Charlotte Shane

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A new book gives the spotlight to the filmmaker’s often overlooked collaborators.

A new book traces the nineteenth-century beginnings of women's self-defense training.

The critic's new essay collection appears early in Trump's presidency, armed with purpose and reason.

'The Rules Do Not Apply' buys into the myth that feminism promises each woman that she can have whatever she wants.

Why is Cat Marnell’s drug memoir so gripping?

For writers, revealing how much you make is a radical act.

On the pleasures of poetry that deliberately defies our comprehension.

Anonymity allowed Elena Ferrante to make art in a misogynistic world. A male journalist took that away from her.

Eight writers on the meaning of Olympic sports. Part 2: Dressage.