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How Joni Mitchell Pioneered Her Own Form of Artistic Genius
On the long and continuing struggle of women artists for recognition on their own terms.
by
Ann Powers
via
Literary Hub
on
June 17, 2024
Sluts and the Founders
Understanding the meaning of the word "slut" in the Founders' vocabulary.
by
Alexis Coe
via
Study Marry Kill
on
January 26, 2022
How Training Bras Constructed American Girlhood
In the twentieth century, advertisements for a new type of garment for preteen girls sought to define the femininity they sold.
by
Christine Ro
via
JSTOR Daily
on
March 18, 2020
How Robert Crumb Channeled Mid-Century Teenage Angst Into Art
Dan Nadel on the formative awkward adolescence of an iconic American cartoonist.
by
Dan Nadel
via
Literary Hub
on
April 15, 2025
Was “Fat Is a Feminist Issue” Liberating? Or Weight-Loss Propaganda?
Susie Orbach’s 1978 book is a fascinating snapshot of diet and physical culture in a very different era.
by
Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
via
The New Republic
on
December 5, 2024
From Torpedo Bras to Whale Tails: A Brief History of Women’s Underwear
The popular reception of thongs, bras, boy shorts and other intimate items.
by
Nina Edwards
via
Literary Hub
on
October 24, 2024
Taylor Swift and the History of the Celebrity Endorsement
Do pop culture interventions in presidential elections make a difference?
by
Addie Mahmassani
via
New Lines
on
October 23, 2024
A Purrrrfect Political Storm
Crazy cat ladies have come to dominate this election season. It’s hardly the first time.
by
Natalie Kinkade
via
JSTOR Daily
on
September 25, 2024
The Cultural History Behind Trump's Attack on Kamala Harris's Race
What the scholarship on biraciality tells us about politics now.
by
Rafael Walker
via
The Chronicle of Higher Education
on
August 8, 2024
The Woman Who Made America Take Cookbooks Seriously
Judith Jones edited culinary greats such as Julia Child and Edna Lewis—and identified the pleasure at the core of traditional “women’s work.”
by
Lily Meyer
via
The Atlantic
on
May 28, 2024
How Sports Clothes Became Fashion
The evolution of women's sportswear.
by
Einav Rabinovitch-Fox
via
Nursing Clio
on
May 15, 2024
Taylor Swift’s Homage to Clara Bow
The star of the 1920s silver screen who appears on Taylor Swift’s new album abruptly left Hollywood at the height of her success.
by
Deirdre Clemente
,
Annie Delgado
via
The Conversation
on
April 15, 2024
When Feminism Was ‘Sexist’—and Anti-Suffrage
The women who opposed their own enfranchisement in the Victorian era have little in common with the “Repeal the 19th” fringe of today.
by
Mary Harrington
via
The American Conservative
on
April 15, 2024
Sports Illustrated's Forgotten Pioneer
In the Mad Men era of magazine journalism, Virginia Kraft was a globe-trotting writer and a deadly shot with a rifle. Why hasn't anyone heard of her?
by
Emily Sohn
via
Long Lead
on
January 14, 2024
What Betty Friedan Knew
Judge the author of the “Feminine Mystique” not by the gains she made, but by her experience.
by
Hermione Hoby
via
The New Republic
on
December 1, 2023
The Abandonment of Betty Friedan
What does the academy have against the mother of second-wave feminism?
by
Rachel Shteir
via
The Chronicle of Higher Education
on
September 11, 2023
This is the Real History of Barbie
Before the eagerly-anticipated film hits our screens, we take a look back at the story of the world's most famous doll.
by
Marie-Claire Chappet
via
Harper's Bazaar
on
July 13, 2023
Lady Vols Country
How college basketball coach Pat Summitt transformed women's sports.
by
Jessica Wilkerson
via
Oxford American
on
June 6, 2023
How “Gender” Went Rogue
Debating the meaning of gender is hardly new, but the clinical origin of the word may come as a surprise.
by
Sandra Eder
via
Los Angeles Review of Books
on
May 24, 2023
Mae West and Camp
A camp diva, a queer icon, and a model of feminism—the memorable Mae West left behind a complicated legacy, on and off the stage.
by
Betsy Golden Kellem
via
JSTOR Daily
on
April 26, 2023
Boys in Dresses: The Tradition
It’s difficult to read the gender of children in many old photos. That’s because coding American children via clothing didn’t begin until the 1920s.
by
Matthew Wills
,
Jo B. Paoletti
via
JSTOR Daily
on
April 11, 2023
partner
History Exposes the Real Reason Republicans are Trying to Ban Drag Shows
For decades, conservatives were fine with sexually charged cross-dressing entertainment — so long as it reinforced traditional power structures.
by
Rachel Hope Cleves
via
Made By History
on
March 9, 2023
How Love Conquered a Convent: Catholicism and Gender Disorder on the 1830s Stage
'Pet of the Petticoats' extends the reach of Anglo-Atlantic anti-Catholicism to the stage, illustrating the ways its tropes and anxieties moved across genres.
by
Sara Lampert
via
Commonplace
on
September 7, 2022
How Mary Kay Contributed to Feminism – Even Though She Loathed Feminists
Ash derided women’s liberation as “that foolishness” – but her success story is very feminist.
by
Cassandra L. Yacovazzi
via
The Conversation
on
August 30, 2022
partner
The Military Has Long Had Ties With The Fashion Industry
The new Army bra is the latest chapter in a longtime partnership.
by
Einav Rabinovitch-Fox
via
Made By History
on
August 22, 2022
partner
A New Bra Reveals That the Military is Moving Toward Gender Equality
Women’s military uniforms were once about making soldiers look feminine. Now they’re about enhancing performance.
by
Tanya L. Roth
via
Made By History
on
August 19, 2022
Mammy and the Femme Fatale: Hattie McDaniel, Dorothy Dandridge, and the Black Female Standard
Black femininity was always considered a hard sell in Hollywood, but Hattie McDaniels and Dorothy became the perfect women to peddle racist stereotypes.
by
Lynda Cowell
via
Girls On Tops
on
July 20, 2022
Women, Men, and Classical Music
As more women embraced music as a profession, more men became worried that the world of the orchestra was losing its masculinity.
by
Livia Gershon
,
Gavin James Campbell
via
JSTOR Daily
on
May 23, 2022
Flower Power
On the women who kickstarted the ecological restoration movement in America.
by
Laura J. Martin
via
Lapham’s Quarterly
on
May 18, 2022
How Bicycles Liberated Women in Victorian America
Cycling culture offered individual women, as well as couples, greater freedom in daily life.
by
Anya Jabour
via
Commonplace
on
April 12, 2022
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