Prince gave a lot of music away—much of it to women he thought would do it justice.
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Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Quotes
“Texas is Gilead and Indiana is Gilead”
The Handmaid’s Tale is a classic case of “be careful what you wish for” for conservative women.
Posted inStory, Unapologetic Women
On Becoming a Woman Who Knows Too Much
Through my education I’d become a trusted source of specialized knowledge. But how could I become the kind of leader who is surrounded with people like me?
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On Becoming a Woman Who Knows Too Much
Through my education I’d become a trusted source of specialized knowledge. But how could I become the kind of leader who is surrounded with people like me?
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Kimberly, No Longer With the Good Hair
How one woman finally styled her hair in a way that determined who she was and demanded that her loving grandmother accept her decision as a sign of strength.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Acting With Agency: The Power and Possibility of Heroic Women
At The Paris Review, Megan Mayhew Bergman looks to history to define what makes an adventurous woman.
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The Feminine Heroic
Megan Mayhew Bergman explores how women, often excluded from adventure narratives, carve out their own heroic space.
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Am I in an Abusive Relationship? ‘I knew if I had to ask I already knew the answer.’
Katherine Laidlaw recalls an abusive relationship in which her boyfriend threatened her with a boxcutter.
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The Truth Is Out There (About Menopause)
In this conversation, Gillian Anderson and Jennifer Nadel reflect on the maddening and sometimes little-known symptoms of perimenopause and menopause to get more women talking about the flow and ebb of the female reproductive cycle and how it affects them, their work, their partners, and their families.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Mars Needs Women… Scientists
At the top of the SLS will be the Orion, the capsule designed to take astronauts—men and, yes, now women—as far as Mars (come the 2030s).