When Christa Singleton first climbed Mount Kilimanjaro in 2016, she didn’t see anyone that looked like her on the mountain. She was hiking with more than 20 other women—a range of ages and sizes—but still, she felt distinctly out of place. As a plus-sizer hiker, it wasn’t merely the extra pounds she was carrying up…
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Virginia Woolf. Toni Morrison. Judy Blume. Maya Angelou. Harper Lee. The influence women writers have had on our culture is immeasurable. They’ve brought us The Handmaid’s Tale, Big Little Lies, even Harry Potter. So to whittle down to just one all-time favorite book written by a female author is nearly an impossible task. But in…
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It doesn’t have to be like this. The discrimination and sexism. The catcalls and violence and harassment. We could live in a world where women have access to all the rooms where it happens. We could make a future that’s better and fairer and more equitable than the present. Of course, to be a woman…
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The Bachelor‘s Women Tell All special is a highlight every season. It’s like a Real Housewives reunion, but everyone talks about things like their “journey” and whether or not they’re down for Paradise instead of, like, bickering about where their sister-in-law is sitting on a couch. It’s thrilling. (Spoilers ahead.) My favorite part is always…
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Growing up, Sayeeda Chowdhury, 24, never thought of herself as an athlete. She developed an aversion to the gym young, when classmates stared at the “Muslim girl modifications” to her PE uniform. “I hoped I could find the courage to go to the cardio room one day, but never imagined going into the weight room…
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When I was in high school, I had a Gossip Girl–themed sweet sixteen. I find this hilarious for multiple reasons, but particularly because I insisted the DJ remix Kristen Bell’s voiceover of “xoxo, Gossip Girl” into multiple songs throughout the night. Every detail was meticulously planned down to the outfit: I wanted to channel Serena.…
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