When the French blogger Sophie Fontanel embraced celibacy, readers didn’t know what to make of her.
How online romance is threatening monogamy
How the once-intimate sign-off is feminizing the workplace, for better or worse
The questions asked of Slate's Gentleman Scholar and other male columnists tend to be practical and unemotional.
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A somewhat corny, mostly brilliant tip from corporate America
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Superstar moms can be more intimidating than inspiring. Where are the relatable examples of women who manage both children and successful careers?
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Refusing to tell your friends a guy's real name lessens the sting if he never calls back.
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It's a mistake to portray female correspondents as more inexperienced or prone to being attacked.
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Narratives about child-rearing have been maligned as boring. King Lear would beg to differ.
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After several high-profile cases of violence against women around the world, is there finally hope for change?
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However, it is possible, with the right kind of assistance, to break the cycle of misery
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"Women are targets": an interview with former foreign reporter Anne Sebba, author of a book on women journalists
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Half the films at Sundance this year were directed by women, compared with 4.4 percent of studio movies—but those proportions seem set to change.
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Two sociologists examine what led to women's educational advantage and present some surprising findings.
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Noteworthy feminist writing, from the works of Virginia Woolf to Caitlin Moran
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The Facebook COO's new book proposes that women opt out of the parent-or-careerwoman binary and choose both.
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Three writer dads discuss a recent declaration that written works about raising kids make dull reads.
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Science fiction has a history of asking big questions about the sexes. It's time for'Star Wars' to take some pointers from its genre.
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Can this simultaneously too-sexualized and too-babyish term finally be done away with?
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Medicine and the Machine
Using DNA for data storage and robots for hysterectomies: a series of reports on how healthcare and technology are co-evolving. Read more › |
How robots will make your doctor obsolete. Plus: The emancipation of Barack Obama, how to save kids from online bullies, why romantic comedies are so bad, and more.
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