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It’s Wild That Kacey Musgraves & Kelsea Ballerini Have To Defend Playing ...

Courtney E. Smith

Why Aren’t These Women In The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame?

Yes Handmaid’s Tale Fans, There Is A Sequel Coming, But You’...

The Mrs America Trailer May Make You Mad & That’s Okay

Cate Blanchett is taking on perhaps one of the most hated roles in history. A new original series coming to FX will portray the rise and reign of Phyllis S

by Kathryn Lindsay

Christina Koch Sets A New Record For Women Astronauts

Astronaut Christina Koch already made history in October as one of the astronauts to conduct the first all-women space walk. Less than three months later,

The Dark Tower: Where Our Radical Black Foremothers Made A Room O...

Jamia Wilson, the publisher of the Feminist Press, reflects on the legacy of Zora Neale Hurston, A'Lelia Walker and The Dark Tower: a place where our radic

by Jamia Wilson

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The Women Of Hollywood Are Shading The Golden Globes’ Lack ...

In December of 2019, the year of our Lord and Hustlers and Little Women, somehow not a single woman director got a nod from the Golden Globes. Nominations

by Kathryn Lindsay

Hollywood Women: Famous Firsts That Changed Everything

1800s 1900s 10s 20s 30s 40s 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s 2000s 10s JUMP TO A DECADE CLOSE HISTORY · TELEVISION · MOVIES Once upon a time in Hollywood, women ran t

A Chicago College Student Was Killed After She Ignored A Man’s Ca...

Ruth George, a University of Illinois at Chicago college student, was killed after ignoring a man’s catcalls in a parking garage, The New York Times repo

by Tara Edwards

Meet Deborah Chow, Star Wars’ First Woman Director In 42 Years

Warning: Major spoilers for the first three episodes of The Mandalorian are ahead. The Star Wars franchise may take place in a distant past

by Kathryn Lindsay

The 2019 CMA Awards Drama & “Boyfriend Country,” Expl...

After the women of country music took center stage at the CMA Awards last night (minus a gross oversight in not giving Carrie Underwood their Entertainer o

by Courtney E. Smith

The Songwriters Hall Of Fame Only Nominated 6 Women — & It’s A Ma...

Mariah Carey, along with five other women, is nominated for the Songwriters Hall Of Fame this year. And while Mimi’s nomination should be a reason to cel

by Shannon Carlin

Elizabeth Warren Doesn’t Care If Joe Biden Thinks She’...

“I’m angry and I own it.” That was the message Sen. Elizabeth Warren sent supporters in an email on Friday, Nov. 8. Her new fundraising rally cry fol

by Shannon Carlin

First Woman Ever Nominated For Best Director Finally Gets Her Oscar

The first woman to ever be nominated for an Oscar for Best Director is finally getting her long-overdue recognition. Lina Wertmüller, first nominated in 1

by Sarah Midkiff

Catherine The Great Finally Gets Her TV Reign — But What Happened...

It is about time Catherine the Great got her TV moment. Catherine took the throne in 1762 at 33 and held it until her death in 1796, making her the longest

After All-Woman Spacewalk, NASA Says A Woman Could Be The First P...

This week, astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir completed the first ever all-woman spacewalk, and it is looking like the future is indeed female. How

by Tara Edwards

Cultural Issues & Equal Rights

NFL Teams Up With Female Football Star Sam Gordon To Tackle Cancer

At the age of nine, Samantha Gordon caught the NFL’s attention when her football highlight tape went viral. Now, she’s teaming up with the NFL

by Mary Paige Nesfeder

Who Was Catherine The Great — & What Made Her So Great?

Behold, the three stages of watching HBO’s four-part miniseries Catherine the Great, premiering October 21. During stage one, you’ll be flailing and th

by Elena Nicolaou

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Pharrell Reveals What “Blurred Lines” Taught Him About Our “Chauv...

Who knew “Blurred Lines” could teach a man about rape culture? Pharrell, the cover star of GQ’s New Masculinity issue, is talking about when he start

by Shannon Carlin

March For Sisterhood

I March For Our Lives — But I Also March For Sisterhood

Refinery29 is partnering with Girls Who Code for the #MarchForSisterhood on International Day of the Girl. This is the first-ever all-digital global march.

by Delaney Tarr

Time’s Up’s New President & CEO Tina Tchen Has Big Plans

On October 7, Tina Tchen was named the new president and CEO of Time’s Up, an organization famously launched in a full-page New York Times ad in the wake

by Elena Nicolaou

Entertainment News

How Has #MeToo Changed Creator Tarana Burke’s Life?

Despite the takeover by #MeToo of social media, and subsequently popular culture, these past two years, its recognition was over ten years in the making. C

by Kathryn Lindsay

Here’s How To Use A Social Media Photo To Do Some Good Today

For many of us, posting to social media is a regular part of our days. We share photos of our outfits, pics of the dishes we’re enjoying, and some of

by Olivia Harrison

The First Space Walk With All Women Astronauts Is Finally Happening

Remember that all-women space walk that was supposed to happen in March? Well, after several months, a sketch on Saturday Night Live, and a swift scolding

by Alexis Reliford

Is Birds Of Prey Connected To Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker?

The first trailer for Birds of Prey: And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn has arrived, and in the midst of all the goodness that is Margot

by Alexis Reliford

Entertainment News

A #MeToo Timeline To Show How Far We’ve Come — & How Far We...

It’s been two years since the New York Times and New Yorker investigation into the sexual misdeeds of Harvey Weinstein unleashed the #MeToo movement and

by Elena Nicolaou

Miley Cyrus Asks Fans To Stop Slut-Shaming & Accept Her Dating Life

Miley Cyrus is very busy these days, whether it’s recording, vacationing, or dating very publicly, and she wants people to know that they shouldn’t jud

by Tara Edwards

The Most Shocking Things We Learned In She Said, The Tel...

If the year 2019 had a curriculum, She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey would be required reading. The book is an exhaustive account of how Kantor and

by Elena Nicolaou

Where Is Marie Of Unbelievable Now?

Unbelievable, a gutting eight-part miniseries on Netflix, begins on the worst night in Marie Adler’s (Kaitlyn Dever) life. In 2008, the 18-year-old is li

by Elena Nicolaou

The Highwomen Are Redesigning Country Music

Everyone knows that country radio hasn’t been making room for the voices of women. The Annenberg Inclusion Initiative did a study on the genre that s

by Courtney E. Smith

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