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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
December 31, 2019
December 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
October 4, 2019
October 4, 2019
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
September 3, 2019
September 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
August 18, 2019
August 18, 2019
Think ‘like’ began with Valley Girls? Guess again.
When did the word insinuate itself into our language?
Words we left behind: 4 young women on growing up with two languages
‘There’s a sense of self that’s not completely whole’
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
