Why Beyoncé Placed HBCU’s at the Center of American Life By Danielle Jackson Commentary The singer’s latest performance helps expand the possibilities of what it looks like to be a black thinking person.
No Journalist Should Have to Know How to Survive in Prison By Alice Driver Feature After a recent trip to Myanmar, Alice Driver considers the ever-present dangers for journalists there and in Mexico, where she lives.
Listening to the Words of Puerto Rican Poet Julia de Burgos After Hurricane Maria By Danielle Jackson Highlight Largely unknown, Julia de Burgos may have been Puerto Rico’s greatest poet.
End the White House Correspondents’ Dinner By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary It’s an embarrassment to journalism.
Could Paulette Jordan of Idaho Become the Country’s First Native American Governor? By Danielle Jackson Highlight In Idaho, former state representative Paulette Jordan faces a tough race to become the nation’s first Native American governor.
You Can’t Cut Out the Pain By Michelle Weber Highlight “[E]verything has changed, but everything is exactly the same.”
To Hug, or Not to Hug? By Emily Meg Weinstein Feature Emily Meg Weinstein considers the complexities of meeting and greeting in this #MeToo moment.
The Ladies Who Were Famous for Wanting to Be Left Alone By Longreads Feature The Ladies of Llangollen fell in love, ran away together, and lived a scholarly life of “delicious seclusion” — secluded, that is, except for all the visitors.
Why Can’t Female Reporters Stay in the Picture? By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Journalists who get screen time are most often men—even when the original story was told by a woman.
A Farewell to Fuckboys in the Age of Consent Culture By Minda Honey Feature Minda Honey explores the long unraveling of a #MeToo moment in the wake of cultural upheaval.
Women and the War on Wrinkles By Krista Stevens Highlight As women age, they lose their “pretty privilege.” As men age, they just get more powerful. Chelsea G. Summers examines the imbalance.
A Certain Kind of Mammal By Meaghan O'Connell Feature Meaghan O’Connell on the joy, the triumph, and the prison of breastfeeding.
Queens of Infamy: Eleanor of Aquitaine By Anne Thériault Feature Life gets busy when you have empires to build and marriages to annul.
Who Does She Think She Is? By Laurie Penny Feature The internet does not hate women. People hate women, and the internet allows them to do it faster, harder, and with impunity.
The Year of the Jumpsuit By Sari Botton Highlight A political art project calls for everyone to wear nondescript coveralls.
Jared the Menace By Catherine Cusick Highlight Sloane Crosley faces the music. Jared’s music. Knock it off, Jared. Jared?! Jared!!!
When Financial Privilege is Mistakenly Assumed By Sari Botton Highlight Lilly Dancyger speaks out about her humble upbringing.
The Man in the Mirror By Alison Kinney Feature In the aftermath of rape, Alison Kinney discovers that a new lover who helps you to heal can just as easily betray you.
A Storyteller, Unbecoming By Namrata Poddar Feature On showing, telling, and finding one’s way as a literary writer of color.
The Baller Women of the Billiards Tour By Krista Stevens Highlight Sometimes men get a little antsy when the women are running the billiards tables.
Bernadette Peters Is Not a Child By Catherine Cusick Highlight Even Bernadette Peters, as fearless and as formidable as ever, has been described for decades as cute and naïve.
It Depends on What the Meaning of ‘Consent’ Is By Sari Botton Highlight Monica Lewinsky reframes her understanding of sexual consent as it applied to her relationship with Bill Clinton through the lens of the #MeToo moment.
Grown-Woman Theology By Aaron Gilbreath Feature Lessons of race, blackness and power from a self-described nerdy Black girl.
The Invisible Lives of Young Women With Chronic Illnesses By Jessica Gross Feature Michele Lent Hirsch on the challenges young women with serious health issues face while navigating their relationships, careers, and own sense of who they are.
The Hotel of Multiple Realities By Emily Carter Roiphe Feature While recovering from an aneurysm, Emily Carter Roiphe discovers the hospital houses a series of alternate realms.
What Happened Onboard the ‘Nautilus’? By Michelle Legro Highlight May Jeong searches for answers after the death of her friend, journalist Kim Wall.
Black Disabled Wonder Women Need Love, Too By muteiny Feature Britney Wilson considers the lessons she learned while taking a risk on romance.
The Great Stink By Laurie Penny Feature It’s time for men to stop worrying about who they are, and start thinking about what they do.
A Finder, No Longer a Keeper By Jenny Klion Feature How finding someone else’s engagement ring helped Jenny Klion let go of her own.
Politics as a Defense Against Heartbreak By Minda Honey Feature Minda Honey assesses the deliberate choices and external factors affecting her dating life.
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