Now is the time for a fundamental shift in how we understand and address violence.

Still, Leia was never my favorite character in “Star Wars,” or the one I related to the most, even as I twisted my hair into twin side buns. Instead, I wanted more than anything to be Luke–to use the ...

When we hear “women’s health,” we should picture everything from the food labels that warn us about the hidden, unhealthy ingredients in packaged food to the policies that ban smoking in public spaces ...

Maya Raghu is a senior attorney for Futures Without Violence. She leads its Workplaces Respond to Domestic and Sexual Violence: A National Resource Center, a program funded by the U.S. Department of ...

Katy Ronkin lives in Newton, Mass., and attends Newton South High School. There she performs with the school's improv comedy troupe and in theater productions. Katy also attends Prozdor Hebrew High ...

“Hostile Border” is also opening this week and it’s a thrilling meditation on the problem of identity for those breaching the U.S.-Mexico border. “Armenia, My Love” and “Echo Park” are also highly ...

Unlike in real life, telenovelas are promoting a prominent role for the female domestic worker in the predominantly middle class and wealthy families that employ her, a Cinderella story of sorts. But ...

It was difficult to miss the headlines on January 24, 2024, citing the staggering number of reported rapes (519,981) that occurred in the US just 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.

I always thought being pregnant was going to be a magical experience. While it has been incredible and mind blowing, it really has just been downright uncomfortable; backaches and extreme congestion ...

It’s a slow week ahead of the Oscar nominations, but these two movies deserve your attention. “The Forest,” the year’s first femme-centric horror flick, is also getting released, and it’s a real ...

Go see this profile of the influential thinker. Another must-see opening this week is the drama “Wedding Doll.” But don’t bother with Melissa McCarthy’s latest negative caricature of female ambition ...

“Maggie’s Plan,” which also opens May 20, congregates New York indie film royalty, but disappoints any high hopes. “The Abolitionists” also just opened, a documentary about child trafficking.