Poet Joan Kane, an Inupiaq Eskimo woman, received the prestigious Whiting Writers' Award. (It comes with $50,000!) "My husband jokes that he's probably the only start-up lawyer whose practice is being kept afloat by his poet wife," she said.

Just when thought you couldn't miss this woman more, we find that Bea Arthur has left $300,000 to the Ali Forney Center in New York, an organization that supports homeless LGBT youth. The center supplies a number of services to youth around the city,...

The Daily Mail says women might imagine being drugged and put at risk of rape, but in reality they just drank too much. Dr Adam Burgess, from the University of Kent school of social policy, said rumours about the prevalence of date-rape drugs were ...

This story speaks for itself. From the free Sara Kruzan action page at change.org: "Life without parole means absolutely no opportunity for release," said Senator Yee. (of California) "It also means minors are often left without access to programs...

Good news (via Matt Yglesias): Women in Kuwait have been granted the right to travel without their husband's permission. The article abolished by the court dated back to Kuwait's 1962 passport law which required a husband's signature on ...