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The Class Politics of Instagram Face
“Plastic surgery is changing, and for an obvious reason: When in history have rich women ever wanted to look like regular ones?”
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There She Goes: A Reading List on Women Adventurers
The women you’ll find on top of the world.
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Highway Star
“Jess told me later that it was rare to see her model of truck with a set forward axle, which helps pull heavy loads. ‘It’s a unicorn truck,’ she said, grinning.”
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Her baby has a deadly diagnosis. Her Florida doctors refused an abortion.
“Florida abortion ban includes exception for fatal fetal abnormalities. But her doctors told her they could not act.”
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In Her Defence
“After suffering decades of abuse, Helen Naslund was sentenced for killing her husband on their Alberta farm.”
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The Secret Lives of MI6’s Top Female Spies
“For the first time ever, SIS officers reveal why women often make the best spies for our times.”
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Monsters, Mothers, Mulieres: A Reading List on The Women of Classical Antiquity
Five stories of ambitious empresses, fearsome gladiators, and ordinary working-class residents — glimmering snapshots of the female experience in the classical world.
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Coming Into Focus
ADHD diagnoses have spiked among adult women. In a thoughtful personal essay, Carla Ciccone describes what it’s been like to be diagnosed at nearly 40, and how it’s helped her reframe the way she sees herself — and her past. But women aren’t suddenly waking up with a neurological disorder. It’s likely been there all […]
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She Never Hurt Her Kids. So Why Is a Mother Serving More Time Than the Man Who Abused Her Daughter?
Oklahoma incarcerates more women than almost any other state. Under its punishing, under-the-radar “failure to protect” law, mothers — even those who are victims of domestic violence — can be sent to prison because of their supposed failure to keep their children out of harm’s way. In this devastating read, Samantha Michaels tells the story […]