‘Glow’ Star Betty Gilpin: What It’s Like to Have Pea-Sized Confidence With Watermelon-Sized Boobs”

“So in my 20s, I had to work doubly hard to disappear. The word “sorry” escaped my mouth a hundred times a day. I spent most of my time at parties trying to…

“The Al Capone theory of sexual harassment”

“The U.S. government recognized a pattern in the Al Capone case: smuggling goods was a crime often paired with failing to pay taxes on the proceeds of the smuggling. We noticed a similar pattern in reports of sexual harassment and assault: often people…

“A Father Vows To Save His Daughter From A Marriage He Forced Her Into”

“Durga wasn’t the only one to pay a heavy price. Once Lumbaram agreed to the match for Durga, he felt compelled to marry off his two younger daughters the same night: Wedding celebrations are so expensive…

“When My Oldest Friend Did Something Unforgivable”

TW: Rape

“I decided to avoid, to the best of my ability, having any sort of visceral reaction to this place he’d put me in. In lieu of anger, or sadness, or disgust, I opted for some bare-bones reasoning. I knew that…

“I Was a Men’s Rights Activist”

“I had never even seen the word “misandry” before, but I was able to deduce its meaning immediately: If misogyny is hatred of women, then misandry must be hatred of men.

Well, that’s kind of edgy and countercultural, I thought. I had never seen…

“HOW TO NEGOTIATE A RAISE (IF YOU’RE A WOMAN).”

“During the conversation, maintain eye contact and smile, but not too much of either so as not to appear bitchy nor ditzy. Remember that men are often confused by straightforward expressions of composure and will decide you are “cold,” a…

“The Land of the Large Adult Son”

“This seems to be roughly when the large-son meme went more or less mainstream. It had been germinating in arcane corners of the Internet for a couple of years by then. In 2012, the Twitter user @MuscularSon, who eventually deleted his account, started tweeting in…

“Facebook’s “Pride button” appears to be rolling out in a way that is culturally sensitive to bigots”

“The feature is only available as a default option for users living in “major markets with Pride celebrations.” In other places, users need to “like” the…

“The Answer Is Never: Rewriting the false narrative of childlessness”

“Spoiler alert: I don’t have a change of heart at the end of this essay. This is a story about not changing my mind and not having regret. To hives lady, the contractors and all the other bodega owners with…

“Evocative Illustrations Show What Women Do When No One’s Watching”

“Seeing women in art who aren’t being watched and aren’t being assessed, who aren’t sucking in their stomachs, arching their backs, or dewily parting their lips, is wonderful, refreshing, and deeply relatable.”