Rise of the stay-at-home girlfriend

A new wave of podcasters, writers and social media stars want you to abandon your feminism. Cécile Simmons speaks to them to find out why, and whether they’ll succeed…

Historically speaking, we’ve never lived longer, richer or safer lives than we do now. And yet, so many women feel like they’re failing. It’s time to untangle why – and what we can do about it

Hadley Freeman started following Instagram’s tradwives for a laugh, only for the mockery to turn to fascination… Could she possibly learn something from them?

Claudia Savage-Gore watches her friends succumb to lust

Our round-up of the funny, fascinating and unusual stories this fortnight

AS ELLE CELEBRATES ITS 40TH ANNIVERSARY, WE ASK: WHAT WILL THE INDUSTRY LOOK LIKE IN 40 YEARS’ TIME? WE SPOTLIGHT THE WOMEN WHO WILL HAVE A HAND IN SHAPING ITS NEXT ERA