After a miscarriage, Laura Turner faces the sadness of returning to everyday life.
Essays & Criticism
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Essays & Criticism, Fiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
When ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Isn’t Fiction
Growing up in the fundamentalist Christian “Quiverfull” movement, Hännah Ettinger saw her own story in Atwood’s vision.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Diagnosis and Surgery I Had to Fight For
A series of doctors made it harder for me to learn about my severe uterine condition, and receive the hysterectomy I needed for it.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, History, Nonfiction, Quotes
How the Canadian Government Tried to “Remove the Indian From the Child”
Betty Ann Adam tells how she was taken from her mother at age three, as part of Canada’s attempt to “remove the Indian from the child.”
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Snow, Death and Politics
While snowed in on the West Coast, Frances Badalamenti grapples alone with her father’s death on the other side of what feels like a dying country.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Snow, Death and Politics
While snowed in on the West Coast, Frances Badalamenti grapples alone with her father’s death on the other side of what feels like a dying country.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Essays & Criticism, Quotes
“Texas is Gilead and Indiana is Gilead”
The Handmaid’s Tale is a classic case of “be careful what you wish for” for conservative women.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Pills and Thrills and Daffodils
Years before Prince died of an overdose, his music provided a lifeline for Eva Tenuto.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Pills and Thrills and Daffodils
Years before Prince died of an overdose, his music provided a lifeline for Eva Tenuto.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
On Island: Journeying to Penal Colonies, from Rikers to Robben
On journeys to Rikers Island in New York City and Robben Island in South Africa, Roohi Choudhry examines issues of incarceration and racism, and envisions a day when the convicted are no longer exiled to penal colonies.