When we talk about the upcoming Nina Simone biopic, it feels that two different conversations are taking place: One…
Decades before the world decided that beauty pageants were “scholarship competitions” that also feature a swimsuit…
Plus-size modeling is becoming ever more prevalent in the fashion industry, and the forthcoming documentary Straight/…
We haven’t even gotten over #TheBellyButtonChallenge yet and we already have to grapple with a new ridiculous and…
In further proof that Twitter’s memory is goldfish short, controversy erupted last night over the hashtag #FeministsA…
News to no one: It costs more to be a woman. We're charged more for goods and services, are more likely to take time…
In the glossy pages of Vogue, it's easy to see extreme beauty treatments as a kind of goofy lark. These photos by…

It seems that obsessions with the perfect body type knows no borders. Case in point: while Americans talk about…

You are not the only one whose skin isn't always perfect. But you could get that feeling from looking at the…
An anonymously-sourced Times Of India account claims Aishwarya Rai Bachchan is in "disbelief" about alleged…
In an effort to disrupt the dominant images about what women's hair should look like, Lauren Boyle and Marco Roso…
Stars like Kim Kardashian, Dana Delany, and Lisa Rinna are becoming part of a trend: it's now okay to admit that you…
"I am a woman with a beard," writes Allison Landa. And so unfolds a story of hair removal that challenged some of…
We were so impressed with porn star Nina Hartley's appearance in the documentary Exxxit, we had to talk to her more.…
As I write this, I'm having a little bit of trouble breathing. It's like I have a perpetual cold. But it wasn't…
"There is such a thing as being unfuckable and female," writes Jessa Crispin. It's a shocking statement, but it also…
When we posted about Tina Fey's recent Esquire shoot last week, one of our commenters asked, "Am I the only person…
• New Jersey health officials report a recent influx in women hospitalized with infections from black-market…
If you watched Mo'Nique make her way to the stage last night to accept her SAG award, you probably admired how…
The mainstream media has finally caught on to what the black blogosphere buzzed about two weeks ago: The premiere of…