The term “slow jam” became widely popular when a song performed by Midnight Star debuted in 1983.
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Coming Home, One Word at a Time
Upon returning to India, a course in Urdu helps Sharanya Deepak embrace the rich and turbulent history of her native country.
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Of Safe Words and the Sacred
A BDSM relationship gone wrong helped Britni de la Cretaz find God.
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Barely There
Jennifer Baker considers the ways in which hair removal rituals, begun in her tween years, have helped her achieve body acceptance and connect with her own desire.
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Our Words Will Save Us and Set Us Free
In the wake of having his writing career belittled, Jackson Bliss becomes an interpreter for a refugee and comes to see words, translations, and storytelling as important acts of resistance.
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Revisiting My Grandfather’s Garden
During a return trip to Tehran, Mojgan Ghazirad searches for her childhood home and witnesses the damage U.S. sanctions have brought to Iranian lives.
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Everything is Fine
Sara Fredman thinks about the voices in her life as she raises young children and reckons with her fading father.
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The End of Poker Night
Mindy Greenstein looks back on the gambling that was a big part of life with her Holocaust refugee parents.
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Faith and Reproductive Justice Are Not in Opposition
Black women face outsized threats if Roe v. Wade is overturned.
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Shelved: Brian Wilson’s Adult/Child
Music from the time after the good vibrations ended.