertainment Weekly has confirmed that Natalie Portman is set to play Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in an upcoming film “On the Basis of Sex.”...
View ArticleAwesome: Chris Hemsworth Will Play the Receptionist in ‘Ghostbusters’...
So, this news pretty much rules: Certifiable beefcake Chris Hemsworth has been cast as … the receptionist in the super-buzzy all-female “Ghostbusters” reboot. Director Paul Feig announced the news on...
View ArticleWhy I Took My Wife’s Last Name
I never liked my name. I envied friends with nicknames, and got a perverse kick from torturing my kid brothers with goofy ones. When I first moved to New York in my 20s, for a few weeks I tried to go...
View ArticleHappening: Kim Kardashian is Giving a Lecture on ‘The Objectification of Women’
You’d think a woman who objectifies herself on a daily basis might not be the most qualified to give a talk on the topic, but alas, it’s Kim Kardashian’s world, and we’re all just living in it. In a...
View ArticleLena Dunham is Launching a Weekly Lifestyle Newsletter Just For You
If watching “Girls” and following Lena Dunham on Instagram isn’t enough for you, you’ll want to subscribe to Lenny, a newsletter for young women Dunham’s launching with production partner Jenni Konner....
View ArticleHillary Clinton Talks Fashion and Feminism in Lena Dunham’s ‘Lenny’ Newsletter
Photo: Wenn Ever since Lena Dunham and her production partner, Jenni Konner, announced they’d be launching weekly feminist newsletter Lenny—and that interviewing Hillary Clinton was the first order of...
View Article6 Women We Think Should be on the #TheNew10
By now, you’ve surely heard that the U.S. Treasury announced its plans to put a woman on the new $10 bill in 2020 — the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which guaranteed females the right to...
View ArticleI Wouldn’t Mind Being a Housewife—and I’m Not Ashamed to Say It
Fact about me: I appreciate the shock value of telling people that my true life aspiration is to become a housewife. That statement has become so foreign that as soon as the words leave my lips, all...
View ArticleThe 2016 Pirelli Calendar (Mostly) Nixes Nudity for Smart Women, Including...
Each year, the release of the annual Pirelli calendar is a pretty big event in the fashion world. OK, fine, the naked models might have something to do with it. After trying to shake things up during...
View ArticleThat Time a Magazine Tried to Pay Gloria Steinem with a Gucci Bag
As far as feminist icons go, nobody can touch Gloria Steinem: The trailblazing writer and activist led the women’s rights movement in the ’60s and ’70s and has fought for decades over equal pay,...
View ArticleTrending Now: Feminist Embroidery for Your Home
My mom has been doing embroidery for as long as I can remember, meaning my childhood home was full of intricate needlepoint scenes and half-finished samplers. Though she tried to get me into making my...
View ArticleBarbie’s New Body: Tall, Petite, and Curvy
Mattel’s mission to reframe the typical Barbie and move away from growing public sentiment that the blonde, buxom doll represents everything wrong with gender stereotypes has reached its peak, with a...
View ArticleOMGYes: The Emma Watson–Recommended Website for Better Orgasms
As Hermione Granger in “Harry Potter,” Emma Watson was a hero to girl-nerds everywhere who loved to learn. Now, the actress-turned–U.N. Goodwill Ambassador is using her platform to promote a very...
View ArticleThe First Official Trailer For ‘Ghostbusters’ Is Here (and It’s Really Good)
Last January, it was announced a new version of “Ghostbusters” was in the works—a remake of the 1984 classic—but director Paul Feig planned to flip the principle roles on its head by having women,...
View ArticleKim Kardashian: ‘I Will Not Live My Life Dictated by the Issues You Have with...
Kim Kardashian knew exactly what she was igniting when she posted a very naked selfie early Monday morning—how could she not?—yet was visibly on the defense when critics including Bette Midler and...
View ArticleWatch the Ladies of ‘SNL’ Prove Writing a #FeministSong Is Really, Really Hard
In the middle of an episode that couldn’t stop itself from (rightly) focusing on the ridiculousness that is the 2016 presidential election, the ladies of “Saturday Night Live” got together to write a...
View ArticleApparently, Ryan Gosling Can Make Men Think Like Feminists
Photo: Feminist Ryan Gosling We can wax poetic for hours on the benefits of staring at Ryan Gosling photos, but there’s surprise benefit to the exercise that took us by total surprise—it can cause men...
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