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Jennifer Garner’s Good-Girl Image Has Become Her Business
Jennifer Garner hasn’t been a major movie star in years. So why are gossip magazines so invested in her?
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Donald Trump Is The President Of Gossip
How Trump allegedly took a page from the gossip industry handbook to get critics to fall in line.
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The Great White Celebrity Vacuum
White women have long been the primary currency of the celebrity industry. But in our current political and cultural climate, investing in them feels increasingly ill-advised.
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Sherman Alexie on How Trump is Turning the US Into a Reservation
Sherman Alexie on what it means for Trump to treat the entire country like a reservation — and writing a memoir about a great woman who was not a great mother.
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How Kim Kardashian Pushed The Boundaries Of Celebrity Pregnancy
Ridiculed for failing to have the ideal “cute celebrity pregnancy,” Kardashian called attention to the constrictive ways women are now expected to perform pregnancy in public.
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Why Do We Project The Resistance Onto Melania Trump?
If she means nothing, she can also mean anything — and become the most prominent symbol of misery under Trump.
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The Women Of "The Keepers" Aren’t Afraid Of The Truth
When our systems for justice fail, who takes up the burden? Women. Warning: Spoilers for anyone who hasn’t watched The Keepers.
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How Dallas Became One Of America’s Most Refugee-Friendly Cities
Samira Page has made it her life’s work to help other Christians — and all Americans — love and welcome foreign refugees. In Dallas, that work is paying off.
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There’s So Much To Learn From The Montana Special Election
It’s not a referendum on Trump. But the election — between a “singing cowboy” and a “carpetbagging billionaire” — can teach the rest of the country about how to actually cultivate and persuade independent voters.
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The Company Behind The National Enquirer Just Bought Us Weekly — Here’s Why That Matters
American Media — the company behind the National Enquirer, Radar Online, and a handful of others — recently acquired Us Weekly. Its editorial director, Dylan Howard, has an old-fashioned newfangled vision for the future of the tabloid.
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How One Generation Changed The Way We Think About Furniture
You throw away most of what you buy in your twenties. You buy a nice couch right around age 34. But do millennials actually care about furniture?
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The Radical Feminist Aesthetic Of "The Handmaid’s Tale"
Hulu’s adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale is both a beauty to behold and a slap in the face. (No spoilers, but the piece does describe the book’s basic premise.)
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Ivanka Doesn’t Get To Decide What "Complicit" Means
Ivanka Trump leverages complete control over her image — but she doesn’t get to redefine how history will judge her silence.
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How Many Times Does Nicole Kidman Have To Prove Herself?
No woman with as much talent as Kidman should be forced to argue, over and over again, that she is a force to be taken seriously.
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Who Should Pay For Evan Karr’s Heart?
Every day, millions of Americans, even those with insurance, struggle to pay for health care. If the Republican health care plan passes, that struggle will only intensify.
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The Real Peril Of Crowdfunding Health Care
On who gets funded — and who gets left behind.
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Here’s Why Women Did (And Didn’t) Go On Strike
“My action for today is to declare that I have value.”
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The Softening Of Kellyanne Conway
How do you create sympathy for Trump’s spin doctor?
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Ivanka Trump And The Aesthetics Of Denial
Ivanka only wields her power where no one can see it.
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Love Lives In Whitefish, Montana, But So Do Neo-Nazis
When neo-Nazis started trolling Whitefish, Montana, the town had to make a definitive stand against hate. But the deepest-rooted intolerance in places like Whitefish isn’t the kind that makes headlines.
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