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How to overcome perfectionism in a judgmental world
For nearly a decade, I’ve been trying to write a young-adult zombie novel. But until recently, I was stuck around the 3,000-word mark. The problem? Whenever I opened my Word document, I’d read over...
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In “The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” season 2, even magic can’t fix toxic...
Netflix’s The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina bills itself as a show about the occult, in which a half-witch, half-mortal teenager must navigate her life in two different worlds. In its forthcoming...
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Sexism is making the global tuberculosis epidemic worse
When Amina started a new job that involved searching for undetected cases of tuberculosis in her community, she did not expect that the first case she detected would be herself. The 38-year-old mother...
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Move over “Friends,” India’s Tinder generation is all about “Game of Thrones”
Young Indians are coffee-loving feminists who prefer to “Netflix and chill” above all else. At least that’s what they flaunt to prospective dates on Tinder. On April 11, the online dating platform...
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Why up to 65 million eligible Indian women may not vote this time
In the weeks of the Indian general election, more than 431 million women will be called to the polls—and a higher percentage than ever before is expected to answer the call. Women’s turnout at the...
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Powerful photos of women protesting are shaping popular uprisings in Africa
In the photo, the ballerina’s twisted fingers dance towards the gloomy sky. Posing in the classic retiré position—with one of her legs bent upwards, the toes touching just above her knees—her eyes...
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Inside Wayanad, the “safe seat” where Rahul Gandhi has barely set foot
Nestled in the Western Ghat mountains, an otherwise sleepy Wayanad has been abuzz over the past few weeks. Indian National Congress president Rahul Gandhi, the main rival to prime minister Narendra...
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This candidate from Modi’s BJP faces over 200 criminal cases and says all...
For all of its standout social development indicators, the southern Indian state of Kerala is going to polls roiled by a deeply religious issue this time. Only a few months before the ongoing...
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Agnès Varda showed us how to find the beauty in ordinary things
Fans and friends began commemorating beloved French film director Agnès Varda immediately after her death, at age 90, on March 29. Bouquets, notes, and even vegetables arrived outside her small purple...
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Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods burgers could change the way we think about...
Beyond Meat wants to change the way we eat. That means the plant-based protein company, currently in the midst of planning an initial public offering expected to put its value at $1.2 billion, needs to...
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Some voting booths in India have an all-female staff and childcare facilities
The entrance gate of Colaba’s polling booth 164 in Mumbai South is decorated with pink, white, and red balloons. A banner reads “sakhi election center”—sakhi is a Hindi word meaning “female friend”—and...
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The secret feminist history of illustrating plant life
“I do not wish [women] to have power over men; but over themselves,” 18th-century British feminist Mary Wollstonecraft writes in the seminal book A Vindication of the Rights of Women, explaining the...
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Before we knew better: “Bewitched” was a traditional show dressed in feminist...
In this mini-series, we look again at media we have loved to consider how it depicted gender. How does it look to a person with a 2019 perspective on gender roles and norms? Warning: Contains spoilers....
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More than a century ago, feminist hero Nellie Bly discovered the key to...
Nellie Bly was many things: a fearless reporter, an innovative industrialist, an intrepid world traveler. But her greatest asset, and the one thing that made all her successes possible, is what she...
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Meghan Markle’s progressive influence is seen in the royal baby debut, too
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, aka the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, debuted their son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, today at Windsor Castle. The couple had previously announced that they would...
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Should women go on a sex strike over Republican abortion laws? Feminists are...
Many women do not know they are pregnant for at least five or six weeks into their pregnancy. In six US states, women for whom this is the case will now be unable to seek a termination, after Georgia,...
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Meet the naked academic who is rewriting women—and their bodies—into economic...
In March 2018, Victoria Bateman walked into the gala dinner at the annual conference of the Royal Economic Society in Brighton, the largest gathering of economists in the UK. Amid the formal business...
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How a Senegalese soap opera went viral across Africa by giving women an...
Maitresse d’un homme marié (Mistress of a Married Man), a wildly popular Senegalese TV soap, sparked controversy and made national news here in March when there were there were calls by some religious...
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WhatsApp is driving Indian women to vote like never before
Indian women are for the first time in India’s democratic history becoming a powerful political force. It’s about time for a demographic that represent 9% of the entire world’s population. Since India...
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Tony Robbins, the king of self-help, finds himself in need of assistance
The self-help guru Tony Robbins is worth about $500 million. He’s amassed this fortune by coaching others on how to overcome their limiting beliefs and achieve their dreams. Robbins is the original...
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