While searching for a Korean radish to make her grandmother’s soup, Vivien Lee meditates on family and food.
Krista Stevens
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How My Parents Met
Noah Cho ruminates on why his mother, a blond “symbol of America, the homecoming queen” was attracted to his father, a “barely-bilingual” Korean immigrant who came to the U.S. to pursue a career in medicine.
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Why I gave my kidney to a stranger — and why you should consider doing it too
Dylan Matthews donated his left kidney to a perfect stranger, in what’s known as a “non-directed” donation. Dylan’s kidney initiated a donation chain in which four people received live-saving kidney transplants.
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Curiosity, Unfettered: Margaret Atwood as the Prophet of Dystopia
Rebecca Mead’s profile in The New Yorker covers the resonance of The Handmaid’s Tale in Donald Trump’s America.
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The Loneliness Recipe
In searching for a Korean radish called mu in a bid to make her grandmother’s soup, Vivien Lee meditates on family and food — what it means to be Korean in the West — where the burning desire for individuality is at odds with the communal approach to life, food, and family in the East.
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The subtle brilliance of Sesame Street’s first episode starring an autistic Muppet
Dylan Matthews reflects on growing up with autism and reviews Sesame Street’s approach to raising awareness with a new autistic character named Julia. Sesame Street doesn’t focus on Julia navigating her world, it focuses on Elmo and Abby Cadabby — a neurotypical monster and fairy, respectively — who help Big Bird understand why Julia plays […]
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In the Shadow of a Fairy Tale: Overcoming the Evil Stepmother Stereotype
Leslie Jamison explores the fraught role of stand-in parent as she considers her new life as a stepmother to a six-year-old.
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In the Shadow of a Fairy Tale
Leslie Jamison is stepmother to Lily, age 6. Lily’s mother died of cancer just before Lily turned three. Jamison explores fairy tale stepmothers both as the rare “port in the storm” and the much more common “stock villain” — stereotyped by cruelty, abuse, and withholding affection — as she reflects on her relationship with Lily […]
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Margaret Atwood: The Prophet of Dystopia
At The New Yorker, Rebecca Mead profiles Margaret Atwood — Canada’s prolific queen of literature. Mead and Atwood cover the resonance of The Handmaid’s Tale in Donald Trump’s America, Atwood’s approach to feminism, and the purpose of fiction in today’s society. Beloved for her incisive mind along with her works, Atwood uses unlimited curiosity as […]
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Winnipeg’s Indigenous Bear Clan Patrol Protects the Vulnerable
Vice’s Geraldine Malone walks the streets with group of volunteers dedicated to fighting overdoses.