Gillis’ stale SNL joke at the expense of women is a classic response by men threatened by women’s excellence and autonomy.

Three proposed measures would establish a right to abortion in their states, while one is intended to repeal an established state constitutional right to abortion.

In Afghanistan, where girls are barred from secondary education, an underground network of home-based schools is preparing ...

For some 15 years, the Women’s Media Center (WMC) has researched and produced reports on gender and non-acting nominations for the Emmy awards. These reports have documented, in detail, the ...

As I recently approached the final days of my 16th year as a women’s, gender, and sexuality studies professor in a department that just last year commemorated 50 years of dynamic, interdisciplinary ...

WMC Live #504: Intersectionality. (Original Airdate 5/17/2026) Robin talks Critical Race Theory with one of its principal architects, Kimberlé Crenshaw—author of Backtalker and founder of the African ...

Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published the last tranche of more than 3 million pages required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. As first reported by The New York Times, the ...

Gloria Steinem: “It’s crucial that we are together in the most diverse ways possible” (Photo by Gia McKenna) Last month, I hosted notable feminist leaders at a salon at Gloria Steinem’s home on the ...

Title IX, the 1972 federal civil rights law guaranteeing gender equity in federally funded education programs, wasn’t on my radar after our daughter was raped on a 2012 overnight trip, nor was it on ...

It’s been 50 years since women gained the financial freedom to open their own bank accounts; in 1974, the Equal Credit Opportunity Act passed, granting women the right to have bank accounts without ...

It should come as no surprise that women continue to be in the minority of nominees for annual Academy Awards. Women in the film industry continue to come up against a proverbial glass ceiling, each ...