A home birth, an emergency radio and a trip to Hawaii: How 10 women prepared for 1999’s Y2K panic

Some people believed switching over to a new millennium would cause computers to crash

The Lily News

Dec. 31, 2019

Dec. 31, 2019

‘It’s about reclaiming parts of who we are’: The fashion week that brings Indigenous heritage to the runway

‘We need everyone in the world to know that we’re still here’

We introduced Eva Chen and Mary H.K. Choi on the phone. They bonded over ‘The Baby-Sitters Club,’ immigrant parents and more.

Read the transcript of the call between the two authors

Lena Felton

Oct. 4, 2019

Oct. 4, 2019

• Analysis

Lizzo — and others on the Internet — are making the peach emoji political. Here’s how.

In certain online circles, the peach is becoming a protest emoji

Dior’s ‘Sauvage’ ad — which paired a racial stereotype with an image of a Native American — has been pulled from social media

The perfume was featured in a minute-long advertisement on YouTube featuring the actor Johnny Depp

The Lily News

Sep. 3, 2019

Sep. 3, 2019

How three women experienced Woodstock in 1969: A rickety stage, Jimi Hendrix and a psychedelic bus

On its 50th anniversary weekend, an organizer of the event, an attendee and a performer share their standout memories

Lena Felton

Aug. 18, 2019

Aug. 18, 2019

• Analysis

Think ‘like’ began with Valley Girls? Guess again.

When did the word insinuate itself into our language?

• Perspective

Words we left behind: 4 young women on growing up with two languages

‘There’s a sense of self that’s not completely whole’

• Perspective

When my grandmother died, she didn’t know she had cancer. Was it really ‘a good lie’?

Just like in the new film ‘The Farewell,’ my family decided to keep my grandmother’s diagnosis a secret

• Perspective

Here’s why we can’t let go of the Al Franken question

Somehow, the matter of Franken’s resignation has become the Zapruder film of the modern era