The New York Times – Film:
This HBO documentary spotlights the women activists who banded together to form Jane, a clandestine group providing safe abortions in the years before Roe v. Wade.
Category: Women’s Rights
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Where Does the Abortion Rights Movement Go Next?
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
Gloria Steinem reflects on the draft majority opinion leak, democratic backsliding and her life in the public eye.
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What’s Behind Fashion’s Rediscovery of the Bare Midriff?
The New York Times – T Magazine:
It might be that in exposing the waist, designers are also revealing their hope for a bolder and better future.
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In France, the Film ‘Happening’ Has Women Sharing Abortion Stories
The New York Times – Film:
Following the release of “Happening,” about an illegal abortion in 1963, the country’s contemporary stigma around the procedure is facing scrutiny.
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Reconsidering the Spice Girls: How Manufactured Girl Power Became Real
The New York Times – Music:
Even as the girl group topped the charts, it was dismissed as a pop confection. Twenty-five years later, its legacy is still being written.
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‘Suffs’ Review: Young, Scrappy and Hungry for the Right to Vote
The New York Times – Music:
Shaina Taub’s new musical at the Public Theater tells the story of the women’s suffrage movement in the years leading up to the passage of the 19th Amendment.
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How Sedona Prince Spurred the Conversation on Equity in March Madness
The New York Times – Sports:
Sedona Prince’s viral TikTok from the 2021 N.C.A.A. women’s tournament led to a gender equity review in college basketball and to changes in the women’s event.
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Adele, Dressed for Power
The New York Times – Fashion & Style:
The gown Adele wore for her ‘One Night Only’ concert was fit for a diva, but the white pantsuit she wore for her Oprah interview made an even stronger statement.