Body hair removal was a burden I shrugged off. But after VP Harris took her oath, I felt the sudden urge to shave

Classic fairy tales get a feminist makeover for parents who don't like their princesses tricked out, locked up or comatose. But were the old ones really that bad?

Nancy Friday on beauty, witches and good manners in bed

Will the female-dominated site attract male users by peddling its own brand of reductive thinking?

Father Antonio Rungi says his pageant plans were "deliberately misinterpreted."

The late summer hit's casual use of the word women are taught to fear may enable us to reclaim it

Dove takes its "Real Beauty" campaign to the stage.

Dove's just selling deodorant and soap in a new way, while peddling the same old beauty standards as empowerment

A Thai boot camp whips would-be beauty queens into pageant shape.

Chanel has enlisted the actor to advertise No. 5

This side-by-side comparison of goddesses of beauty is a welcome reminder to reject narrow body standards

"We have to remember the heritage and the culture of our country," the president says of Confederate monuments

In a culture of detritus, "American Beauty" screenwriter Alan Ball discovers heartbreaking beauty in garbage.

Much has been made of Trump's creepy attitudes toward women, but he's not the only one with a Miss Universe problem

No one makes good decisions in this novel that follows the lives of a restless, but well-meaning, middle-aged doctor and a confused, drug-abusing fashion model.