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    Nina Bahadur

    Nina Bahadur

    Deputy Editor, HuffPost Women

  • A Modern-Day Witch Explains How Magic Can Empower Women

    "You have the ability to manifest positive change in your life."

  • Why This Young Woman Is Sharing Her Preventative Mastectomy Scars

    "I felt very alone and there wasn't much in the way of information."

  • Matt McGorry Has Joined The #FreeTheNipple Movement

    Matt McGorry Has Joined The #FreeTheNipple Movement

  • This Is How Women Really Feel About Disclosing What They Earn

    In late April, software developer Lauren Voswinkel urged people to tweet their salaries using the hashtag #talkpay. "To truly begin to eradicate pay inequality, we need a radical discussion," Voswinkel wrote in a blog post introducing the hashtag. Hundreds of people shared their salaries -- along with information about their career experience, benefits, bonuses, gender and ethnicity -- in the name of promoting earnings transparency and closing the gender pay gap.

  • This Is How Women Journalists Are Treated On The Internet

    In a new video from The Guardian US, Hamilton and four other Guardian editors and writers -- Jessica Valenti, Megan Carpentier, Rebecca Carroll and Sady Doyle -- read some of the abusive comments and tweets they've received. Female journalists are particularly vulnerable to these types of comments given that they express opinions for a living -- simply turning off the computer and walking away is not an option.

  • 21 First-Date Horror Stories To Remind You That Romance Is Dead

    While online dating, apps and nosy matchmaking mothers make it easier than ever to match up with hot singles in your area™, they also up the chances for first date disasters. It was desert terrain... No bushes! In the cool night air, with only my date's car shielding me from the freeway, I had to relieve myself to end my gastrointestinal torture.

  • 9 Harrowing Images That Capture The Lasting Impact Of Sexual Assault

    Survivors of assault and abuse are sharing their experiences on a powerful new Tumblr, Lasting Impact. Founder Alison, who asked that her last name remain private, created Lasting Impact to raise awareness about the long-lasting impact that incidents of sexual assault, domestic violence, and emotional and physical abuse have on those who experience them. The project is also a place for survivors to share stories of healing.

  • How 36 Women React To The Word 'Abortion'

    A new video shows the varied ways women feel about reproductive rights. In the latest video from their "One Word" series, Cut Video asked 36 women, from ages 15 to 50, to respond to the word "abortion." The participants were asked to share the first thought that came to mind when they heard the term. Fifteen-year-old Melissa described abortion as "killing," because "They're basically killing the baby.

  • In Westeros, The Only Free Woman Is A Dead Woman

    Last night's Season 5 finale of 'Game Of Thrones' was a very stressful episode -- and none of it was very good for the women involved. If you haven't watched "Mother's Mercy" yet, look away now. Arya finally murdered Meryn Trant, then promptly went blind.

  • Kirsten Gillibrand Says Female Friendship Is 'One Of The Best Things' About The Senate

    Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says women in the Senate stick together, no matter what party they represent. Gillibrand also spoke about her hopes to get more women in Congress, attributing the current low numbers to social conditioning that encourages women to downplay their accomplishments and present themselves as pleasant above all else. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today.

  • Stunning Portraits Explore The Beauty Of Bodies After Breast Cancer

    When facing a preventative double mastectomy, Katelyn Carey had no idea what to expect. Carey, a nurse and mother of two, has a family history of breast cancer and underwent a preventative mastectomy at the age of 29. Inspired by her experience, she is creating Beauty After Breast Cancer, a book of portraits and narratives that explains what breast cancer survivors went through, and shows what their bodies look like now.

  • President Obama May Have Blocked A Meninist Twitter Account

    According to an image tweeted out by the account @MeninistTweet, it has been blocked from following the president's official Twitter. The "Meninist" account bills itself as a parody but provides the type of commentary one might expect from men's rights activists like sexist jokes and constant criticisms of women. Whether or not the account is actually a parody, Obama, it seems, is not into it.

  • Stunning Portrait Series Of People With Tattoos Proves 'Beauty Is Not Only Ink Deep'

    Tattoos are a part of a person's beauty, and a new photo series proves it. Photographer Niall Patterson is currently fundraising to publish a book of portraits and narratives from his project "Beauty Is Not Only Ink Deep." Patterson has been photographing people with tattoos and asking them about the meanings behind them, criticisms they've received, and how their ink affects their views on beauty. "The idea originally came to me when I was deciding to get a tattoo myself and I came across a lot of negative feedback off the web and from my family," Patterson told The Huffington Post.

  • People Who Are Anti-Abortion Are Also Sexist, Worrying Study Finds

    A new study has found a link between sexism and anti-abortion attitudes. PhD candidate Stephanie Begun and professor N. Eugene Walls published a study in the May 2015 issue of peer-reviewed journal Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work linking sexist attitudes with anti-abortion sentiment, and proving no one is crazy for thinking that lack of access to abortion services have a lot to do with sexism. Analyzing their responses to a series of online surveys, she looked at three potential predictors of anti-choice attitudes: Hostile sexism, benevolent sexism, and combined scores of hostile and benevolent sexism together. Research suggests that benevolent sexism pigeonholes women into roles as nurturers and caregivers, and that women who seek abortions fail to live up to this ideal, hence the connection between benevolent sexism and abortion.

  • This Is How Trolls Treat Women On The Internet

    A new Twitter hashtag shows just how rough it is being a woman on the Internet. Online harassment-reporting platform HeartMob asked Twitter users to share their stories using #MyTroll, and the results are truly staggering.

  • Why Aren't We Celebrating 'Mom Bod,' Too?

    "Dad bod" made its way on to the Internet two weeks ago when college student Mackenzie Pearson explained why "girls everywhere are going nuts" over a specific male body type -- "a nice balance between a beer gut and working out." In her parody, Hughes explains why "dad bod" is considered attractive, but "mom bod" isn't.

  • These Honest (And Brilliant) Sex-Ed Quiz Answers Got A Teen Suspended

    Last week, Imgur user dogsandcatsandlemursohmy posted what she claims is her younger sister's responses to a sex ed quiz. The user wrote that her younger sister was suspended mostly for the language she used in the responses, not her incredible, empowered attitude.

  • Attention, World: Waists Don't Need To Be 'Trained'

    Over the past few months, I've seen a lot of selfies of celebrity women wearing small, painful-looking corsets in the gym accompanied by gushing captions about "waist training." I ignored it for a while, thinking this was just another product that the Kardashians get paid to talk about, and that the "fad" would go away. Waist training is now apparently "a thing," a thing with over 440,000 photos tagged on Instagram (#waisttraining) and a seemingly endless stream of related tweets. Women are squeezing themselves into restrictive corsets and "waist training" belts for hours each day in order to make their midsections smaller.

  • What Is This Prom Poster Telling Young Girls?

    A high school has taken down ridiculous posters that criticize young women who engage in sexual activity on prom night. Lincoln High School, a public school in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, came under fire after a student at the school shared the poster with her older brother, who then posted it on Reddit. The posters are presumably referring to the shocking idea that students might be fooling around on prom night.

  • These Photos Show How Beautiful Women's Bodies Are After Breast Cancer

    The pair have created a book of portraits featuring women who have undergone breast cancer surgery, which they intend to distribute free of charge to Breast Health centers in the U.S. and Canada. Become a founding member of HuffPost Plus today. Hunter, a college professor, decided to create the book after her own breast cancer diagnosis in the autumn of 2013.