Teresa Sanderson, 60, has been living with lipoedema since her teenage years. Teresa Sanderson’s face lights up with nostalgic joy as she gazes at photos of her younger self — a slim, elfin six-year-old with dainty legs. But, within months, everything changed. ‘In just two pictures — one taken in 1969, the other in 1970 …
Breaking News: Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman to serve on the US Supreme Court, died at age 93 on Friday. Her passing occurred in Phoenix, Arizona after suffering from advanced dementia, possibly Alzheimer’s, and a respiratory illness. O’Connor was appointed in 1981 by President Ronald Reagan, serving as a key figure in many Supreme …
The Israeli-Hamas conflict has resulted in an array of horrors, with some of the most dreadful being the heinous acts committed against women and young girls on October 7 in Israel. Despite these distressing events, there has been an unfortunate lack of acknowledgment, and at worst, denial of these atrocities from voices in the U.S. …
Kim Ng will not be returning to the Miami Marlins (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images) Getty Images Major League Baseball is now without a female general manager. On Monday, the Miami Marlins announced that Kim Ng will not be returning as the club’s General Manager. Ng made history in November 2020 when she shattered the …
Narges Mohammadi, a jailed Iranian women’s rights advocate, wins the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The former vice president of the Defenders of Human Rights Center (DHRC) organization is chosen by a panel of experts in Norway from over 350 nominations. Mohammadi, 51, has been courageous in her activism despite numerous arrests and years …
Advancing to senior leadership positions in corporate America has long been hindered by the “glass ceiling,” a metaphorical barrier that obstructed women’s progress. However, recent research indicates that women face challenges much earlier in their careers. A new study from consulting firm McKinsey & Co. and Lean In, the nonprofit founded by former Meta COO …
According to a 2008 study, a staggering 80% of young women wear the wrong bra size, and it is believed that many continue to wear the wrong size throughout their lives. In fact, the number may be even higher than originally thought. The author of “The Bra Book: An Intimate Guide to Finding the Right …
In The Royal Hotel, a captivating new film written and directed by Kitty Green, we follow two women who find themselves low on funds while backpacking through Australia. To make ends meet, they reluctantly take on bartending jobs at a remote mining town in the outback, which is predominantly male. Fully aware of the potential …
The year was 2020, and schools abruptly closed. Kids Zoomed into kindergarten, and someone had to supervise them. Disproportionately, that task fell—because of course it did—to moms. So out of necessity, the moms quit their jobs. Thus began America’s first female recession. Beyond the immediate trauma of job and income loss, economists worried that this …
Models, including Naomi Wolf, have been depicted as the “heroines of adult women’s mass culture” in Naomi Wolf’s book The Beauty Myth. Thirty-three years ago, five of the world’s most beautiful women, featured on the cover of British Vogue, marked a significant shift in beauty standards. Photographer Peter Lindbergh, responsible for the iconic image, challenged …