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The IOC recently updated “Portrayal Guidelines” to steer all Olympic sports and their rights holders toward “gender-equal and fair” broadcasts of their events. Advice includes “do not focus unnecessarily on looks, clothing or intimate body parts” and reframing or deleting a “wardrobe malfunction ... to respect the integrity of the athlete.”
How Frida Kahlo Broke Stereotypes And Shaped Feminism
Gargi Agrawal /
Elle Magazine
While she is best remembered for her searing self-portraits, Kahlo was a bold woman who dared to fight against the gender-biased society and rise above her unfortunate life.
Angelina Jolie and Guerlain Want to Save the Bees—And Empower Female Beekeepers
Celia Ellenberg /
Vogue
The ambitious program aims to train 50 women beekeepers from different biospheres over five years. The effort, which launched in June, aims to repopulate 125 million bees by 2025.
Washington Post politics reporter Felicia Sonmez sued the paper and several of its current and former editors for discriminating against her as a victim of sexual assault.
How Tammy Duckworth’s experience with breastfeeding and IVF guides her policy
Emma Hinchliffe /
Fortune Magazine
The legislation, championed by Sen. Tammy Duckworth, requires that nearly all U.S. airports include lactation rooms for nursing—and traveling—mothers. Duckworth was inspired to pursue the issue in part by her own experience as a new, working mother, traversing airports without access to an appropriate place in which to breastfeed or express breast milk.
The true story of the women who made ‘The Daily Show’ — and were ‘erased’ from its legacy
Meredith Blake /
The Los Angeles Times
“It’s astounding how many people don’t know that two women created ‘The Daily Show,’” says Lizz Winstead, one of the iconic show's co-creators. “Madeleine [Smithberg] and I did a lot of work to lay out this cool show. It exists for a reason — because we worked for hardly any money to make it happen.”
They’re Olympic gold and silver medalists. And they’re 13 years old.
Les Carpenter /
The Washington Post
A lifestyle long dominated by young white men in a closed culture defined by the dual pursuits of freedom and living outside the mainstream, is something broader now. As women have broken into competitions such as the X-Games, they have opened the sport for everyone.
Among the cohort of athletes who have made the journey to Tokyo are some incredible female Olympians who are breaking boundaries, making history and expected to smash records at this year's Olympics. Here are the women we'll be watching take part in the most important competition of their life.