What happens when you’re not different just for the sake of being different.
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‘People Can Become Houses’
In her debut memoir, Sarah Broom builds her “obsession” with her family home — destroyed in 2005 by Hurricane Katrina — into a story of how families decide who they are, how they got here, and how they reconstruct themselves over and over again.
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The Bread Thread
Emily Weitzman condemns the persistence of slut shaming over different stages in her life, and combats it with humor and…bread.
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Grandiose and Claustrophobic: ‘Prozac Nation’ Turns 25
Elizabeth Wurtzel’s bestseller is deeply rooted in a specific, Gen-X cultural moment. Can it still speak to us in 2019?
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Where Am I?
After a lifetime of alienation, one woman discovered how her spacial disorientation could be a gift that connected her to strangers and made her less alone.
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How to Predict the Unpredictable
After the death of her dog, Katie Gutierrez grapples with the ripple effects of her decisions — and how to live with uncertainty as a mother.
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Downsizing the American Black Middle Class
Government jobs helped thousands of Black families move into the middle class. Now, increasing calls for government privatization are pushing them back out.
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Cahiers du Post-Cinéma
The movie theater was once a kind of lay church, with festivals like TIFF serving as annual religious holidays — until new houses of worship opened online.
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The Art of Acceptance Speech Giving
Michael Musto looks back at some of the best, worst, and weirdest instances of performers expressing gratitude as they received their shiny trophies.
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Regarding the Interpretation of Others
When attempting to write a review of the official Susan Sontag biography, our reviewer finds himself on shaky ground after learning new information about the author.