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You keep hearing it takes a village — but what if you don't have one? Here's why the village quietly disappeared, and how to start rebuilding it, even as a caregiver, an empty-nester, or a woman who moved away.

Patriarchy is a mental health issue. A feminist therapist explains the different healing work for women, men, and everyone the gender binary harms.

Seasonal affective disorder is diagnosed more often in women than men. Here's why fall hits women harder, and how to prepare before the days get shorter.

Picture a woman in a television studio dressing room. Her makeup is done. In a few minutes she will walk out and talk about elections and foreign policy on live TV. But first she opens a lunchbox, lays out a row of syringes, and injects herself with fertility hormones. That woman is Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Last weekend, she chose to show the whole thing to the world. She is freezing her eggs, and she is doing it out loud.

The patriarchal dividend is a benefit men receive automatically and women fund invisibly. A feminist therapist explains what it costs everyone's mental health.