On Not Being Able to Read By Tajja Isen Feature In law school, they told me I wouldn’t be able to read anymore. That the pleasure of the text, like a lover in a non-law degree, would slowly grow opaque to me.
An Introduction To Death By A.M. Homes Feature Raising a teenager of her own offers author A.M. Homes a glimpse into her mother’s experience of raising her.
At Home on Carmine Street By Abigail Rasminsky Feature Abigail Rasminsky thought she’d survived a robbery unscathed. Then she realized it was following her everywhere.
Michelle Tea and the Betrayal of Queer Memoir By Alana Mohamed Feature Memoir is always a betrayal. When writing about life in queer subcultures, the harm of honesty can feel even greater.
We Stand on Guard for Bieber By Soraya Roberts Feature How Canadian is Justin Bieber? His hometown’s “Steps to Stardom” exhibit provides some answers.
The 17-Year Itch By Laura Jean Baker Feature Laura Jean Baker finds that being a feminist married to a progressive man isn’t a fail-safe against sexism occasionally intruding in their marriage.
The Killer Who Spared My Mother By Diana Whitney Feature In an attempt to understand her own chronic pain, Diana Whitney uncovers a violent trauma from her mother’s past.
The Slow Regard of a Difficult Past By Krista Stevens Highlight “In my family, love was the slow accumulation of moments in which I was not subjected to great harm.”
A Woman’s Work: The Art of the Day Job By Carolita Johnson Feature Carolita Johnson looks back on the many ways she’s tried to juggle work with her *work.*
On the Origins of the Word ハーフ, or Hafu (Half): Belonging and Not Belonging at Once By Danielle Jackson Highlight Nina Coomes unpacks the origins and legacies of the Japanese word hafu, or half.
An Igbo Slaver’s Descendants Reckon With History By Danielle Jackson Highlight Adaobi Tricia Nwaumbani reveals her Igbo great-grandfather’s history with the transatlantic slave trade.
Purple Pain By Matthew Miles Goodrich Feature In the aftermath of an assault, Matthew Miles Goodrich considers the effects of opioids on himself, the culture, and his musical hero, Prince.
Eight Things You Need to Know About Me and the Beach By May-lee Chai Feature A white woman came up to my mother, leaned in close and said, “We whites have to stick together against the Asian invasion.” My mother was ecstatic. “She liked me! They like me here!”
The Rub of Rough Sex By Chelsea G. Summers Feature Chelsea G. Summers considers the ways in which outwardly ‘progressive’ men like former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman use kink as a cover for abuse.
The Palette is Political By Michelle Weber Highlight There is little in the world that is not in some way political, including YouTube makeup tutorials.
Bridget Jones’s Staggeringly Outdated Diary By Rebecca Schuman Feature Nineties relationship books had some serious issues, man.
Mind the Dog’s Feet By ChibunduOnuzo Feature After a trip to Durban, Chibundu Onuzo discovers that Nigerians are not always popular with South Africans, and that where some black South Africans see a history of oppression, Nigerians see opportunity.
What Ever Happened To the Truth? By Bridey Heing Feature Michiko Kakutani is interested in how the distinction between fact and fiction has blurred — and how this makes us all complicit.
I Paid $710 to Sneak Into This Club By Michelle Weber Highlight We wear slogan tees to signal our politics and identify ourselves to like-minded thinkers — but maybe they mask more than they reveal.
We Have Always Lived in the House By Victoria Comella Feature In the face of tragic loss, Victoria Comella searches for the home she left behind, only to find it seventeen years later in the last place she expected.
Muscle Memory: A Case History By Mariam I. Williams Feature While healing from a back injury, Mariam I. Williams learns to let go of the ways she has been taught to mistrust her body.
Why I Lied to Everyone in High School About Knowing Karate By Jabeen Akhtar Feature As a teen, Jabeen Akhtar discovered that trying to be an exceptional immigrant can make you do stupid things.
Silence is a Lonely Country: A Prayer in Twelve Parts By Sadia Hassan Feature A poet reflects on finding her words in the face of injustice.
Peterson’s Complaint By Laurie Penny Feature There’s no use debating a feeling. It’s time to change how we engage with Jordan Peterson.
Making Peace with the Site of a Suicide By Liz Arnold Feature One woman reconciles with her father’s death on her family’s property.
Gone Gray By Jessica Berger Gross Feature Jessica Berger Gross reflects on what letting her roots grow in at age 45 has meant, in terms of feminism and resistance.
Letters from Trenton By Thomas Swick Feature While striving to become a travel writer in the years after Watergate, Thomas Swick discovered that although writing for a newspaper was educational, there was more to be learned through romance with a foreigner.
How to Be Single By Shelly Oria Feature Shelly Oria shares a manual for life after you’ve left your husband and your girlfriend.
Can the Political Override the Personal? By Michelle Weber Highlight “Harmful to Minors” author Judith Levine mines her past contradictions to sketch out the challenge of a being a young woman simultaneously burgeoning into her feminist and her sexual selves.
Making Peace with Selective Reduction By Amber Leventry Feature When risks arise in her partner’s pregnancy with triplets, Amber Leventry discovers that letting go of one life doesn’t have to mean losing faith, or love.
