1 IN 3 U.S. WOMEN will have an abortion in her lifetime, and will be overwhelmingly confident in her choice. According to a study released last month,…
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USUALLY, when I hear the word “progress,” I picture a line steadily sloping upward. When it comes to progress in the area of reproductive rights,…
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I WATCHED “THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL” at a press screening about a month ago, and when I left the theater, I left feeling…
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YOU CAN GET anything on an app these days. Food, clothes, stylist appointments, baes… yup. By now, app-dating has become so prevalent in today’s dating…
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IN JULY, New York’s Wage Board endorsed raising the minimum wage to $15/hour for fast-food workers in New York State by 2021, a move that…
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I KNOW you’re going to be disappointed, but hear me out. Full disclosure? I looked. I looked right away. As soon as I read that,…
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JOURNALIST RACHEL HILLS’ first book, The Sex Myth: The Gap Between Our Fantasies and Reality, tackles what she names (and shames) as “the sex myth”…
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THE WHOLE POINT of conducting safety research on prescription and over-the-counter drugs is to ensure that the medications that people are consuming are safe. For…
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NOT EVERYONE can say “No.” This post is not about rape culture, the objectification of women, or male entitlement to female bodies. These are important conversations…
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Finally, something you can actually get away with blaming on your parents. Recent research has found that people who know about one of their parents…
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SARA CHIPPS AND BROOKE MORELAND, cofounders of Jewelbots, are intent on changing the worlds of fashion and technology. They’re taking a unique approach to the age-old…
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THE WORD “NUDE” means “skin-colored,” at least when it comes to fashion. Even though we all know that there are countless shades of skin color, the…
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