By Katty Kay, Claire Shipman — 2014
Evidence shows that women are less self-assured than men—and that to succeed, confidence matters as much as competence. Here's why, and what to do about it.
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People with disabilities forging the newest and last human rights movement of the century.
In this exclusive interview for the cover of PEOPLE’s Beautiful Issue, Academy Award-winning actress Helen Mirren opens up about why she prefers the word “swagger” over “beauty,” how her passion for driving led to her asking for a role in the 'Fast & Furious' franchise, and the...
No one was made inadequate, and if you feel like you are then you just haven’t discovered yet how incredible you are.
Iskra Lawrence is a British model who has been included in campaigns for major brands without her photos being retouched (something that is quite rare in the modeling industry).
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Every day, American women and girls are besieged by images and messages that suggest their beauty is inadequate, inflicting immeasurable harm upon their confidence and sense of wellbeing.
Being “othered” and the body shame it spurs is not “just” a feeling.
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Burnout. Many women in America have experienced it. What’s expected of women and what it’s really like to be a woman in today’s world are two very different things—and women exhaust themselves trying to close the gap between them.
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Thanks in large part to the struggles of their activist foremothers, today’s young Jewish women have a dizzying array of spiritual options.