In women’s hands, the confessional has become a form of self-possession
Why women keep secrets
The Book of Revelations finds Juliet Nicolson exploring the history and politics of female secrecy
Their days in the sun: the women who made history among the stars
Donald Trump may want to undermine them, but female astronauts are getting the attention they deserve
Fashion Week showed us the body positivity movement is over
The main trend revealed on the catwalks is that women are expected to be thinner
My brain injury left me unable to move
Many former players watching the rise of the women’s game will be doing so through the haze of neurodegenerative diseases caused by the repeated head impacts they sustained from playing rugby. Their stories are a warning.
Women still not visible in sports advertising
Research shows that only 40% of sporting images feature women. A new campaign aims to change that
Women wait longer for ovarian cancer care in UK
British women are less likely to receive timely treatment for the disease than counterparts in other countries
‘Intimate deodorants suggest we want our genitals to smell like food’
The growing hunger for fragrance rather than food has led to new ways to cover our bodily odours with gourmet scents
After Tylenol, will epidurals and caesareans be next?
Blaming expectant mothers who take Tylenol for autism in their children shows exactly how little Donald Trump cares for science – or women
Hostile, degrading, offensive: women demand harsher penalties for ‘God complex’ surgeons
Anger as consultant who touched female colleague under the operating table returns to work after being suspended for just a year
Women’s football is following the flow to transform the game
Top-flight teams and experts are ‘weaponising’ periods for better play and to tackle stigma
‘So sick to make money out of body distress’
Now we can all live the lean dream – if we can afford the drugs, writes the author of Fat is a Feminist Issue
Women’s safety group accused of setting back sexual violence debate
Women’s Safety Initiative harnesses myth of evil migrant man in narrative that bolsters far right
Oasis shocker: no fights, no chaos. Critics, don’t look back in anger
US groups escalate support for UK anti-abortion protesters
Network of well-funded bodies backs cases in UK after JD Vance’s challenge on buffer zones outside abortion clinics
South Africa face battle to win hearts and minds
Springboks hope World Cup progress can overturn toxic attitudes at home
A chance to grow: the women learning to garden in prison
The Glasshouse offers horticultural training to incarcerated women, nurturing a more hopeful future
A shift in the abortion debate
The latest stats don't prove carelessness, they show that women take the prospect of motherhood seriously
The reality of living in a woman’s body is complicated
A paper on pregnancy nutrition offers advice – but overlooks the truths about life after birth
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