Olivia Campbell

The supernatural creatures said to roam these forests are intimately tied to the landscape, which is older than most of life on Earth.

The film “Oppenheimer,” which tells the story of the Manhattan Project’s development of the atomic bomb, has made quite a splash this summer, with audiences and critics alike hailing it as a riveting slice of scientific history. But it also has some viewers asking: Where are the women?

From Barbie to Grimace, it might seem like pop culture is just lazily recycling old ideas. But experts say yearning for the “good old days” is more than just a fuzzy feeling.

"I know of no restorative of heart, body, and soul more effective against hopelessness than the restoration of the Earth." -Barry Lopez

As the drummer beats his rhythm—the heels of his palms resounding against stretched animal hide—I move. I am moved. Arms reach and retract, spine twists and tilts, legs stretch and sweep across the vast, golden wood floor.

Are these mothers going mad or are they actually experiencing something supernatural? Are the demons within or without? Either way, I recognized myself in them.

Although it may sound implausible to the modern ear, Hildegard von Bingen, the medieval Catholic nun who is now sainted, also prescribed medicinal abortions.

I am the same person I was before I gained weight. The only thing that’s changed is how society views me.

That Great Male Authors require long periods of uninterrupted seclusion to think and write is a literary-world given rarely questioned. Mother-writers have to get more creative.

I was in an archive room at the London School of Economics, staring at 150-year-old documents complete with swirly handwriting and a red-wax seal, when I had a random yet horrifying thought: What if my nose starts bleeding on one of these irreplaceable pages? What would happen if I ruined them?

Salon republished my Undark essay!

“When we turned up at the clinic, pandemonium broke loose.”

When future authors mine our history looking for amazing women in science to profile, what will they find?

Sophia Jex-Blake’s sexuality was an asset in her role as a women’s rights trailblazer.

While most metal pilgrim badges depict religious motifs and scenes related to specific saints and shrines, a not-insignificant number are sexual in nature.