Category: Featured

As a mixed-race kid with free-form hair, Lisa Rosenberg believed learning to blow bubblegum bubbles would be her ticket to an idealized (white) American girlhood.

Raising a teenager of her own offers author A.M. Homes a glimpse into her mother’s experience of raising her.

Abigail Rasminsky thought she’d survived a robbery unscathed. Then she realized it was following her everywhere.

Growing up, Niya Marie sought refuge in Whitney Houston’s ethereal notes; as an adult, Marie found recognition in her silences.

A clone is not a clone, it’s a twin born at a different time — one that is only ever about 85 percent the same as the original.

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.

In an attempt to understand her own chronic pain, Diana Whitney uncovers a violent trauma from her mother’s past.

“In my family, love was the slow accumulation of moments in which I was not subjected to great harm.”

Can humans coexist on the beaches of Santa Monica along with wildlife? A beach “rewilding” project aims to find out.

How a hard-not-to-love show glosses over the powers that produced its makeover subjects.

Carolita Johnson looks back on the many ways she’s tried to juggle work with her *work.*

Women trial lawyers share their experiences of destructive sexism in the courtroom.

The co-authors of ‘Country Music USA’ – a revised edition of the genre’s definitive history – talk about the music’s African-American tributaries, its unpredictable politics, country radio’s woman problem, and working on Ken Burns’ forthcoming doc.

Steve Edwards searches for the hidden truths in the public and private sacrifices his granddad made serving in World War II.

In the aftermath of an assault, Matthew Miles Goodrich considers the effects of opioids on himself, the culture, and his musical hero, Prince.

Goop, Gwyneth Paltrow’s health and wellness empire, is being forced to address accusations of deceptive advertising.

Why do we love (and fear, and kill) polar bears with so much intensity?

Chelsea G. Summers considers the ways in which outwardly ‘progressive’ men like former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman use kink as a cover for abuse.

An excerpt of ‘Now My Heart is Full,’ Laura June’s memoir, about the challenges new parenthood placed on her and her husband — and their marriage.

Nineties relationship books had some serious issues, man.

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.

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.

At the end of July, no one in Alaska will be able to “Make it a Blockbuster Night!”

People share their feelings with Siri all the time. What’s scary is that Siri is really listening.

While healing from a back injury, Mariam I. Williams learns to let go of the ways she has been taught to mistrust her body.

As a teen, Jabeen Akhtar discovered that trying to be an exceptional immigrant can make you do stupid things.

More families are having only two children, leaving an entire culture to fade away: middleborns.

A poet reflects on finding her words in the face of injustice.

The unsolved mystery of a 1938 kidnapping continues to befuddle in Pennsylvania.

‘We had had many arguments, but he was my brother; he had always been my brother.’