Best Sisters
“The way we describe ability and care has changed over the centuries, but my relationship with Kiddo doesn’t need to be defined.”
A Diamond and a Kiss: The Women of John Hughes
Revisiting the women of John Hughes’ ’80s teen films, whose complex characters were unable to avoid the trap of aspiring to domestic ideals of how women should be.
As Women Scorned
We’re supposed to follow a certain narrative when our partners leave us. What happens when we flip the playbook?
Low Stakes Forever
A profile of Gordon Korman, the wunderkind of 1980s Canadian kid-lit.
A Journey to the Medical Netherworld
Motluk recounts her quest to find a diagnosis for her daughter’s mysterious illness.
How Winona Ryder Became the Face of ‘90s Nostalgia
Grunge-era Ryder might be the last great pre-internet icon. Will we ever let her move on?
Unearthing the Sea Witch
Ursula, one of Disney’s most memorable villains, was inspired by a drag queen named Divine.
Theological Scars
On losing faith in God at divinity school.
‘Why Can’t You Behave?’
Called ‘the Medea of Kew Gardens,’ Alice Crimmins was accused of murdering her own children in New York in 1965. Fifty years later, Sarah Weinman revisits the case and the manner in which Crimmins was tried in the court of public opinion.
Alanis In Chains
Before Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette was a teenage pop star. So how did she transform into the “patron saint of mainstream grrrl power”?
