1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (460+ words) On any given evening as the lights come up on Act 2 of Liberation , Bess Wohl's intergenerational Broadway play about a women's consciousness-raising group, you can hear supportive cheers of "Whoo!" and "Yeah!"and sometimes, a round of applause. All before…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago  (1145+ words) There's a reason for the burst of appreciation " or solidarity? " from the crowd. Onstage, six characters are launching one of the bolder scenes on Broadway in this, and perhaps many a season. Each one " members of a makeshift group sometime…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago  (409+ words) France's first lady has found herself walking a narrow line between apology and defiance after she was caught on camera referring to feminist protesters as "stupid b----es." Brigitte Macron on Monday said she was "sorry if I hurt women victims…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (401+ words) Ukraine is facing a dramatic population crisis, with birth rates plummeting and millions fleeing the country amid the ongoing war. The hospital in small town Hoshcha has near-empty maternity ward that underscores the severity of the crisis, with just 139 births…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (397+ words) Ellen Scherr christens a phase of life for women in midlife that makes use of the f-word, and those who find it offensive should understand she gives not a single f-word about that. Which is kind of the point. The…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (453+ words) An Ohio surgeon is accused of secretly ending his girlfriend's pregnancy by slipping crushed abortion medication into her mouth while she slept. A Lucas County grand jury on Dec. 3 indicted 32-year-old Hassan-James Abbas, a University of Toledo surgical resident, on…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (283+ words) A New York Times interview with Kristen Stewart has gotten some buzz over a tangent about Marlon Brando and Hollywood masculinity. Interviewer David Marchese brought up the famous actor, noting how he famously mispronounced "krypton" in Superman . As legend has…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago  (787+ words) Japan's famously high-tech toilets are getting a new upgrade: sound-masking devices designed to cover up the less melodic realities of public restrooms. These gadgets, often called Otohime , or "Sound Princess," are now a staple in Japanese bathrooms, emitting everything from…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (346+ words) Italy's Parliament on Tuesday approved a law that introduces femicide into the nation's criminal law and punishes it with life in prison. The vote coincided with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, a day set by…...

4+ week, 8+ hour ago  (376+ words) The Pentagon is reportedly preparing to end a century-old partnership with Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts, according to documents reviewed by NPR . Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has drafted a memo to Congress criticizing the organization as "genderless,…...