by Anne Bayin | Sep 29, 2021
During the first peak of the #MeToo movement, a woman at my friend’s dinner party, asked, incredulous, how anyone could have had sex with a disgusting creep like Harvey Weinstein for years, repeatedly, and never tell? She didn’t get it. Not me. I totally got it, and I...
by Densie Webb | Jul 16, 2021
Like many women her age, my twenty-something daughter is not afraid to show off her midsection; she’s comfortable in low-slung jeans, bikinis, hip-hugging shorts, whatever. Sometimes I look at her and think, “Was my stomach ever that flat?” But I know the...
by Janice Eidus | Jul 9, 2021
I was sitting in my Manhattan apartment recently with eight of my pals when the subject of friendship came up. Specifically, why some close female friendships last through thick and thin, ups and downs, sickness and health, trauma and heartache, while others don’t...
by Sheila Weller | Jun 17, 2021
Editor’s Note: With the news that Christiane Amanpour has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, we’re republishing this vivid profile by Sheila Weller. We have long admired Amanpour, and do so even more now that she’s using her ordeal to help other...
by Hillary Quinn | Jun 8, 2021
One morning, not long ago, I was taking a crack-of-dawn vacation flight: I got up at 4 a.m., washed and dried my hair, and dressed in a decent travel outfit. Thinking I’d bypass the usual makeup until landing time—foundation, concealer, powder, liner, mascara,...