Ever since Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shared the announcement that they’re be stepping back as senior members of the royal family, there’s been a lot of talk about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s use of the word “royal.” You see, after their wedding, the pair officially registered their website, social media handles, and…
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As Meghan Markle and Prince Harry prepare to step back from royal duties, there’s been a lot of speculation about what exactly this is going to look like. They’re already in Vancouver, where they’ll mostly be based (although they’ll still be coming back to the U.K. often), and they’re also taking on work outside of…
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One night, as Orla killed time out of frame, she looked down the press’s side of the carpet and saw the laminated paper she used to stand on—LADY-ISH.COM. There was a set of delicate, neon-polished toes covering the name that had replaced hers, and Orla followed them up to the rest of a girl who…
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So while I’m enjoying all of this unprecedented—and, frankly, a little bit uncomfortable—attention and personal success, in large part due to my activism off the field, Colin Kaepernick is still effectively banned from the NFL, for kneeling during the national anthem in protest of known and systematic police brutality against people of color, known and…
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For this year’s Women of the Year issue, we asked inspiring women—past honorees, athletes, and more—to reflect on their life and work. At our 2019 Women of the Year Summit, we asked speaker, activist, and author Megan Phelps-Roper to do the same. Phelps-Roper grew up in the thick of a notorious religious group: her grandfather…
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When Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey published their New York Times expose on the decades of Harvey Weinstein’s sexual misconduct and harassment in Hollywood, there was a seismic shift in culture. Women everywhere felt empowered to come forward with their own stories of abuse—and the Me Too movement was reignited. Two years and thousands of…
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