Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields: A New Feminist Music Festival Takes Shape NYT > Top Stories By: Lindsay Zoladz and Amanda Hakan 31 August 2026 at 23:27 At the first Daisy Chain Fields festival, the 23-year-old pop star presented a cross-generational vision of female empowerment. (With Taco Bell activations, too.) © Amanda Hakan for The New York Times
‘The Nest of Snakes’: Warring Cartels Target Women in Mexico NYT > Top Stories By: Paulina Villegas and Adriana Zehbrauskas 31 August 2026 at 18:34 A two-year war between rival Sinaloa Cartel factions is driving a surge in killings and disappearances targeting women. © Adriana Zehbrauskas for The New York TimesAlma Daniela with a portrait of her sister, Vivian Karely Aispuro, who was murdered last year in Culiacán, the capital of Sinaloa.
Women Don’t Quit. We Should. NYT > Top Stories By: Lindsay Crouse 30 August 2026 at 08:00 Women are eager disciples of the “Never give up” dogma. But if we treat persevering and quitting as opposites, we lose.
Dolly Parton Was So Fake She Was Real NYT > Top Stories By: Rhonda Garelick 29 August 2026 at 15:20 Dolly Parton was utterly real about her unrealness. She played with the over-the-top details. © Ron Galella, via Getty Images
In ‘9 to 5,’ Dolly Parton Put a Friendly Face on Feminism NYT > Top Stories By: Susan Dominus 27 August 2026 at 23:05 In 1980, feminists were often stereotyped as man-hating or out of touch. Then Parton gave the movement a boost — and an anthem.