Gender Letter Women, Stop Volunteering for Office Housework! If you think that raising your hand for tasks you’re not really into will pay off at some point in some way, think again. By MAYA SALAM
Gender Letter An Ode to Old Maids Everywhere Why are there so few cultural rituals for women without a partner or children? By JESSICA BENNETT
Gender Letter It’s Serena. ‘Ms. Williams’ if You’re Nasty. Why are the husbands of some of the greatest players in tennis getting credit — in name, at least — for their spouse’s triumphs?
Gender Letter What Should Women Sound Like? A World Cup commentator is told she’s too “high pitched,” Justice Kennedy retires, and a new progressive hero emerges: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Plus, we’re live with 2 Dope Queens!
Gender Letter Teenagers Are Here, Queer and Bringing Pride to Prom A century-old adherence to entrenched prom traditions has long left many young people in the dust. But in recent years, some students have been turning the heteronormative event on its head. By MAYA SALAM
Gender Letter He Gave a Light Sentence for Sexual Assault. Now He’s Off the Bench. The judge who sentenced Brock Turner, the Stanford student charged with sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, was recalled by California voters. But is it a good thing? By ZOE GREENBERG
Gender Letter Yes, Britain, You Can Have More Women on Corporate Boards Your pocket guide to responding to stereotypes and suppositions with studies — and a little sass.
Gender Letter Stop Being Grateful! Graduation Advice from 12 Women. For the first time in at least 20 years, the majority of the nation’s top colleges are featuring women as commencement speakers this year. Hear advice from Abby Wambach and more.
Gender Letter Harvey Weinstein ‘Perp Walked’ Into the Future of #MeToo Mr. Weinstein, who once proclaimed himself untouchable, was led, handcuffed, into his arraignment by a female detective, and it represented something larger.
Gender Letter Meghan Markle, Our Anti-Princess Princess, Builds a Bridge A moment for those of us who’ve felt bored, ambivalent or bitter about being forever inundated with homogeneous fairy tales. By MAYA SALAM
Gender Letter 45 Stories of Sex and Consent on Campus The hypocrisy or Eric Schneiderman, a new project on sexual consent and more.
Subscribe to the Gender Letter Newsletter A weekly take on news, trends, culture and whatever else is on the mind of our gender editor, Jessica Bennett. By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Gender Letter Remembering New York City’s First Female Cab Driver In this week’s Gender Letter, the debate over Michelle Wolf, new accusations against Charlie Rose, and the remarkable woman who drove a city cab
Gender Letter The Culture Is Changing. Cosby is Proof. Bill Cosby, men in power named “James” and more in this week’s Gender Letter.
Gender Letter All the Poetry That’s Fit to Print For National Poetry Month, we asked four poets to answer the prompt: “How I Write.”
Gender Letter Moms, They Get the Job Done From Senator Tammy Duckworth to Beyoncé, working moms get the job done. But their labor is often invisible.
Gender Letter Women, Stop Volunteering for Office Housework! If you think that raising your hand for tasks you’re not really into will pay off at some point in some way, think again. By MAYA SALAM
Gender Letter An Ode to Old Maids Everywhere Why are there so few cultural rituals for women without a partner or children? By JESSICA BENNETT
Gender Letter It’s Serena. ‘Ms. Williams’ if You’re Nasty. Why are the husbands of some of the greatest players in tennis getting credit — in name, at least — for their spouse’s triumphs?
Gender Letter What Should Women Sound Like? A World Cup commentator is told she’s too “high pitched,” Justice Kennedy retires, and a new progressive hero emerges: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Plus, we’re live with 2 Dope Queens!
Gender Letter Teenagers Are Here, Queer and Bringing Pride to Prom A century-old adherence to entrenched prom traditions has long left many young people in the dust. But in recent years, some students have been turning the heteronormative event on its head. By MAYA SALAM
Gender Letter He Gave a Light Sentence for Sexual Assault. Now He’s Off the Bench. The judge who sentenced Brock Turner, the Stanford student charged with sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, was recalled by California voters. But is it a good thing? By ZOE GREENBERG
Gender Letter Yes, Britain, You Can Have More Women on Corporate Boards Your pocket guide to responding to stereotypes and suppositions with studies — and a little sass.
Gender Letter Stop Being Grateful! Graduation Advice from 12 Women. For the first time in at least 20 years, the majority of the nation’s top colleges are featuring women as commencement speakers this year. Hear advice from Abby Wambach and more.
Gender Letter Harvey Weinstein ‘Perp Walked’ Into the Future of #MeToo Mr. Weinstein, who once proclaimed himself untouchable, was led, handcuffed, into his arraignment by a female detective, and it represented something larger.
Gender Letter Meghan Markle, Our Anti-Princess Princess, Builds a Bridge A moment for those of us who’ve felt bored, ambivalent or bitter about being forever inundated with homogeneous fairy tales. By MAYA SALAM
Gender Letter 45 Stories of Sex and Consent on Campus The hypocrisy or Eric Schneiderman, a new project on sexual consent and more.
Subscribe to the Gender Letter Newsletter A weekly take on news, trends, culture and whatever else is on the mind of our gender editor, Jessica Bennett. By THE NEW YORK TIMES
Gender Letter Remembering New York City’s First Female Cab Driver In this week’s Gender Letter, the debate over Michelle Wolf, new accusations against Charlie Rose, and the remarkable woman who drove a city cab
Gender Letter The Culture Is Changing. Cosby is Proof. Bill Cosby, men in power named “James” and more in this week’s Gender Letter.
Gender Letter All the Poetry That’s Fit to Print For National Poetry Month, we asked four poets to answer the prompt: “How I Write.”
Gender Letter Moms, They Get the Job Done From Senator Tammy Duckworth to Beyoncé, working moms get the job done. But their labor is often invisible.