After World War I, Horror Movies Were Invaded By an Army of Reanimated Corpses By Longreads Feature Were early horror films, with their long, angry processions of the undead, repeating the mass trauma of the First World War, or foreshadowing the coming of the Second?
Dress You Up in My Love By Doree Shafrir Feature Doree Shafrir reflects on how Halloween changed for her after struggling with infertility.
The Possessed: Dispatches from the Third Trimester By Sara Fredman Feature On pregnancy, demons, and Stranger Things.
The First Time I Moved to New York By Alexander Chee Feature The fantasies Alexander Chee had of New York before he moved there didn’t fully prepare him for what it was like to love the city.
The Boy Who Wasn’t My Boyfriend By Allie Zenwirth Feature Allie Zenwirth falls in love within the confines of an all-male Chasidic school.
Help Us Fund More Original Essays (and Great Art to Go with Them) By Sari Botton Highlight Member contributions help us to amplify diverse voices and give chances to new writers.
The Strongest Woman in the Room By Kitty Sheehan Feature A daughter recounts her family’s worst day, through her mother’s eyes.
Lacy M. Johnson on Rejecting the Need to Be Liked By Krista Stevens Highlight “As a woman, I have been raised to be nurturing, to care for others feelings’ and wellbeing often at the expense of my own.”
Marriage Proposal Follies By Amy Deneson Feature After she proposes to her girlfriend, Amy Deneson rethinks what it means to wed.
A Woman Becomes a Nightingale By Carolita Johnson Feature Carolita Johnson reviews the ugly history of rape being weaponized — and politicized — as a means of silencing women.
If the Rich Really Want To ‘Do Good,’ They Should Become Class Traitors Like FDR By Will Meyer Feature “Winners Take All” is an indictment of the insular, Disneyfied world of Ted Talks, “thought leaders” and philanthropy as self-help for rich people. But does it go far enough?
‘Do you like scary movies?’ By Michelle Weber Highlight We voluntarily watch horror movies, despite the very real fight-or-flight physical reactions they provoke. Why?
Living with Dolly Parton By Jessica Wilkerson Feature Asking difficult questions often comes at a cost.
A Place to Stay, Untouched by Death By Jane Ratcliffe Feature After her mother’s passing, Jane Ratcliffe considers the role everyday objects play in a good death.
The Power of Shutting Up and Sitting in Silence By Kathryn Smith Feature Kathryn Smith went to an Ashram, and it made her feel better about everything.
Fat Girl Cries Herself to Sleep At Night: An Illustrated Essay By Natalie Lima Feature Living in a body can be hysterically complicated.
A Woman, Tree or Not By Terese Marie Mailhot Feature Terese Marie Mailhot questions the value of Native coming of age ceremonies she missed out on.
To Tell the Story, These Journalists Became Part of the Story By Martha Pskowski Feature In two recent books about immigrant families seeking asylum in the U.S., the authors’ attempts to help become part of their subjects’ stories.
Charting the Love — and Betrayal — in Our Stars By Cherise Morris Feature Cherise Morris turns to astrology and Beyoncé lyrics to move through a difficult moment in her relationship.
Lady Gaga, Celeb Profiles, and the Third Remake of “A Star is Born” By Danielle Jackson Highlight Rachel Syme profiles Lady Gaga and dives deep into the mystique and mythology of “A Star is Born.”
When It’s Time to Say Goodbye to the Old House By Siddhartha Mahanta Feature Siddhartha Mahanta looks back at the small suburban starter house in Texas that helped his immigrant father redefine “home.”
Of Politics and Prose By Sari Botton Highlight Roxane Gay writes about the necessary and inevitable influence of politics on literature at this fraught time in history.
The Art of the Pan By Sari Botton Highlight Sarah Miller recalls her days in the ’90s as a fickle movie critic.
The Return of the Face By Adrian Daub Feature Physiognomy is a discarded 19th-century pseudoscience. Why can’t we stop practicing it?
Character Work By Alison Fields Feature Alison Fields remembers the perils of junior high: fitting in, standing out, and trying out.
The Meaning of “Aquemini” By Danielle Jackson Highlight OutKast’s masterful 1998 album “Aquemini” defined a bold and Black South and predicted today’s pop music landscape.
The Gilded Age of (Unpaid) Internet Writing By Rebecca Schuman Feature How ’90s webzines heralded the best — and worst — of today’s online media landscape.
Home Is a Mug of Coffee By Candace Rose Rardon Feature It takes a lot of percolating to become your own person.
A Visit to Opioid Country By Aaron Thier Feature Aaron Thier contemplates the connections between privilege, addiction, and recovery.
It’s Time to Stop Painting Joyce Maynard as an ‘Oversharer’ Already By Sari Botton Highlight In the #metoo era, there’s no excuse for continuing to deride women like Maynard who speak out about their experiences with men who had much more power.
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