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This is why you procrastinate

We’re all guilty of procrastination, but it’s more than bad time management, it has a lot to do with psychology.

Meg Wolitzer writes ’The Female Persuasion’ for the #MeToo era

In an interview, novelist Wolitzer is upbeat about the number of women in U.S. politics—and female writers winning big awards

Who does more housework? Here’s the dirt on who does what

As the man of the house I want to do more—I really do. So why haven’t I? Here is what’s really needed to fix the family imbalance

How one woman challenged Canada’s macho rock-climbing world

Jan Redford’s memoir about rock-climbing, family life and feminism is right on time for the age of #MeToo

Inside the fight to understand the science of male violence

Author Daemon Fairless argues that eliminating violent impulses in boys and men isn’t a simple matter of training

Why the term ’death midwife’ has actual midwives up in arms

As the taboo around death services wanes, a B.C. case shows how jealously guarded the birthing brand has become

How Indigenous midwives are helping women reclaim childbirth

Indigenous women in remote parts of the country have to travel hundreds of kilometres to give birth. A growing revival of midwifery in communities is changing that

Op-eds about why yoga pants are ’bad for women’ are bad for women

Anne Kingston: A rightly ridiculed column telling women what to wear reflects the deeply seated casual sexism rampant in mainstream media

Pyeongchang 2018: How Olympic athletes deal with failure

Athletes train for years to compete at the Olympic Games, but there can be only one winner. Sports psychologists are studying how they can bounce back