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My family reunion is in South Carolina. Essential care for my high-risk pregnancy is not.
![What this summer’s age-gap escapist fantasies are missing about romance and middle age](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-565886789.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.494862309905%2C0%2C75.010275380189%2C100&w=2400)
![What this summer’s age-gap escapist fantasies are missing about romance and middle age](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/06/GettyImages-565886789.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C5.5616438356164%2C100%2C88.876712328767&w=2400)
In her new novel All Fours, Miranda July romps where The Idea of You fears to tread.
![Leaked video reveals the lie of Miss Universe’s empowerment promise](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2154174722_e20e97.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.66925345336%2C0%2C66.66149309328%2C100&w=2400)
![Leaked video reveals the lie of Miss Universe’s empowerment promise](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/05/gettyimages-2154174722_e20e97.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0038801800403547%2C0%2C99.992239639919%2C100&w=2400)
“The trans women, the women with husbands, divorced women ... They can compete but they cannot win.”
![J.K. Rowling’s transphobia: A history](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24474225/GettyImages_1388427456.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.259704251386%2C0%2C65.480591497227%2C100&w=2400)
An exhausting — if not exhaustive — timeline of J.K. Rowling’s transphobia.
![The Idea of You — and the idea of age gaps](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25427003/IDEA_2023_FG_01024405_Still367RC_3000.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=25.966666666667%2C0%2C50%2C100&w=2400)
![The Idea of You — and the idea of age gaps](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25427003/IDEA_2023_FG_01024405_Still367RC_3000.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.5%2C0%2C75%2C100&w=2400)
From hit movies to viral essays, the discourse is rarely about the people inside the relationships.
![Harvey Weinstein’s overturned conviction, explained by a lawyer](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25425497/1243724529.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.662221629551%2C0%2C66.675556740899%2C100&w=2400)
![Harvey Weinstein’s overturned conviction, explained by a lawyer](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25425497/1243724529.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0066666666666677%2C100%2C99.986666666667&w=2400)
A public defender on the judge at the first Weinstein trial: “He was behaving like a prosecutor.”
![Caitlin Clark’s staggeringly low starting salary, briefly explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25402894/2147841817.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.669541221111%2C0%2C66.660917557779%2C100&w=2400)
![Caitlin Clark’s staggeringly low starting salary, briefly explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25402894/2147841817.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0043118316660937%2C0%2C99.991376336668%2C100&w=2400)
The WNBA draft puts pro basketball’s longstanding pay gap on stark display.
![US maternal deaths could be lower than we thought — but there are still far too many](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25338391/GettyImages_1467888087.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.603773584906%2C0%2C66.792452830189%2C100&w=2400)
![US maternal deaths could be lower than we thought — but there are still far too many](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25338391/GettyImages_1467888087.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.094161958568733%2C100%2C99.811676082863&w=2400)
A new study highlights why accurate medical data matters so much.
Stimulants, hustle culture, and bodybuilding are shaping young men’s drift to the right.
![The year of Ozempic bodies and Barbie Botox](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25178742/ozempic_final__1_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
Corporate feminism will not save us.
![What is misoprostol? Crucial questions about the other abortion drug.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25159981/GettyImages_1481955128__1_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.658739595719%2C0%2C66.682520808561%2C100&w=2400)
![What is misoprostol? Crucial questions about the other abortion drug.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/25159981/GettyImages_1481955128__1_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.011887779362816%2C100%2C99.976224441274&w=2400)
Legal challenges are aiming to take mifepristone off the market. An alternative, however, exists.
![On The Royal Hotel, Louis C.K., and burning it all down](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24976971/royalhotel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=24.166666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![On The Royal Hotel, Louis C.K., and burning it all down](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24976971/royalhotel.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
The movies have had it with bad men.
![The Spanish sexual misconduct scandal roiling soccer, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24881516/1645502915.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6625%2C0%2C66.675%2C100&w=2400)
![The Spanish sexual misconduct scandal roiling soccer, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24881516/1645502915.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0062492188476426%2C100%2C99.987501562305&w=2400)
Spanish soccer president Luis Rubiales forcibly kissed a player after the World Cup. For weeks, he refused to resign.
![Nikki Haley was the only woman on the debate stage. She capitalized on it.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24870454/1619654112.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=40.516666666667%2C16.325%2C55.783333333333%2C83.675&w=2400)
![Nikki Haley was the only woman on the debate stage. She capitalized on it.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24870454/1619654112.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=12.625%2C16.325%2C83.675%2C83.675&w=2400)
“If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.”
![The risks of sex-based drug dosing recommendations](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24845272/GettyImages_57542990.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=18.183333333333%2C0%2C63.633333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![The risks of sex-based drug dosing recommendations](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24845272/GettyImages_57542990.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=2.275%2C0%2C95.45%2C100&w=2400)
The story about Ambien and sex differences in medication isn’t what you think.
![The downfall of Armie Hammer, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22383232/1057413442.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6701223305%2C0%2C66.659755339001%2C100&w=2400)
![The downfall of Armie Hammer, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22383232/1057413442.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0.0051834957495345%2C0%2C99.989633008501%2C100&w=2400)
House of Hammer is the latest entry in the Armie Hammer true crime scandal.
![Why is it still so hard for us to use the word “rape”?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24662148/EJC_PaigeVickers.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Why is it still so hard for us to use the word “rape”?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24662148/EJC_PaigeVickers.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
The E. Jean Carroll verdict illuminates the fraught history of the term’s legal definition.
![The danger of Trump’s ugly attacks on E. Jean Carroll](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24650964/1280372887.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=30.498712998713%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The danger of Trump’s ugly attacks on E. Jean Carroll](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24650964/1280372887.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
They reaffirm his mistreatment of women and complete disregard for the legal system.
![Trump has been found liable for sexual abuse. Will it change anything?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24644659/1488591270.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Trump has been found liable for sexual abuse. Will it change anything?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24644659/1488591270.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
E. Jean Carroll won a fraught victory in her civil case against the former president.
![The stubborn sexism of American politics](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24566773/Final_WomenInPolitics.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
It’s not just Don Lemon. When it comes to women in leadership roles, the discourse is broken.
![R. Kelly has received his second jail sentence for sex crimes. Here are all the sexual misconduct allegations against him.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10711815/490064598.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.383333333333%2C0%2C69.233333333333%2C100&w=2400)
![R. Kelly has received his second jail sentence for sex crimes. Here are all the sexual misconduct allegations against him.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/10711815/490064598.jpg.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C1.8536350505537%2C100%2C96.292729898893&w=2400)
A comprehensive list of the allegations and criminal charges against R. Kelly since 1994.
![Brad Pitt was the only winner of the Aniston-Jolie tabloid battle](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24357456/VOX_JBA.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=17.12%2C0%2C65.76%2C100&w=2400)
In the biggest tabloid love triangle of the 2000s, there was never a right kind of woman to be.
![Why Pamela, a Love Story works where Pam and Tommy failed](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24408180/Pamela_a_love_story_00_07_03_09.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.875%2C0%2C56.25%2C100&w=2400)
![Why Pamela, a Love Story works where Pam and Tommy failed](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24408180/Pamela_a_love_story_00_07_03_09.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=7.8125%2C0%2C84.375%2C100&w=2400)
Netflix’s new Pamela Anderson documentary is a clever meta commentary on the wronged-woman reevaluation trend.
![The mounting, undeniable Me Too backlash](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24402254/0111_final.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The mounting, undeniable Me Too backlash](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24402254/0111_final.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
How Susan Faludi’s feminist classic predicted this moment.
![Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and their $50 million defamation suit, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23437334/492294108.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=15.266666666667%2C0%2C69.466666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, and their $50 million defamation suit, explained](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23437334/492294108.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C2.0153550863724%2C100%2C95.969289827255&w=2400)
Why Johnny Depp and Amber Heard accused each other of domestic violence.
![Angelina Jolie alleges Brad Pitt physically abused her and their children](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24082313/1369646325.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.663778162912%2C0%2C66.672443674177%2C100&w=2400)
![Angelina Jolie alleges Brad Pitt physically abused her and their children](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/24082313/1369646325.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.0043323802096893%2C100%2C99.991335239581&w=2400)
A new court filing alleges physical violence against his children for the first time.
![How the world changed its mind on Tracy Flick](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23759548/Reese_witherspoon_VOx2__1_.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.87324207763%2C0%2C56.25351584474%2C100&w=2400)
The new Election sequel shows how far we’ve come in handling ambitious women — and how far we have to go.
![The true physical and mental costs of pregnancy](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23759591/GettyImages_1240671715.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![The true physical and mental costs of pregnancy](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23759591/GettyImages_1240671715.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Why being forced to carry a pregnancy to term is invasive and traumatic.
![A pregnancy turns deadly in an anti-abortion state. What happens next?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23666751/1241513603.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![A pregnancy turns deadly in an anti-abortion state. What happens next?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23666751/1241513603.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Why medical emergency exceptions for abortions aren’t enough.
![Who overturning Roe hurts most, explained in 7 charts](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23664490/GettyImages_1241502906.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.6748046875%2C0%2C66.650390625%2C100&w=2400)
Data shows why taking abortion rights away is structural violence against women.
![Under Obamacare, birth control pills are free. Why aren’t vasectomies?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23663830/GettyImages_1405102871.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Under Obamacare, birth control pills are free. Why aren’t vasectomies?](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23663830/GettyImages_1405102871.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Expanding access to vasectomy care could help shift some of the burden of birth control.
![You shouldn’t have to ask your boss for an abortion](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23655487/1404257207.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![You shouldn’t have to ask your boss for an abortion](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23655487/1404257207.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Corporate America is an imperfect ally on abortion rights.
![Being a good father means rethinking masculinity](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23612798/gettyimages_541194566_594x594.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Being a good father means rethinking masculinity](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23612798/gettyimages_541194566_594x594.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Michael Ian Black on how to raise better men.
![Johnny Depp’s legal victory makes it clear the Me Too backlash has arrived](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23603736/1240941024.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Johnny Depp’s legal victory makes it clear the Me Too backlash has arrived](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23603736/1240941024.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Johnny Depp’s legal victory and the death of Roe v. Wade are part of the same toxic cultural movement.
![Why the Depp-Heard trial is so much worse than you realize](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23575828/1240715203.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![Why the Depp-Heard trial is so much worse than you realize](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23575828/1240715203.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
Amber Heard is just the first target of a new extremist playbook.
![In an uncivil age, calls for “civility” are about squashing effective protest](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23454722/GettyImages_1240579696.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
![In an uncivil age, calls for “civility” are about squashing effective protest](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23454722/GettyImages_1240579696.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0%2C100%2C100&w=2400)
We’re discussing protests in neighborhoods — which means we’re not discussing abortion rights.
![When celebrity nudes were everywhere](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23241414/VOX.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.666666666667%2C0%2C66.666666666667%2C100&w=2400)
In 2007, Vanessa Hudgens had a giant nude photo scandal. It left no cultural footprint.
![Sex and the City said it would stand for friendship over men. It didn’t.](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23118131/SATCv2.png?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.866666666667%2C0%2C56.266666666667%2C100&w=2400)
On the classic HBO series, love has a market value.
![Looking back at the ’90s has meant reexamining the decade’s toxic diet culture](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23079810/ACS_401_0024.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=16.65%2C0%2C66.7%2C100&w=2400)
![Looking back at the ’90s has meant reexamining the decade’s toxic diet culture](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/23079810/ACS_401_0024.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=0%2C0.02498750624688%2C100%2C99.950024987506&w=2400)
How Impeachment, Spencer, and Katie Couric are rethinking the diet culture of the ’90s.
![Every version of the Monica Lewinsky story reveals America’s failure of empathy](https://platform.vox.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/chorus/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22899856/PURITY_lewinsky_FFR_100221.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&crop=21.866666666667%2C0%2C56.266666666667%2C100&w=2400)
Twenty-three years later, the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal is a tale of cultural sadism.
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