How #ShareYourRejections prompts us to be honest about our career bumps
The Twitter campaign brought out stories from across the Internet
August 16
August 16
‘I was shriveling away’: This is how I experience anxiety
‘I cannot simply turn the lights out and shut the door on my anxiety’
She bought a decorative glass globe at the Goodwill. Inside, she found human ashes.
The woman’s daughter tried to find the rightful owner
August 16
August 16
After losing her family in duck boat accident, Tia Coleman is transforming tragedy into action
Her husband, three children, and five other family members died in the catastrophe
August 16
August 16
Actor Chris Hardwick is the latest example of why #MeToo isn’t going ‘too far’
A handful of staffers quit in protest
Traveling alone, I finally confronted my fear of being alone with me
I needed to take time to learn that being by myself was not some scary state
Aretha Franklin, legendary singer and symbol of black pride and women’s liberation, dies at 76
She was at her home in Detroit, according to the AP
August 16
August 16
A toast to Issa Rae: The ‘Insecure’ star on confidence, her favorite snacks and the #LawrenceHive
Season 3 of ‘Insecure’ debuted Aug. 12
August 16
August 16
Sharice Davids could become the first Native American woman in Congress — and Kansas’s first LGBTQ representative
Behind her potentially history-making candidacy
August 16
August 16
Serena Williams debuts new fashion collection ahead of her U.S. Open appearance
’You can be strong and beautiful at the same time,’ says Williams
August 15
August 15
The sisterhood behind ‘Queen Sugar’
Behind the scenes, Ava DuVernay exemplifies how to foster talent
Decades later, enslaved ‘comfort women’ are finally being recognized as a wartime atrocity
Hundreds of thousands were forced to serve as prostitutes to the Japanese army during World War II
August 15
August 15
Awkwafina is here to steal scenes and change the way you see Asian American women
The rapper has always wanted a movie like ‘Crazy Rich Asians’
August 15
August 15
Trump called Omarosa a ‘dog.’ For many black women, the comment reinforced long-held fears.
Critics say the tweet fit into a pattern of disrespect
August 15
August 15
Democrat Christine Hallquist wins Vermont primary in a ‘defining moment in the movement for trans equality’
She is the first openly transgender major party nominee for governor
August 15
August 15
How Aretha Franklin transformed ‘Respect’ into a feminist anthem
The singer flipped the original version and infused it with a revolutionary demand
August 15
August 15
The FDA has approved the first app to prevent pregnancy — but it’s not without controversy
Natural Cycles is being marketed as a ‘natural method of contraception that is powered by a smart algorithm’
August 15
August 15
Laverne Cox reacts to report about how murdered trans people are identified: ‘Misgendering ... is an act of violence’
A recent ProPublica report focused on the issue
August 14
August 14
On Facebook, parents threatened a transgender child who used her Oklahoma middle school’s girls’ bathroom
The school district canceled classes