Bastard: Neither of My Parents Was Exactly Who I Thought They Were
In this personal essay, author Elizabeth Wurtzel shares the bombshell that was recently dropped on her — that her father was not Donald Wurtzel, but rather civil rights era photojournalist Bob Adelman — and tries to make sense of her mother’s choice to keep the secret of her affair (and her daughter’s true paternity) for 50 years.
46 Minutes With Barbara Lee
U.S. Rep. Barbara Lee speaks to Rebecca Traister about her dissent on Iraq 17 years ago and her campaign to become chair of the House Democratic Caucus, the Democratic party’s number five leadership role.
Everyone Believed Larry Nassar
They didn’t just believe him — they defended him. Why? Because he planned it that way, a long-term, insidious plan designed to give him unfettered access to girls.
City Girls Are More Like You Than You Think
A profile of Miami hip-hop duo City Girls.
Becoming a Woman Who Yells at Her Children
If yelling is the new spanking, where does that leave the progressive, occasionally voice-raising parent?
Everywhere and Nowhere: What It’s Really Like to be Black and Work in Fashion
A report, based on interviews with more than 100 black people working in fashion, about the realities of working in the industry.
Do Men Enter Bathtubs on Hands and Knees?
A BabyCenter message board post launches a writer into an investigation with hilarious results.
Tessa Thompson Knows People Can’t Stop Thinking About Her
Allison P. Davis of The Cut interviews actress Tessa Thompson while hanging out in Fort Greene, Brooklyn.
The Extinction of the Middle Child
Statistics show that a family’s ideal size has shrunk to two kids, leaving the middle child to go the way of the mastadon.
How to Tell the Bad Men From the Good Men
It wasn’t so simple at age 18, writes Caitlin Moran. (And often, it’s still not.)
