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Jane Ratcliffe

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“The Anger of Women is an Earth-shattering Thing”: Lidia Yuknavitch on Resisting the Hero Narrative and the Body as a Generator of Stories.

by Jane Ratcliffe March 12, 2020December 16, 2022

“I’m going to say a blasphemous thing, which is we are so fucking done with the hero’s journey. It has been to our peril.”

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

‘I Was Being Used in Slivers and Slices’: On Feminism at Odds With Evangelical Faith

by Jane Ratcliffe October 23, 2019January 20, 2023

“I wasn’t unified in my being. I wasn’t able to bring my whole self to the table,” says Cameron Dezen Hammon about her life as a worship leader for an evangelical megachurch.

Posted inNonfiction

‘Brokenness and Holiness Really Go Together’: Darcey Steinke on Menopause

by Jane Ratcliffe June 14, 2019February 24, 2023

Darcey Steinke says that most menopause memoirs “end with this come-to-Jesus moment of, ‘Then I accepted hormones.’ I’m not against it, but … I wanted to hear what it’s like for other women.”

Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story

‘I Knew It Was Not My Correct Life, Because It Asked Me To Mute My Voice.’

by Jane Ratcliffe February 4, 2019October 19, 2022

Reema Zaman on deciding she would no longer live to please men, and how women’s self-esteem and self-love is a revolutionary act of dissent.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

A Place to Stay, Untouched by Death

by Jane Ratcliffe October 15, 2018October 19, 2022

After her mother’s passing, Jane Ratcliffe considers the role everyday objects play in a good death.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

A Place to Stay, Untouched by Death

by Jane Ratcliffe October 15, 2018October 19, 2022

After her mother’s passing, Jane Ratcliffe considers the role everyday objects play in a good death.

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