Sports A major UW sports record* is about to fall. Why the asterisk? The NCAA fought bringing women’s sports into the fold for a decade after the passage of Title IX Kim Malcolm John O'Brien Play AudioListen 5 mins
Arts & Life Michelle Yeoh called out sexism in Hollywood. Will it help close the gender gap? The 60-year-old best actress winner addressed the timing of her historic win, which comes decades into her spectacular career. But is the industry ready for more complicated, older female characters? Vanessa Romo
Health Hear it again: Defying the odds, one patient at a time Seattle author and doctor Patricia Grayhall went to medical school in the early 1970s, when gender discrimination and homophobia were commonplace in the field. Grayhall was forced to hide her identity as a lesbian and she faced sexism from superiors and colleagues. Libby Denkmann Sarah Leibovitz Noel Gasca Play AudioListen 12 mins
Arts & Life 'Relevance beyond the personal,' Seattle author recounts sexism, discrimination in medical field As a young teenager, local author Patricia Grayhall recalls believing she was the only lesbian in Arizona. Her new memoir recounts her struggle to earn a medical degree, explore her sexuality, and weather the sexism and discrimination rampant in the medical field of the 1970s. Libby Denkmann Sarah Leibovitz Play AudioListen 23 mins
Arts & Life Jess Zimmerman subverts the dominant monster myth paradigm ‘These are the bedtime stories the patriarchy tells itself.’ John O'Brien Play AudioListen 2 hours
Education Raising boys the non-toxic way: a how-to manual ‘I want him to be able to have those qualities that I saw men wanting, but not being able to have. Like being able to cry.’ John O'Brien Play AudioListen 2 hours
Arts & Life Becoming Rebecca Solnit: a room and a life of her own ‘I was trying not to be the subject of someone else’s poetry and not to get killed.’ John O'Brien Play AudioListen 2 hours
World Facing Backlash For Sexist Remarks, Tokyo Olympics Chief Apologizes But Won't Resign Yoshiro Mori, Japan's former prime minister and head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, said on Wednesday that women who talk too much should have their speaking time at meetings restricted. Rachel Treisman
Business Top Boeing official resigns over sexist article published years ago Boeing says its communications chief is out after half a year on the job. Niel Golightly resigned after a complaint about an article he wrote in 1987 about whether women should serve in combat. Carolyn Adolph Play AudioListen 2 mins
Business We’re so over women being dinged for showing emotion at work When Serena Williams was penalized at the U.S. Open for throwing her racket and calling the umpire a thief, it got us thinking. There was something all-too familiar about the exchange: Once again, a woman was being penalized for showing anger at work. Jeannie Yandel Eula Scott Bynoe Caroline Chamberlain Gomez Play AudioListen 26 mins
