Women have revealed the things they worry about navigating most at a festival — with bathroom, sweat, and period-related needs featuring in the top 10. In the lead-up to the first weekend of Coachella and as festival season officially gets underway, a poll of 2,000 U.S. women who have attended a music festival found excess … Read more
A young Aussie is going viral for practicing her comeback to any potential sexism she may encounter at her new job. Emily Webb, 25, who has a legion of fans on an adult subscription website, took to social media to share that she’d snagged a job selling cars. She was already preparing for gross comments. … Read more
He voted for Trump — she voted for dump. Deborah didn’t want to break up with her boyfriend of three years, Nick — and the single mom of two tried as hard as she could to ignore her paramour’s politics. But three days after President Donald Trump was sworn in for his second term in January, the … Read more
In the Swinging Sixties, one of the most popular commodities on male-dominated Wall Street was Ms. Francine Gottfried’s torpedo-like breasts. Worn proudly under a tight sweater, Ms. Gottfried had her size 43s innocently on view every workday when the 20-year-old arrived from her home in Brooklyn, to her lowly data processing job on The Street. … Read more
Life’s just not fair — especially in these states. A new study published in the journal PLOS ONE examined all 50 states to determine the best to worst places to live as a woman when looking at gender equality. The results showed that Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma are the worst places for women in the … Read more
Former “Doctor Who” actor David Tennant told a top U.K. government minister to “shut up” during a speech about LGBTQ rights, adding that he hoped for a world in which she didn’t “exist.” Tennant took aim at Kemi Badenoch, the U.K.’s Minister for Women and Equalities, last week when accepting an award at the British … Read more
A California doctor is urging businesses to give female employees three days off work each month in order for them to deal with their menstrual cycle. Dr. Mindy Pelz, the author of “The Menopause Reset,” made the remarks on Steven Bartlett’s podcast “The Diary of a CEO,” saying male workers should also be able to … Read more
In Rome, a few decades back, a then 20-year-old Elizabeth Flock and friends hired a male tour guide to show them the city. Elizabeth remembers everyone taking a shot with the guide at a local bar but nothing after that — he’d roofied her. She woke up to being raped by the man at an … Read more
Britain’s National Health System will ban transgender patients from female-only wards — as its secretary strikes back at “wokery” in medicine. Steve Barclay, 51, vowed to update the NHS constitution Tuesday, which includes banning transgender patients from gender-specific wards, allowing patients to request care by those of the same biological sex and for staff to … Read more
Meghan Markle donned a strapless, golden Johanna Ortiz ensemble with a matching clutch and Tom Ford heels Tuesday for the Ms. Foundation awards ceremony in the Ziegfeld Ballroom in Manhattan. The Duchess of Sussex, who skipped the royal coronation earlier this month, arrived in style at the NYC event with Prince Harry, 38, on her … Read more
Joan Collins is all about breastfeeding — not “chestfeeding.” In celebration of International Women’s Day on March 8, the Golden Globe winner of “Dynasty” fame published an impassioned opinion piece for the Independent, spotlighting the dangers she feels gender-inclusive language or “politically correct stealth” poses to women’s rights. “It worries me that we might be … Read more
Jessie Sanders said when she started experiencing debilitating abdominal pain more than five years ago, doctors blamed her symptoms on UTIs, severe cramps, hormonal changes and endometriosis. Then, over Thanksgiving break in 2021, the San Diego State University student was plunged into a bout of pain so severe she went to the emergency room. There, … Read more
There’s fame, and then there’s superhero-movie fame. Sarah Shahi is about to set out on a global tour for “Black Adam,” with all the attendant paparazzi and fandom that a comic-book movie starring The Rock entails. But on the eve of her departure, she’s focused on an audience of one. “I just want to be … Read more