In this era of #MeToo and Time's Up, hostile sexism is a talking point around the world. But benevolent sexism isn't making nearly as many headlines. It runs under the surface. It shows up in seemingly-innocuous workplace conversations and in performance reports, apparent only to the informed eye. And it's wreaking havoc on women's careers.

Even amid the media's constant fixation on the Duchess of Cambridge's every nuance, we never thought we'd be talking about Kate Middleton's fingers of all things. But these are peculiar times, and the 36-year-old royal's digits are actually the topic du jour.

He goes by many epithets — the Golden State Killer, the Original Night Stalker, the Diamond Knot Killer, the East Area Rapist — but no one knows the real name of the man behind at least 12 murders and 45 rapes in California between 1976 and 1986. The man has never been identified, let alone found.

Not all jobs are glamorous, but a lot of jobs entail glamour work, the kind of work that leads to promotions—and, as Joan C. Williams and Marina Multhaup have found, the kind of work that is disproportionately denied to women and people of color. As Williams and Multhaup write in Harvard Business Review , glamour work “gets you noticed by higher-ups, gives you the opportunity to stretch your skills with a new challenge, and can lead to your next promotion. It’s the project for a major client, t

South Korea has its own version of the #MeToo movement, one known as "You Are Not Alone." And though Jeon Won Hee says that movement hasn't fully transformed South Korean culture, it may have inspired the organizers of the 2018 Winter Olympics to open four Gender Equality Support Centers at Olympic sites, including the one where she works as a counselor. The offices' purpose is to combat sexual assault at these Games and NBC News reported Pyeongchang is the first Olympics host to provide such resources.

As a film with an almost all-Black cast and a film that's already breaking pre-sale records, Black Panther stands to smash box office records and break new ground for inclusivity. And it will likely do both even amid the effort of one former Facebook group to sabotage the superhero movie's performance.

Yad Vashem, Israel's official Holocaust memorial, operates the Names Recovery Project in hopes of chronicling the stories of the Holocaust's six million Jewish victims. But the project's online database also helped a 102-year-old man named Eliahu Pietruszka realize his brother had actually survived. And though his brother passed away in 2011, as reported by The Associated Press, Pietruszka got to meet his brother's son for the very first time in 2017.

Naomi Parker Fraley — who passed away on January 20 at 96 years old — lived a life of relative anonymity, even as her likeness became an emblem of feminism and determination. It wasn't until 2015 when Fraley was recognized as the real "Rosie the Riveter," the inspiration for the woman rolling up her sleeves, flexing her muscles, and exclaiming, "We Can Do It!" in the famous World War II-era poster.

Color photography was developed, so to speak, with a definite bias toward lighter skin — a reality cinematographer Ava Berkofsky sought to overcome when she was hired to light season 2 of the HBO comedy Insecure.

If 2017 has proved anything so far, it's that sexism in film and TV doesn't always show up on screen. Sexual harassment, misconduct, abuse, and assault are all facets of sexism in the film industry — on top of the ever-present issues of the quantity and quality of female representation in movies and television shows.

Women bring millions of viewers to TV networks and billions of dollars to the box office… so why don’t they get equal pay, equal say, and equal billing? Here’s what 14 famous women are saying and doing to close the gap.

These small-screen guys don’t get nearly the attention they deserve, but they at least make a damn good case for high definition. Click through the slideshow above to see hot TV actors occupying little parts in big shows or big parts in little shows.

During eight years of Barack Obama’s presidency, we got accurate, articulate communication from the Oval Office. Boring, right? President Donald Trump, however, is keeping linguists and fact-checkers on their toes. How exciting!

Duck Dynasty‘s Phil Robertson is a bigot, and A&E is reprehensible for not taking his offenses more seriously and for kowtowing to its Phil-supporting viewership.

Between risque roles, NSFW personas, or bizarre behavior, here are some tried-and-true ways former Disney stars have found adult fame — and have left Cinderella's Castle in their rear-view!

The Biggest Loser contestants' relapses are scientifically proven to be a problem of physiology, not willpower — and the reality show is one of many whose results aren’t always as successful as you see on TV.

The best weddings are a reflection of the two people swapping the vows, I believe. But the story of our wedding day gives people the false impression my husband and I are morning people.