This weekend's Girl Fest in San Francisco has it all.

the rear-end minimizing, jiggle camouflaging, ego-boosting powers of a good pair of black pants

On life and Velveeta

With the economy in the toilet, one mother cheers the return of modest clothing.

Catherine Orenstein helps women break into the opinion pages.

A complete draft of "Summer Crossing," Truman Capote's unpublished first novel, surfaces after decades in storage.

Four years after the murder of a prominent abortion provider, his clinic is once again open for business

Fundamentalist Mormon women go into the online clothing business.

A simple change that may have a wide-ranging impact

With dishes like fried rice medley and bombe Alaska, "Debbie" helped to influence a generation of Australian cooks

From child labor to unethical environmental approaches, chocolate companies can be rife with problematic practices

Cosmo and Glamour banish sex from their cover lines.

"Once I began dancing at Diamonds, I realized that while Backstage Bill’s was a strip club, Diamonds was a brand"