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December 2025 Reads for the Rest of Us

The Feminist Know-It-All: You know her. You can’t stand her. Good thing she’s not here! Instead, this column by gender and women’s studies librarian Karla Strand...

Octavia Butler Saw This Coming

A new conversation with Butler biographer Susana M. Morris explores the writer’s meticulous process, expansive imagination and the cautionary lessons she left...

Inherited Miles: Carrying Generational Wear and Tear — Therapy for Black Girls

What we carry isn’t always ours—but it still lives in our bodies. The Miles You Never Knew You Had Imagine buying a used car that looks...

Creatine Benefits for Perimenopause: Boost Muscle, Mood, and Sleep

Creatine is being explored for a wide range of uses, including cognition and brain health, age-related declines in skeletal muscle and bone mineral density,...

Ms. Global: 300 Schoolchildren Kidnapped in Nigeria, Italian Parliament Recognizes Femicide and More

The U.S. ranks as the 19th most dangerous country for women, 11th in maternal mortality, 30th in closing the gender pay gap,...

RSV Infection Raises Heart Attack and Stroke Risk — Vaccination May Offer Protection

The benefits of vaccination against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV for short) may go far beyond protection against a serious respiratory illness.A large new study...

Republicans’ ‘National Backdoor Abortion Ban’

By tying ACA negotiations to an expanded Hyde Amendment, Republicans are attempting an end-run around state protections to impose a de facto national abortion...

A Feminist Historian’s Year-End Reading and Viewing Guide

This collection of JEB’s photographs first appeared in 1987—the year of the world-changing Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and...

Non-Sleep Deep Rest: What Is It, Benefits, and How to Try It

Most research focuses on practices similar to NSDR, including yoga nidra, meditation, and body scan (a mindfulness exercise that involves scanning the body for...

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