While reading a book to his son, David Tanklefsky found a picture of his cousin, Bella Abzug, on a page about the women’s movement. She was a one-woman wrecking crew of the gendered status quo, he writes, and I like to think I’m honoring her by taking my paternity leave....

A bill proposed by Republican lawmakers in Florida would ban girls in grades younger than sixth from talking about their menstrual cycles in school. Anita Diamant, who wrote a book about menstrual justice, isn't having it.