Loving Carol
Frank Rich on the lost history of lesbian culture in America and Patricia Highsmith’s classic novel The Price of Salt, adapted into the new film Carol from Todd Haynes and starring Cate Blanchett.
Memoirs of a Revolutionary’s Daughter
A daughter’s story of her father’s arrest, imprisonment, and execution after Iran’s revolution.
Zayn Malik’s Next Direction
A conversation with Malik, who left the biggest boy band in the world in March 2015. Malik describes being in One Direction as standing in front of a canvas for five years and being told he couldn’t paint.
Good-bye Uterus, Good Riddance
“A couple of weeks ago, I decided to invite a few friends out for cocktails to toast to my last period.” Longreads contributor A.N. Devers on preparing for a hysterectomy after being diagnosed with endometriosis and adenomyosis.
Hidden in a Suitcase
In search of the mother who gave her up for adoption, the author instead finds six siblings—and a family ravaged by addiction.
Sports at Any Cost
Why are college students footing the bill for an athletics arms race?
Unfollow
How social media changed the beliefs of a devout member of the Westboro Baptist Church, which pickets the funerals of gay men and of soldiers killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Cynthia Payne, Madam
An obituary for Britain’s best-known brothel keeper.
Biography of a Face
Three months ago, Patrick Hardison’s face belonged to a young Brooklyn bike mechanic. Fishman tells the story of both men, and the most extensive face transplant yet performed.
On Gawker’s Problem with Women
A former Gawker staffer investigates “how a media company founded on whistleblowing and radical transparency failed its female employees.”
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