Stories of failure that advance women’s rights — When I first saw this headline in the New York Times, I thought the story would have something to do with misogyny: people dislike women so they want to see them lose. But what I read was far more sophisticated than that. Opinion | Why We Love Lazy, Drunk, Broke Women on TV (Published 2022) Send any friend a story As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. Anyone can read what you share…www.nytimes.com

Has society been “negging” women all this time? — I’d never heard of French writer Annie Ernaux until I read about her winning the Nobel Prize for literature in 2022. Several details struck me when reading this story about her in the New York Times. …

Making every group “other” is pure Nazi creed — Reading James Finn’s story about Pennsylvania schools banning rainbow symbols of LGBTQ support immediately after reading about the College Board removing big chunks of Black history from AP testing has got me wondering: When did our schools became Nazi training camps? That’s a Nazi agenda, right? Moving big groups of…

My son is sleeping all day after nine months in jail — My son has a major mental illness. I’ve been trying to come up with a better way to say that for 17 years but haven’t thought of one. Sometimes I go with “my son is disabled,” but that creates the wrong picture. Lately, I’ve been grooving on a newish term…

What can you expect to find on this site? — Fourth Wave contributor L. A. Jackson asked me recently what my vision was for Fourth Wave for 2023. I told her I don’t have a particular vision for this publication; I’m not trying to take FW in one direction or another. …

We are destined to have a magically good year — I don’t often remember my dreams, but just before the year changed to 2023, I had two glorious dreams which I’m hoping foretold a fantastic and magical year to come for us all. Thinking Outside the Box and Writing Your Own Script In the first, which I had late in December, I am a teacher. And in fact, I…

Get a glimpse of Muslim life in Pakistan, Iraq and San Francisco — At its heart, Bad Muslim Discount is a boy meets girl story, and those aren’t usually my favorite plots. But there’s so much more than romance of interest in this novel that I tore through it in just a few days and happily recommend it here. First, there’s the story…

What female lubrication really means, and what it doesn’t — Here’s a funny story. When women in a Canadian lab got wet watching Bonobos having sex, scientists determined that women find monkeys sexy. And when those same women reported that watching Bonobo sex wasn’t really turning them on? Scientists decided they were lying. Or possibly in denial. …

Award-winning film inspired by femicidal maniac in Iran — Holy Spider tells the story of a serial killer targeting sex workers in Iran and the female journalist trying to stop him. …