Girls
The Sporting Scene
Élite Gymnasts Are Aging Up
It used to be assumed that a gymnast’s peak came around sixteen years of age. So why will the Olympic team be stocked with women in their twenties?
By Louisa Thomas
Cultural Comment
Sympathy for the Schoolgirl
Sofia Coppola’s “Priscilla” explores a vexed archetype.
By Molly Fischer
Photo Booth
A Turkish Photographer’s Tribute to the Girls of Quranic Schools
In the book “Hafiz,” Sabiha Çimen depicts young Muslims forming their own “playground of the imagination.”
By Eren Orbey
Annals of Medicine
Why More and More Girls Are Hitting Puberty Early
A pandemic-era rise in early puberty may help physicians to better understand its causes.
By Jessica Winter
Dept. of Symbols
“Fearless Girl” Gets Taken to Court
Kristen Visbal, the creator of the financial-district statue that has become a feminist icon, is fighting for her right to create and sell other versions of the art work to cities around the world.
By Sheelah Kolhatkar
Shouts & Murmurs
Remembrances of Being at the Mall
You stood in a glass elevator next to a man with a fat mustache and a turquoise knapsack who looked at you angrily.
By Emma Rathbone
The Great Outdoors
Zosia Mamet Is a Horse Girl
Post-“Girls,” the actress is starring in “The Flight Attendant,” an HBO Max mystery series, and spending quality time with her six-year-old mare.
By Naomi Fry
Dept. of P’s and Q’s
Broadway’s New Emily Post Is a Fifth Grader
Why Donna Murphy and Bebe Neuwirth are talking about Sadie Markowitz, a nine-year-old from Westchester, and her guide on how to behave at the theatre.
By Patricia Marx
The Boards
Shin Guards and Tampon Talk at Lincoln Center
Sarah DeLappe’s “The Wolves” takes teen-age girl talk to a soccer field at the Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre.
By Michael Schulman
Letter from Mogadishu
The Fight Over Women’s Basketball in Somalia
Despite threats from extremists, a league tries to stay on the court.
By Alexis Okeowo
Cultural Comment
On Finally Watching “Girls,” a Different and Better Show Than I’d Been Led to Imagine
By Jia Tolentino
Culture Desk
Everything I Learned from Mary Tyler Moore
In trying to create a television show about the messy business of femininity, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” became a master class.
By Lena Dunham