Kayla Webley Adler
Kayla Webley Adler is the Deputy Editor of ELLE magazine. She edits cover stories, profiles, and narrative features on politics, culture, crime, and social trends. Previously, she worked as the Features Director at Marie Claire magazine and as a Staff Writer at TIME magazine.
Latest articles by Kayla Webley Adler
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We Have More Female Senators Than Ever Before—Here Are the 4 New Ones to Watch
What you need to know about the Senate's freshman females.
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Why "Let Girls Learn" Is One of the Most Critical Things to Remember from the Obama White House
Inside Michelle Obama's initiative and its powerful, world-changing results.
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Why I, a Republican, Am Voting for Hillary Clinton
Lifelong GOP die-hard Jennifer Pierotti Lim on jumping ship.
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The Truth About the Pay Gap
It's 2016—and women still only make about three-quarters of what men do. Here's what you *haven't* been hearing about the wage disparity in this country, and how that info might actually, finally make a difference.
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The Most Over-the-Top Outfits from the DNC
More sequins, please.
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The 5 Most Epic Lines from the Supreme Court Abortion Ruling
Here's how SCOTUS made their decision.
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An Exclusive First Look at 'Trapped,' the New Abortion Documentary You *Need* to See
Inside what's really at stake in the battle for reproductive rights.
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On the Front Lines of the Abortion Wars
Dr. Colleen McNicholas zig-zags across the Midwest—considered an "abortion desert"—to provide women with care that's harder and harder to come by. In part two of Marie Claire's series on reproductive rights, she takes us with her.
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#BlackLivesMatter: Meet the Women Behind the Most Important Social Movement of Our Time
"We needed a glimmer of hope."
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Former Senator Olympia Snowe Has a Plan to Close the Confidence Gap
When young women have higher self-esteem, everyone wins.
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Sex Trafficking on the Reservation: One Native American Nation's Struggle Against the Trade
In the second part of Marie Claire's series on sex trafficking in the U.S., we go inside the MHA Nation, where the sex trade took a quiet community by storm.
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Please Stop Talking About Women Like We Only Vote with Our Vaginas
Just because we share an anatomy with Carly Fiorina doesn't mean we're automatic converts—especially in light of her anti-woman policies.
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The Women's List: 15 Game-Changers You Need to Know Now
Photographer and filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders highlights their incredible stories in a documentary for PBS.
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Republican Commentator S.E. Cupp Has a Strong Message for the GOP: Reform or Become Relics
In a viral video clip filmed in the wake of this summer's historic gay-marriage ruling, Republican political commentator S.E. Cupp stands her ground: "I've always thought supporting gay marriage was, in fact, a deeply conservative thing to do."
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Crude Awakening: The Sex Trafficking Crisis That's Right in Our Backyard
The oil boom in North Dakota has brought tens of thousands of newcomers and, with them, an insidious crime that residents never expected. In the first part of Marie Claire's series on sex trafficking in the U.S., we go behind the scenes with the locals—including two women instrumental in getting groundbreaking legislation passed—who banded together to save their state.
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Revenge Porn Has Met Its Match, and Her Name Is Kamala Harris
The California Attorney General is kicking a** and taking names.
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Rapists Are Going Free Because Kits Are Going Untested
But one city is working to change that.
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Sundance Report: New Premiere 'The Hunting Ground' Sheds Further Light on Campus Rape
Activists Annie Clark and Andrea Pino are making waves.
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Fighting Words: Meet the College Senior Behind California's Radical New Sexual-Assault Law
When it comes to combating rape on campus, the go-to adage is "no means no." Sofie Karasek thinks it's time for some new lingo.
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Miss America Kira Kazantsev Should Apologize for Hazing Sorority Pledges
In brushing aside the reports of hazing, Miss America may only be perpetuating the cycle of violence and humiliation in the Greek system.
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Racist Photo Sent in Wake of Sorority Rush at University of Alabama
University of Alabama and national chapter of the sorority in question are investigating image captured from social networking site.
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Revolution on Sorority Row
You'd think it was 1954 at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where stepping inside the secret chapter rooms of sorority rush reveals a pre-Civil Rights Movement mind-set. But last fall, a group of women—black and white—stood up to the backward traditions that have kept the nation's largest Greek system segregated well into the 21st century.
By Kayla Webley Adler Published