Caitlin Flanagan is a contributing editor at the Atlantic and the author of “Girl Land.” When I was a teenager, I would always perk up when a talk-show host announced that he was about to introduce a ...

The ability to feel what others feel has many well-documented benefits, including, for empathetic people, greater psychological and physical health. The real and socially significant positive impact ...

Girls today grow up in a world with an unprecedented set of educational and professional opportunities. More of them will graduate from college and earn advanced degrees than ever before, and all ...

My newfound happy relationship with the traditional feminine aesthetic has taught me that, sometimes, nothing puts a spring in my step quite like a girly sundress. Even now as I sit typing on my ...

In the mirror, my chest looks flat. I hold up the camera, pull at my silver button-up shirt, square my shoulders. Click. Another me looks back from the picture, the me I really am, or want to be, or ...

Exploring the world one destination at a time — sharing the beauty of travel, everyday adventures, and the outfits that make the journey stylish and comfortable! From cozy airport looks to chic ...

"Can I tell you something?" my friend asked me once. We were at a bar, and after three cocktails each, were entering the period of the night where you shout slurred secrets at each other and spend a ...

These days, fancy cocktails served in delicate glassware with fruit garnishes aren’t just for ladies. Across the country, bartenders are de-feminizing Cosmopolitans, Appletinis and margaritas to ...