Liz Phair and Elizabeth Wurtzel discuss the sexism they each are seeing everywhere.
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(Re)Merchandising NASA as a Feminist Act
“I took the NASA shirts from the ‘boys’ section from where they were prominently displayed, and put them little kid eye level next to tank tops in the ‘girls’ section 20 feet away.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
The Teenage Dreamland of ‘Twin Peaks’
Discovering the show when she was a teenager in 1990 helped A.N. Devers navigate the grief of losing her grandparents—and her girlhood.
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‘Let Them Buy Louboutins’: Ivanka Trump and Working Women
In a piece in The Nation, Amy Wilentz methodically eviscerates and examines the guts of Ivanka Trump’s brand, and her efforts on behalf of working women
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What Can Ivanka Trump Possibly Do for Women Who Work?
For insight into how the first daughter will manage her signature issue, look no further than her brand’s website.
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The High Price of Breaking Ground
McMahon hired her in 1997, and Chyna became the first woman to battle male wrestlers in the WWF ring, much to the chagrin of many fans, who protested Chyna’s presence by throwing batteries at her and spreading nasty rumors. (One was that she had the world’s largest clit; another, that she had a penis.) But […]
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Publishing’s New Four-Letter Word
Publishing asks women — but not men — to be nice, as well as talented. Should we ask men to be more nice, or give women the leeway to be less so?
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The Unbearable Niceness of Being
On niceness in publishing, and why we should ask men to do better.
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This Is Rape
T Kira Madden tells the story of her rape, confusion, and redemption to show us what rape culture really looks like in this country.
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The Unsung Women of Rock and Roll
The sensitivity of male egos, the demands of motherhood, and the general disdain for female ambition made loneliness the likely lot of the chick singer. For the young, female rock-and-roll fan, the arm of a male musician might have seemed more welcoming. Girlfriends and wives appeared as fairy-tale heroines who held royal sway in the […]