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ALERT: Leaving Your Birth Control Pills in Your Car Could Get You Pregnant
As could leaving them in the bathroom.... And all of these other places.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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7 of Your Biggest Shark Week Questions, Answered
Nature is so, so beautiful.
By Cady Drell Published
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Has the Best Comebacks on Twitter
How to rip apart your haters 101.
By Zoe Harris Published
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Netflix's 'The Bleeding Edge' Isn't Even Out Yet and Essure Has Already Been Pulled
"I don't know how anyone could let this happen."
By Jenny Hollander Published
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Meet Jacinda Ardern, Prime Minister of New Zealand
The youngest female head of state in the world talks abortion, Trump, and stay-at-home dads.
By Kayla Webley Adler Published
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Obama Admits, "Men Have Been Getting on My Nerves Recently," and, I Mean, Same
"What’s wrong with us?!"
By Jenny Hollander Published
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Senator Tammy Duckworth Doesn't Want Her Daughter's Birth to Be News Anymore
"It says something about where our country is, especially in relation to other developed industrialized nations, that this is such big news."
By Kayla Webley Adler Published
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Senator Tammy Duckworth on Why the Children Separated at the Border Still Need You
"We are a nation in crisis," Tammy Duckworth writes.
By Senator Tammy Duckworth Published
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The IUD Vs. The World
The IUD is the most effective contraceptive the world has ever seen. So why aren’t more women using it? One nonprofit is trying to change that.
By Kayla Webley Adler Published
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I'm the President of NARAL. Roe v. Wade Is in Grave Danger.
The time to fight harder than ever is now.
By Ilyse Hogue Published
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How a Walgreens Pharmacist (Legally) Refused to Give This Woman a Doctor-Prescribed Abortion Pill
Nicole Arteaga tells MarieClaire.com she shared her story to "make women feel less alone"—because it could happen to you, too.
By Cady Drell Published
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern Is the First World Leader to Take Maternity Leave
The New Zealand PM announced the birth of her baby girl on Thursday.
By Cady Drell Published
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Amandla Stenberg Comes Out as Gay—"Not Bi, Not Pan"—in a Rad Interview
Mila Kunis was her first celebrity crush.
By Zoe Harris Published
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The Daughters' Great Escape
Women raised by the Christian patriarchy are defined by complete subservience to their father, mastering homemaking skills and abstaining from college and career. But even as the ideology gains influence on a national stage, a small minority of brave young women are defying their families and churches to live life on their own terms.
By Sarah Stankorb Published
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All the Ways I Feel About the New Yeezy Ads as a Feminist
Lots to unpack here.
By Cady Drell Published
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This Pride Month, Remember: It's Okay to Take a While to Figure Yourself Out
The characters in Camille Perri's latest novel, When Katie Met Cassidy, struggle with identity and sexuality just like the rest of us.
By Camille Perri Published
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Stephanie Danler and Ella Purnell Talk 'Sweetbitter' and Strange Female Friendships
The creator of the show sits down with its star as they look back on its first season.
By Cady Drell Published
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The Case For Miss America's Swimsuit Competition
At least one former contestant thinks the decision to scrap it was a misstep. Here's why.
By Cady Drell Published
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Gen Z May Be the Socially Conscious Generation of Girls Yet
New research finds teen girls feel empowered to create change—and are already doing it.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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You Have to See All the Badass Women Who Have Cameos in Maroon 5's New Music Video
Twenty-six icons in one place.
By Alex Warner Published
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J.Crew Stands By Its “I Am a Feminist Too” Boys T-Shirt
Despite backlash from some parents.
By Megan Friedman Published
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Meet the Women Behind the Music
These six female execs are turning the music business on its head.
By Kaitlin Menza Published
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America Ferrera Is DONE being Put in a Box
The actress and activist opens up about being a Latina in Hollywood and how the 2016 election felt like “a death” in this candid MAKERS interview.
By Megan DiTrolio Published
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Irish Women Want Their Bodies Back
Ireland is so rigidly anti-abortion, its law criminalizing the procedure is written into its constitution. On the eve of a referendum to repeal the ban, women are leading the charge to end reproductive restrictions that have endangered their health for nearly 100 years.
By Jennifer Duggan Published
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Becky Hammon, Woman, Is Up for an NBA Head Coaching Job
And no matter what the haters say, she's earned it.
By Molly Knight Published
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Meet the Kardashians of the Middle East
Influencers from Amman to Dubai have adopted show-all, tell-all lives with a fevered passion, ushering in a new kind of celebrity culture in a region where women’s thoughts and wardrobe choices are often kept private. These are the women snapping their way to social change.
By Saba Imtiaz Published