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Lupita Nyong’o is making fibroids impossible to ignore
Plus: 🏆 Women making Oscars history 👯‍♀️ Female friendships 🔬 Research into women's health
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Lupita Nyong’o on living with uterine fibroids: here’s what you need to know
The actress shared her experience of fibroids “the largest the size of an orange”
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Louis Theroux’s Manosphere documentary left me scared for my younger brothers
I watched the new Netflix show twice and I'm horrified
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Pints, ponytails and the new Dad Code
A simple idea - teaching dads to do ponytails - is opening up bigger conversations about parenting and identity.
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Endometriosis now takes 9 years and 4 months to be diagnosed
Medical misogyny fuels delays in having endometriosis confirmed.
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💪 International Women's Day & 10 Years of The Female Lead
Plus: ✍️ Career advice 🤷‍♀️ Vanishing women 🤩 Positive news
💪 International Women's Day & 10 Years of The Female Lead
Plus: ✍️ Career advice 🤷‍♀️ Vanishing women 🤩 Positive news
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February 2026

6 good news stories for women you might have missed
It's not all doom and gloom. Here's some big wins for women that didn’t make the outrage cycle
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“A stranger saved my life when I was hours from death”
On life support with time running out, organ donation was the only chance for Ashley Moore to survive
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“They should be the ones to hang their heads in shame, not me”
Gisèle Pelicot on rebuilding her life, family trauma and falling in love…
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Sir Keir Starmer talks to The Female Lead: "We have to call out misogyny"
The British Prime Minister on Violence Against Women and Girls, the Epstein Files and Andrew Tate...
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"What happens when women refuse to be quiet?"
Plus:🔬Women in science 🩸Promising new research 🗺️ Reporting from war
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