Catherine Deneuve

Dominique Moceanu

Our most-read stories about women in 2018

Women & Gender

Here are the 10 most-read AWL stories from the year.

Actress Meryl Streep (L) and the director of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, Ai-jen Poo, at the 75th Golden Globe Awards.

Millions say #MeToo. But not everyone is heard equally.

Arts
Actress Catherine Deneuve poses at the 70th Cannes Film Festival.

Deneuve sends a dated message of empowerment

Arts
Catherine Deneuve

Some French women say ‘puritanism’ in American feminism threatens sexual liberty

Culture
A cartoon of Catherine Deneuve

Cartoonists respond to the French open letter critical of the #MeToo movement

Culture
The sign #MeToo is propped up on a European Parliament member's desk during a session to discuss preventive measures against sexual harassment and abuse.

Has the #MeToo movement gone too far or not enough?

Conflict

Actress Catherine Deneuve and 100-some other French women wrote an open letter to denounce the #MeToo campaign as becoming a witch hunt, saying the movement has created a backlash against men.

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, 1920

How the Nazis helped Coco Chanel — and Chanel No. 5

Culture

The story behind Chanel No. 5 is complex, in which an icon of fashion fraternized with fascists to try to eliminate her Jewish partners.

Movies to see this holiday season

Arts, Culture & Media

“Boston Globe” film critic Ty Burr reviews some of the films to be seen during this year’s holiday season.