The True Story Behind 'Freedom,' The Peak Black Girl Song Of The 1990s
Queen Latifah, Vanessa Williams, Angie Stone, Aaliyah and Joi were among the artists who sang the lead track from 1995's "Panther."
Queen Latifah, Vanessa Williams, Angie Stone, Aaliyah and Joi were among the artists who sang the lead track from 1995's "Panther."
Nearly every piece of legislation, every claim against legalized abortion, and every bit of anti-abortion activism is built on mistruths, fabrications and coercion.
Home exercise is a multi-billion dollar industry with roots a century old, but it's not so surprising it took being housebound for my husband to "discover" it, or that my preferred platform, Obé Fitness, has a pastel-pink aesthetic: working out from home has for decades been marketed mostly to women assumed both to spend more time in the house and more energy on their appearance.
Boys will never quit fantasizing about the social events that exclude them.
A #MeToo slogan gets rewritten by critics.
Twenty years ago, "Perfect Dark," "No One Lives Forever" and a small handful of others showed the FPS video games didn't need to be a boys' club.
Perhaps one way to define cis and trans masculinity against each other is to say that, in both cases, "the collapse is the point" — it just plays out in different ways.
Tara Reade's story of sexual assault at the hands of Joe Biden created an ideological test for liberal feminists. Many are failing.
Nathan Rabin said the trope "exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and adventures."
In reimagining the conservative activist Phyllis Schlafly as a prestige-TV antihero, the new FX series "Mrs. America" overlooks some uncomfortable realities.
From 1953 through 1970, United offered men-only 'Executive flights' — something you might see on an episode of "Mad Men."
The missteps of tech culture, most women say, remains a discussion that doesn't easily traverse gender lines.
As COVID-19 takes up much of our mental energy, men and women are dealing with their sexual urges (or lack thereof) in different ways.
Eliza Hittman's film explores how an alienated young person in difficult circumstances is kept from articulating her needs and desires by her naïveté and the cruel diktats of the world around her.
COVID-19 has profoundly different outcomes for men and women - and not just in terms of their health. For a virus that infects people indiscriminately, why does gender have such an effect?
Governor Gretchen Whitmer is dealing with a historic pandemic, a bullying president and a big job tryout.
"With a drink in my hand and earplugs responsibly in place, I'm very aware that I've spent more than half my life essentially standing in the same spot: off to one side of the stage."
"These women aren't just novelistic instruments for me. Each individual work calls for its own circumstances."
Scientific experts have not been able to prove that the G-spot exists and is a source of sexual pleasure for women. The truth is the G-spot does not exist.
With global fertility rates in decline, startups like Legacy and Dadi are helping men take a proactive approach to family planning.
MRAs, TERFs and second-wave feminists are obsessed with using the fact that the virus is more likely to kill men than women to prove even their most deranged points.
Medical officials have some theories why coronavirus is killing more men than women, from habitual (smoking) to hormonal (estrogen).
For many young women laboring under the grindstone of American capitalism, the operative feeling of the last ten or fifteen years has not been numbness, but suffering.
When Tran Thi Ngai was raped, she did not get justice, or even sympathy. She ended up in prison.
What the Democratic Party could learn from first-term Congresswoman Katie Porter.
How early marketing campaigns for online gaming platforms suggested toxicity isn't a bug, it's a feature.
The filmmaker walked away from Marvel and pushed to give Gal Gadot's superhero meaning: "You can't do movies you don't believe in."
Men suffer higher rates of depression, suicide, and drug abuse than women. Many are anxious and lonely — and, as a result, they're all too often angry and violent. Wilderness Collective thinks the solution lies in open spaces, UTVs, and fireside talks. But is that enough?
The social club's employees have a story to tell about the company that sold the world Instagram-ready feminism.
Joe Biden's commitment to choosing a female running mate as VP made headlines, but what does it really mean when you look at his record and at his current policy proposals?
Hundreds of women in Nigeria have been recruited by Boko Haram as suicide bombers, but some managed to outsmart the terrorist group. This is one woman's story.
Ruddy-cheeked children? The perfect home? For women influencers, that's where the money is
Being a spectator at the men's evil bullshit parade every time I sat down for a haircut sucked. What was worse, maybe, was that my silence implicated me every time. And I let it.
Like many outdoor sports, cycling struggles with gender equality. In Colorado, a handful of youth organizations are trying to change that.
From China's "leftover women" to Israel's "baby machines," society still dictates female lives.
"To be a woman is to be forever vigilant against violence."
The chore gap between the genders is widening, so Sophie Morris switched roles with her husband to see how it would affect their lives.
This adaptation of "The Invisible Man" joins 2000's "Hollow Man" in making its female characters the ones that count.
"Video game history doesn't know how to make sense of her except to single her out."
Women need to exercise for longer periods at a lower intensity in order to boost metabolism and optimize aerobic fitness.
Testosterone has a big, popular reputation for causing all sorts of things, but what science tells us is quite different.
"Love Is Blind" contestant Jessica's affected tone of voice when speaking to men got people talking. Experts weigh in on the common behavior.
Sexism and misogyny are not the same — and the difference matters.
Thought to be the first Pakistani woman to ride across Pakistan, Irfan runs the blog "1 Girl 2 Wheels."
It's not because they want local smut — it's because they're chasing down revenge porn that the tube site is unable to curb.
To Kelly Lanzafame, this wasn't just two grand and a free trip to San Diego; it was a chance to keep her housing.
Technological advances and a growing line of research have paved the way for a new class of support systems that are comfortable, look good, and fit a wide(r) variety of bodies.
Hopes were high last year, with so many well-qualified female candidates. Now we're down to one, and she's on her way out. What happened?
Those aren't jokes they hear, it's an all-too-needy cry for help.
From Amelia Earhart to Beyoncé and Eva Perón to Malala, meet 100 women who defined the last century.
If American women earned minimum wage for the unpaid work they do around the house and caring for relatives, they would have made $1.5 trillion last year.
Céline Sciamma builds her finespun romance out of glances and stares, while also thoroughly exploring the entanglements between artistic creation and burgeoning love.
Uncelebrated for most of her life, Ida Wyman spent decades amassing an extraordinary archive of street photography.
Pornhub will stream the documentary "Shakedown," about LA's black, queer strip club scene from director Leilah Weinraub.
June Medical Services v. Russo could force patients to go to court to fight for an abortion.
As a guy, I hadn't given much thought to what I did (and didn't) carry around with me, until my partner opened my eyes.
In her new book "The Power Notebooks," Katie Roiphe puts forward a kind of Trojan horse feminism, which empowers women to keep men empowered.
When she loses a pregnancy, Anna Lea Hand searches in vain for vital advice and information.
The best player in high school hoops gorges on Chick-fil-A before games, tells rivals how she's going to beat them before she does it and hasn't lost a game in two years. Get ready for the revolution.
It's not enough to change a sign or take away urinals - it's time for companies to rethink their entire bathroom provision.