Ten days before the Nov. 5 election, I had the opportunity to present my collaborative research, "Shifts in Gender Dynamics: France’s Feminist Foreign Policy and the Rise of Female Far-Right Voters,” ...

FELINE INTUITION: Annelise Kopp, aka DJ Lil Meow Meow, has become one of Asheville's most beloved DJs over the past decade. Photo by Chelsea Lane Photography Molly Kummerle didn’t set out to be a DJ.

Whether you’re a lifelong fitness-lover or ready to pick up a pair of dumbbells for the first time, you might need a little motivation getting to the gym. These stories from seven women—all over the ...

Sometimes it meant dinner at 10 p.m., but football was just the start of Kansas City Chiefs rookie Ashton Gillotte’s training as a teenager. Working alongside his trainer, Gillotte competed in Spartan ...

The future of strength training is female. New flex. Once dominated by men, Crunch Fitness CEO Jim Rowley told Bloomberg that women now account for 50%+ of lifting platform usage. Meanwhile, Planet ...

Women are the stronger sex, says professional bodybuilder and debut author Anne Marie Chaker. They live longer, their muscles are more fatigue-resistant, and they have the power to create life. But ...

This summer, toned arms became the new status symbol—and a near-impossible to achieve beauty standard. Between Hollywood’s decades-long obsession with thinness and the recent swings of the ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: Starre Vartan is the author of “The Stronger Sex: What Science Tells Us About the Power of the Female Body,” which will be published on July 15. People who lived through the Irish ...

Women often get trapped in endless cardio cycles, spending hours on treadmills and ellipticals while their leg muscles gradually weaken with age, setting them up for mobility problems, bone loss, and ...