For her father, Jaclyn Gilbert is less a daughter than a debt.
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Positivity Is Relative, Depending on Which Side of the Fighting You’re On
“I was not a fallen creature in a broken world reliant on grace, but a Marine in a successful army that had all the answers.”
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We Could Fell a Redwood Forest With This Anger
Sometimes, the only way to vent your rage so you can be a useful member of society is with an axe.
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Consider Who Can Afford the Oyster
If the personal is political, then food is political — and food writing should be, too.
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The Chance of a Lifetime
If you had one chance at the adventure of a lifetime, would you go despite the dangers?
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The Post on Anti-Semitism I Never Thought I’d Write
Like many non-religious Jews of my generation, I naively assumed Nazism could never rise — and hurt us — again.
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A Confederacy of (Dangerous) Dunces
Rebecca Solnit argues that the American Confederacy lives on, with Donald Trump at the helm.
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Help Us Fund More Original Essays (and Great Art to Go with Them)
Member contributions help us to amplify diverse voices and give chances to new writers.
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Maybe Beauty Doesn’t Have to Mean Pain
Little girls flock to ballet classes, but the art isn’t kind to their bodies, autonomy, or sense of self. What has to change?
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‘Do you like scary movies?’
We voluntarily watch horror movies, despite the very real fight-or-flight physical reactions they provoke. Why?