The Joy of Watching (and Rewatching) Movies So Bad They’re Good By Michael Musto Feature Michael Musto sings the praises of his favorite cinematic clunkers.
A Mountain and a Range of Memories By Krista Stevens Highlight “After Lathrop died, I could not bring myself to delete his phone number.”
Canada’s Breeding Ground for Hate By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight How Canada’s new, educated, organized far-right has been using a video game app to try to influence mainstream politics and create a white ethno-state.
Game of Crones By Laura Lippman Feature It wasn’t entirely Laura Lippman’s idea to become a mother in her 50s. But when it happened, she leaned in hard.
Lengua Tacos By Feliz Moreno Feature Feliz Moreno searches for an answer to the frequently asked question ‘Do you speak Spanish?’ during a trip to Mexico.
Liberation: a Love Story (and a Reckoning) By Rebecca Wong Feature Rebecca Wong integrates new information into her understanding and appreciation of her grandfather, and how he survived the Holocaust.
Taking Cents, Making Sense of a Broken Family By Katie Kosma Highlight Sari Botton turns to petty – incredibly petty – theft after her family life hits the fan.
Did One Young Scientist Discover the Paleontology Pot of Gold? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Answers to some of paleontology’s most frustrating questions might lay in the dirt in North Dakota, but can the scientist who discovered them be believed?
You May Not Have Needed That Root Canal By Katie Kosma Highlight Dentistry doesn’t adhere to the same research and practice protocols of the medical field. This separation allows for a slew of unnecessary procedures and predatory pricing.
What I Learned From Doing Amateur Porn By Nancy Jainchill Feature Nancy Jainchill recalls a ’70s sexcapade that helped her make (one month’s) rent, and began her exploration into women’s pleasure and sexual parity.
A Woman’s Work: The Inside Story By Carolita Johnson Feature Carolita Johnson examines some of the inner workings of a woman’s body from puberty to menopause.
Mothering on the Borders By Yifat Susskind Feature Yifat Susskind stands at three of the world’s most militarized borders and reflects on what is revealed about these zones of separation and violence when we see them from the perspective of mothers.
Just a Spoonful of Siouxsie By Alison Fields Feature Surviving seventh grade with a practically perfect punk nanny.
Does the Woman in the Painting Have a Secret? By Longreads Feature In the wake of her mother’s passing, Dylan Landis wrestles with unanswered questions about love and art, and imagines different possibilities of what could have been.
When Your Doctor is Also an Opioid Addict By Krista Stevens Highlight How one doctor beat his addiction to start helping members of his West Virginia community to do the same.
The Difficult Case for Assisted Plant Migration By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight To protect them from climate change, concerned citizens are moving clones of California’s ancient sequoias to Oregon in a process known as assisted migration, but should they?
To Grieve Is to Carry Another Time By Matthew Salesses Feature Matthew Salesses considers the impact of his wife’s passing, and other factors, on his experience as a human passing through the fourth dimension.
Rewriting A Symphony In Stone By Summer Brennan Feature Summer Brennan considers the art and ritual of reinvention in the history of Notre Dame cathedral, and its witness to a Parisian millennium.
The Revolution…Without Prince By Kevin Sampsell Feature Hoping to reconnect to their love for the iconic musician, Kevin Sampsell and an old girlfriend go to hear his best known band play without him.
Living Off the Grid in California’s Coastal Waters By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Living off the grid isn’t just for landlubbers.
Notes on Citizenship By Nina Coomes Feature Nina Li Coomes reckons with the quandary of citizenship and the meaning of home.
‘There Are Things You See With Your Body’ By Krista Stevens Highlight “Stepping away, I feel something evaporate, a quantum of my soul, perhaps, burning up on contact.”
Edible Complex By Jen Doll Feature Never eat pot chocolate on a third date, and other lessons about love.
Where the Men are Scarier than the Minefield on the Mountain By Krista Stevens Highlight “No longer should women feel weak.”
What the Death of a Glacier Means for Us By Aaron Gilbreath Commentary The death of an iconic California glacier signals the loss of one scientist’s work, the end of an epoch, and possibly the beginning of a new era of mass extinction.
Bracing for the Silence of an Empty Nest By Michelle Cruz Gonzales Feature As her son finishes high school and prepares to leave for college, Michelle Cruz Gonzales looks back on his early years as a pianist and anticipates a future without the sound of his playing filling the house.
‘Writers tell’: The Devastating Contrasts in Life, Death, and West Virginia By Krista Stevens Highlight “Twelve years later, I birthed my son on my sister’s death day.”
Racism in Romance, or Why Is the Duke Always White By Michelle Weber Highlight White people: how many people still think “Fabio!” when they hear “romance novel,” raise your hands. Thought so.
This Is Why No One Answers the Phone Anymore By Michelle Weber Highlight Robocalls are a scourge, and it’s only a matter of time before the technology learns to spoof your mother’s voice.
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