In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesBlack Midwifery Shows a Way Forward for Abortion Care Despite Brutal SuppressionAt a workshop last month, 64 midwives practiced performing abortions on dragonfruit while organizing around…BySarah DiGregorioPublishedJuly 12, 2023Comments (1)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesHidden Pain, Controlled Bodies: Does Ballet Have to Be Like This?A recent explosion of revelations from ballet dancers confronts an art form afraid to look itself in the mirror.ByEmily LeibertPublishedJune 12, 2023Comments (36)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesLet Me Try Out Pregnancy in the MetaverseAs we create these fantasy virtual worlds, how we include—or exclude—pregnant bodies matters.ByKady Ruth AshcraftPublishedMay 17, 2023Comments (8)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesWe Deserve So Much Better Than 'Restore Roe'Enough with the compromises. It's time to embrace an abortion philosophy that won't leave anyone behind.BySusan RinkunasPublishedJanuary 22, 2023Comments (31)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesWomen Are Not Barred From Racing in F1. So Why Can't Any Crack the Grid?20 motorsports drivers, experts, and execs lay out the inherent sexism women face in Formula Racing—and the series'…ByEmily LeibertPublishedNovember 17, 2022Comments (42)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesA Sin to Eat: The Untold Story of Anorexia as ReligionIt started with medieval “fasting girls.” Now, divine devotion and the occult mingle in eating disorder communities…ByEmma MaddenPublishedOctober 19, 2022Comments (11)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesWomen's Bodies Are Bearing the Brunt of Purity CultureRaised to associate their bodies with shame, women are now dealing with painful sex, severe bleeding, and…ByKaren AleaPublishedSeptember 20, 2022Comments (59)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesThis Abortion Boat Sounds FishyHow did a man with no experience in abortion care launch a service for offshore procedures, just weeks after the…BySusan RinkunasPublishedAugust 17, 2022Comments (14)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesI Hated the 'Nervous Game,' But I Still Participated. Did That Count as Consent?We played "games" in middle school that taught boys our bodies were theirs to grope, judge, and control.ByAlessandra SchadePublishedAugust 12, 2022Comments (64)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesThe NBA Is Horny. No Wonder the Fanfic Is So Good.As some fans rage, others channel their passion (and none of that heteromasculine bullshit) into fantasies with…ByKylie CheungPublishedAugust 9, 2022Comments (2)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesPrEP Gave Us a Tool for Ending HIV, But It Has Failed to DeliverOn its 10th anniversary, queer, Black, and Latinx communities are calling attention to the unfulfilled promise of…ByRich JuzwiakPublishedJuly 15, 2022Comments (18)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesBrides Are Suffocating Under the Weight of TraditionA feeling of trauma is overwhelming some modern brides, even as they try to rebel against the cookie-cutter wedding…ByEmily LeibertPublishedJuly 12, 2022Comments (108)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesThe Untold Stories of Palestinian Women Behind the Walls of Israeli PrisonsThey endure "a living hell" inside the jails. But in the turmoil of Israeli occupation, they are forgotten.ByWafa AludainiPublishedJune 14, 2022Comments (12)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesAnti-Sexual Violence Organizations Are Too Quiet About 'Roe v. Wade'Being forced to remain pregnant is gender-based violence. So why aren’t national groups responding in full force to…ByKylie CheungPublishedJune 8, 2022Comments (6)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesWomen’s Sports Fans: Where the Hell Are You?When athletes don’t receive serious coverage, potential fans don’t get a chance to respect, and religiously follow,…ByEmily LeibertPublishedMay 13, 2022Comments (41)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesThe Sinister Connection Between Abortion Rights, White Supremacy, and CovidThe notion of white genocide has always been explicitly tied to reproductive politics.ByGwen SnyderPublishedMay 5, 2022Comments (27)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesStop Telling People in Red States to Move When They're Faced With Devastating BansIt’s “a colonialist, white supremacist way of looking at travel, at land," one abortion advocate says, and it drowns…ByKylie CheungPublishedMay 3, 2022Comments (135)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesThere Was Boundless Energy for Women Candidates in 2018. Now, Just Apathy.More women than ever ran for office four years ago, and the future, everyone said, was female. Where's that same…ByKylie CheungPublishedMarch 18, 2022Comments (35)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesThese Women Were Stalked With AirTags. They Never Got Justice.Stalking is nothing new, as one in three women will tell you, but law enforcement and Big Tech were unprepared to…ByAudra HeinrichsPublishedMarch 17, 2022Comments (13)
In DepthFeaturesIn DepthFeaturesBlack-Owned Bookstores Safeguard Our History as Racists Try to Ban ItRepublican politicians are working to prohibit books that cause "white discomfort" in classrooms, so Black bookstore…BySt. Clair Detrick-JulesPublishedMarch 9, 2022Comments (13)