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Unapologetic Women

Images of four classical women with a gold background.
Posted inReading List

Monsters, Mothers, Mulieres: A Reading List on The Women of Classical Antiquity

by Rachel Ashcroft September 13, 2022October 20, 2022

Five stories of ambitious empresses, fearsome gladiators, and ordinary working-class residents — glimmering snapshots of the female experience in the classical world.

Singer Candi Staton, smiling, hands on her hips, over a patchwork clip of images of her over the years.
Posted inFeature

“I Had to Face the Blues Every Day”

by David Gambacorta July 12, 2022October 20, 2022

Soul and gospel singer Candi Staton let no hardship stand in the way of her voice, one that helped define the music of her generation.

Four women — members of rock band L7 — pose on a park bench wearing sunglasses.
Posted inFeature

The Women Who Built Grunge

by Lisa Whittington-Hill June 29, 2022November 21, 2022

Bands like L7 and Heavens to Betsy were instrumental to the birth of the grunge scene, but for decades were treated like novelties and sex objects. Thirty years later, it’s time to reassess their legacy.

An illustration of Queen Isabella of France
Posted inNonfiction

Queens of Infamy: Isabella of France

by Anne Thériault June 21, 2022November 21, 2022

Married off at age 12, Isabella put up with her husband’s shenanigans over decades. Eventually, the She-Wolf of France had had enough.

Stevie Nicks Singing in Concert
Posted inArts & Culture

Sister of the Moon: A Stevie Nicks Reading List

by Jill Spivey Caddell May 26, 2022October 19, 2022

Six stories celebrating Stevie Nicks in honor of her birthday on May 26th.

Posted inMedia, Reading List, Story, Unapologetic Women, Writing

Celebrating Bitch Magazine: A Reading List

by A.H. Reaume May 12, 2022October 19, 2022

A writer traces her own feminist journey as she reflects on the forthcoming shutdown of Bitch Media.

A collage of images of Susan Sontag
Posted inArts & Culture

Reading List: Who’s Your Susan Sontag?

by Brooke Nagler April 7, 2022October 19, 2022

Five longreads about the iconoclastic American writer, director, and activist.

A woman lying down and a bowl of food
Posted inStory

Los Desaparecidos

by Longreads December 8, 2021October 12, 2022

Women in Sinaloa, Mexico, are searching for the remains of “disappeared” loved ones — and cooking to keep their memories of the dead alive.

Posted inStory

The Professor

by Irina Dumitrescu November 17, 2021October 13, 2022

“Maybe the most powerful person is the one who dares to refuse the gift.”

Posted inNonfiction

Doctors Without Patients: The Eritrean Physicians Stuck in American Licensing Limbo

by Shoshana Akabas October 6, 2021October 20, 2022

“What was the whole point of your training if you cannot do something, even in a pandemic?”

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