the tempest shakespeare and company

The history of non-binary genders is longer than you know

Meg Leach
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Image description: A black and white photo of a woman walking through a field. She is wearing workout clothes. / Via Pixabay

I’m 35 & don’t want kids —but I had to fight my doctor to get a hysterectomy

Jane Halpern

Getting married means that my Pakistani parents have to bribe my new in-laws

Sofia Syed

Here’s why your gyno wishes you’d leave your pubic hair alone

Tatyana Zinger
A dark-haired woman in a red dress in a graduation cap.
A dark-haired woman in a red dress in a graduation cap.

Here’s the graduation advice nobody will ever tell you

Laila Alawa
[Image description: Standing in a field of yellow flowers, a woman with brown skin and brown hair wearing a white shirt hugs a man with brown skin and brown hair wearing a leather jacket and a camouflaged backpack.] Via Yash Raj Films
[Image description: Standing in a field of yellow flowers, a woman with brown skin and brown hair wearing a white shirt hugs a man with brown skin and brown hair wearing a leather jacket and a camouflaged backpack.] Via Yash Raj Films

Here’s why I finally lost my undying obsession for DDLJ

Iqra Khan
Two women hugging each other.
Two women hugging each other.

Here’s how to actually be supportive to your friend with bipolar disorder

Nokwanda Dlamini
[Image description: Woman in a flowing dress looks out at a field.] via Unsplash
[Image description: Woman in a flowing dress looks out at a field.] via Unsplash

My friend died by suicide. I wish someone had listened to her.

Minahil Shahid

Golden Globe winner Ramy Youssef on disrupting Hollywood’s Muslim stereotypes – and what really keeps him going

Aysha Qamar
[Image description: On a set of jean-clad folded legs rests a copy of The Hate U Give. The cover is white with an illustration of a black teen holding a sign with the book's title on it.] Via fearlessly-fictional on Tumblr
[Image description: On a set of jean-clad folded legs rests a copy of The Hate U Give. The cover is white with an illustration of a black teen holding a sign with the book's title on it.] Via fearlessly-fictional on Tumblr

The Hate U Give paints a clear picture of police racism in America

Sana Panjwani
Two women are lying in bed looking at each intensely. One has her arm outstretched, cupping the face of the other.
Two women are lying in bed looking at each intensely. One has her arm outstretched, cupping the face of the other.

15 LGBTQIA+ tropes that need to be retired yesterday

Zoe Marquedant
The cover of the book "The Nightingale" on the left, and an up-close image of the author - a white, blonde woman - on the right.
The cover of the book "The Nightingale" on the left, and an up-close image of the author - a white, blonde woman - on the right.

“The Nightingale” shows us that war heroes aren’t always men

Izza Malik