Every Day I Write the Book By Michael Musto Feature At 63, Michael Musto reveals how he keeps managing to add new chapters to the consistently unfolding story of his career.
The Lost Boys of #MeToo By Soraya Roberts Feature When we hear “sexual abuse” we think “women and girls.” But Hollywood’s boy actors are suffering in a different way.
Almost Undefeated: The Forgotten Football Upset of 1976 By Britni de la Cretaz Feature How the Toledo Troopers, the most dominant female football team of all time, met their match.
A Second Passport By Pam Mandel Feature Normally, kibbutz volunteers visit Israel and return home. Pam Mandel went on to Egypt, and kept going . . .
‘Black Flight’ out of Chicago By Danielle Jackson Highlight By 2030, Chicago’s Black population will have decreased by half a million people in 50 years.
The Cabin By Lavinia Spalding Feature In a tiny, remote Utah town, Lavinia Spalding learns the difference between longing and belonging.
Elegy in Times Square By Lily Burana Feature A former teenage peep show girl looks back on a queer love story that began in New York’s notorious red-light district.
The Classroom Origins of Toxic Masculinity By Soraya Roberts Feature It’s a relatively new term for a concept as old as time.
What Falls to Earth By Susanna Space Feature Grieving the mysterious death of her father, Susanna Space seeks refuge in the study of meteors.
What He Left Behind By Kira Martin Feature Kira Martin struggles through her connection – both emotional and physical – with her troubled and destructive son.
Chimayó By Longreads Feature Esmé Weijun Wang discovers a new interpretation of faith while on two kindred pilgrimages: one to find an accurate medical diagnosis, one to a sacred site in New Mexico.
This Is the Excellent Foppery of the World By Michelle Weber Highlight Mercury’s in retrograde, so it’s a great day to read this post.
The Weather and the Wall By Will Meyer Feature Climate change and the border wall are more connected than you might think.
The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee By Longreads Feature “Our cultures are not dead and our civilizations have not been destroyed. Our present tense is evolving as rapidly and creatively as everyone else’s.”
Traveling While Black Across the Atlantic Ocean By Ethelene Whitmire Feature Following in the footsteps of African Americans traveling to Denmark in the early 20th century, Ethelene Whitmire experiences a 21st century transatlantic crossing.
True Crime and the Trash Balance By Soraya Roberts Feature True crime has a reputation for being trashy, but a recent renaissance has it tipping into advocacy.
The Gift Economy By Joanne Solomon Feature In the desert at Burning Man, Joanne Solomon dissects the implicit transaction that defines her cross-cultural love affair.
There Was Nothing We Could Have Done, Because We’re Racist and You’re Black By Michelle Weber Highlight “The prevalent perception of black women as unruly bodies and incompetent caretakers overrules even the most dominant stereotype about us—namely, that we are superhuman.”
Of Blackness and ‘Beauty’ By Morgan Jerkins Feature At an art exhibit exploring black models through Western art, Morgan Jerkins finds historical evidence of the white supremacist definitions of beauty Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom identifies in ‘Thick: and Other Essays.’
At Risk, at Home and Abroad By Joy Notoma Feature As Joy Notoma grapples with uterine fibroids, harmful biases in the medical establishment, and a move from Brooklyn to West Africa she wonders where, as a black woman, she can find safety.
Blackstars By Michael Gonzales Feature Michael Gonzales reflects on the deaths of a dear friend, and a bookworm he idolized: David Bowie.
On Alcoholism, Sobriety, and Running Toward a Future By Krista Stevens Highlight “…no one sober knows if they’re going to be sober forever. It was a forgiving moment, and it humbled me.”
Repairman-man-man-(wo)man By Catherine Cusick Highlight Lauren Hough recounts a decade of misadventures as a female cable tech in the DC Metro Area.
In My Own Voice, Redefining Success and Failure By Lauren DePino Feature Lauren DePino looks back at her ambitions as a singer, and re-evaluates the rejections she once allowed to define her.
Cowards and Accomplices By Judith Hertog Feature In light of her own family’s experience during the Holocaust, Judith Hertog considers her ethical responsibilities in today’s world.
A Woman’s Work: The Outside Story By Carolita Johnson Feature Carolita Johnson catalogues her efforts to maintain her appearance from about 1970 to 2018.
Swipe White By Jennifer Chong Schneider Feature Jennifer Chong Schneider considers what it is to be Asian, maligned, and fetishized in dating — and questions her own desire when she dates someone of her own ethnicity for the first time.
A Portrait of the Mother as a Young Girl By Marlene Adelstein Feature Marlene Adelstein finds herself transported back in time and consciousness via an inherited painting.
Take Script, Add Snow By Jane Borden Feature The psychology behind America’s obsession with Hallmark Christmas movies.
Will Amazon Finally Kill New York? By Rebecca McCarthy Feature A New Yorker reads “Seasonal Associate” in the age of HQ2.
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