While, according to a 2019 survey, 46% of American gamers are women, the games they play don’t reflect their experiences at the same rate.

Actress Jo Martin will be the first black Doctor, and the second woman, in the series’ history.

This month, Kotex has initiated a new ad campaign that uses red fluid to simulate menstrual blood.

Bryant’s athletic prowess does not entitle him to the cultural benefit of the doubt, placing his protection over that of his alleged victim.

Among the flagrantly gendered phrases mentioned — including “ballbuster,” “nurturing,” and “bitchy” — one seemingly positive term stood out: “badass.”

2019 was a banner year for women in the entertainment industry. But female filmmakers are still unable to break the “celluloid ceiling.”

Feminists have long linked oppressive gender dynamics to industrialized animal agriculture, noting that female animals and their reproductive organs are exploited for profit, under intensely inhumane conditions.

No women were nominated in the category of Best Director at the Golden Globes even though there were more women-directed top-grossing movies in 2019 than in any year before.

The brand’s thinly veiled attempt to pivot to a “by her, for her” image after intense criticism and declining sales is unlikely to work.

There is nothing I love more than spending a night out dancing with my friends. What I would love even more is if that night out could be simple and carefree. Instead, I’m forced to be hyper-vigilant, watching my and my friends’ drinks and fighting off men who take any and every opportunity to grope and forcefully dance with us.

Everybody loves Disney. The only problem is that Disney didn’t use to love everybody — but now, they’re addressing that with a new disclaimer on the streaming service.

While it is important that activists hold people who use their privilege to abuse others accountable, whether that’s through physical actions or offensive “jokes,” some also argue that cancel culture does not give people any room to learn from making mistakes.

As part of a new revolution, South African women are making efforts to rewrite parts of our history in a way that is reflective, inclusive, and honest about the contributions the likes of Madikizela-Mandela have made during the struggle.

In 2012, around 800 women and 500 children in northern Ghana were estimated to be banished to and kept in 10 known “witch camps” for this very purpose.

While marching in Downtown LA as part of the city’s Climate Strike, I looked around and realized that many of the signs the protesters around me carried, and those that were affixed to surrounding booths run by progressive climate change organizations, were sexist.

Women, mostly, are not encouraged in society to share their opinion. In 2012, the Columbia Journalism Review published an article in which they revealed that women only wrote 20 percent of op-eds in the nation’s leading newspapers.

There has never been a female winner of Formula 1 (F1) racing — the most prestigious category in the motorsport. But 13-year-old Juju Noda wants to change that.

We debate the meaning of the Second Amendment endlessly, but rarely stop to interrogate how and why the people who decide to kill dozens of people have also demonstrated that they hate women.

Although we may always question whether or not we will be reprimanded for publishing a certain story, female journalists must continue to make ourselves and those around us aware of the issues self-censorship creates in the long run.

I wasn't born a feminist. Like so many women, I had to learn how to be one — in fact, I'm still learning. If you’re also still learning, here’s a roundup of books that can help you along your journey.

Since the start of the MeToo movement, journalists have played a key role in holding perpetrators accountable for the sexual violence they allegedly committed. Unfortunately, instead of challenging society's instinct to protect powerful men, some reporters covering #MeToo have reproduced this bias.

As of August 1, the Netherlands has instituted a ban on burqas and niqabs in public places, including hospitals, educational facilities, police departments, public museums, and public transportation. This recent policy change stands in stark contrast to the common narrative of Dutch people as tolerant and progressive, and highlights just how pervasive populism and Islamophobia currently are in Europe.

I tried getting help numerous times, especially since my symptoms got worse over time. But none of the doctors I saw took me seriously.

My great-grandmother is just one example of an underrepresented, underappreciated woman who fought her own feminist fight not in a big, public way, but bravely in her daily life. They are the feminists we never hear about, but whose voices surely deserve to be heard and celebrated.

In the recently published book There’s No Crying in Newsrooms, award-winning journalism scholars Kristin Grady Gilger and Julia Wallace investigate how gender has shaped the experiences of female journalists.