Moving past “pats on the head” from Hollywood bigwigs to positions of real power, actresses like Regina King, Reese Witherspoon, and Kerry Washington are creating the projects only they can.

Stevie “KillCreek” Case’s dominance in first-person shooters made her gaming’s first female superstar. After beating legendary Quake developer John Romero at his own game, she became the Pamela Anderson to his Tommy Lee. Now, as the gaming industry reckons with long-standing problems of misogyny and harassment, she’s ready to share the dark side of her hero’s journey.

Reporting from Afghanistan, the author, a veteran photojournalist, documents how the country’s new leaders have marginalized half the population.

Told through a female perspective—and an empathetic, post–#MeToo lens—a new docuseries on Marilyn Monroe contends that contrary to the way she’s been depicted in the past, Monroe was a shrewd businesswoman who understood the industry’s misogynist rules and played them to her advantage.

“I can be smart when it’s important. But most men don’t like it.”

The disappearance and murder of a young British woman, whose killer was sentenced this week, unleashed a torrent of anger—and exposed deep rifts in feminist approaches to criminal justice.

“When you feel like your body is betraying you and you feel less like yourself—that’s already challenging. To be bald as a woman really does disrupt conventional and societal norms of what is appropriate, what is professional, what is attractive, what is feminine. It’s so much more than cosmetic…. It takes a real toll.”

Tom Daley has been passing the time at the Olympics by knitting from the stands.

Executive produced by Markle, the show will focus on the adventures of a 12-year-old girl as she meets notable women from history. “I’m thrilled that Archewell Productions, partnered with the powerhouse platform of Netflix, and these incredible producers, will together bring you this new animated series, which celebrates extraordinary women throughout history," she said.

The new organization aims to spotlight the women behind the music. “We hope to be an advocate [for] moving the needle forward,” founder Janice McLean DeLoatch said, “to help put women in positions to be able to be producers and engineers and soundboard operators and CEOs of labels and presidents.

In 1962, Malcolm X proclaimed, “The most disrespected person in America is the Black woman. The most unprotected person in America is the Black woman. The most neglected person in America is the Black woman.” Filmmaker Oge Egbuonu underscores how true those words still are, even nearly six decades later, in her thought-provoking documentary, (In)Visible Portraits.