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Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women, Writing

The Occupation of a Woman Writer

by Kiley Bense August 7, 2019February 3, 2023

Our inherited biases about who should write what live deeper than most of us realize or want to acknowledge.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

There’s No Discrimination in Baseball!

by Katie Kosma September 12, 2018October 19, 2022

Historically pushed toward softball, Baseball for All keeps young girls in the game.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Featured, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

Who Does She Think She Is?

by Laurie Penny March 28, 2018October 19, 2022

The internet does not hate women. People hate women, and the internet allows them to do it faster, harder, and with impunity.

Posted ininvestigations, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

This Is How a Woman Is Erased From Her Job

by A. N. Devers December 15, 2017October 19, 2022

After taking over from George Plimpton, Brigid Hughes was pushed out as the editor of The Paris Review and omitted from the magazine’s history.

Posted inEditor's Pick

This Moment Isn’t (Just) About Sex. It’s Really About Work.

by Sari Botton December 14, 2017October 19, 2022

Rebecca Traister looks below the surface of this moment in which so much sexual misconduct has been coming to light, and finds at the root of it troubling, longstanding, gender-based workplace power dynamics.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women

The Relentless Relevance of ‘9 to 5’

by Sari Botton March 8, 2017October 19, 2022

An recent interview with Patricia Resnick, author of the screenplay for the 1980 film “9 to 5,” on how little had really changed for women by 2015.

Posted inEditor's Pick

‘9 to 5’ Turns 35, and It’s Still Radical Today

by Sari Botton March 7, 2017October 19, 2022

An interview with Patricia Resnick, who wrote the original screenplay for the painfully-still-relevant 1980 office comedy featuring Jane Fonda, Dolly Parton and Lily Tomlin. It ran in December 2015 on the 35th anniversary of the film’s release. Still relevant and radical in 2017.

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