Summer Brennan talks about femininity and suffering, beauty and biology, and the startlingly dark turn she found herself taking when writing about women and power in her new book ‘High Heel.’
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Could Paulette Jordan of Idaho Become the Country’s First Native American Governor?
In Idaho, former state representative Paulette Jordan faces a tough race to become the nation’s first Native American governor.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Story
The Queer Generation Gap
How the sexual fluidity of the next generation reflects the limitations of the one that came before it.
Posted inBooks, Crime, Essays & Criticism, History, Nonfiction, Story
Jill the Ripper
True crime’s massive gender gap (95% of murderers are male) isn’t really one that needs fixing. And yet, since the beginning, a steadfast minority of Ripperologists have argued that Jack was really Jill.
Posted inArts & Culture, Story
My So-Called Media: How the Publishing Industry Sells Out Young Women
Rookie is the latest publication for young women to shut down. How do you survive a system set up for you to fail?
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
Idaho Conservatives Are Trying to Move the American GOP Further Right
For the ultra-right wing Kootenai County Republican Central Committee, today’s GOP isn’t Republican enough.
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I Couldn’t Tell My Parents That This Country Made Me Sick
“After a lifetime of lying to my parents about the racism I’ve faced in this country and my anxiety disorder, I’m finally being honest with them and with myself.”
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
‘Imagine Us, Because We’re Here’: An Interview with Mira Jacob
Mira Jacob talks about why she wrote a graphic memoir, and why she is tired of performing her pain in order to help white people understand racism.
Posted inArts & Culture, Blog Post, Culture, Current Events, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Reading List
A Kendrick Lamar Syllabus
The Pulitzer Prize-winner’s work always feels honest, as writers have found when they dive deep into his literary influences.
Posted inReading List, Unapologetic Women
Wives, Queens, and Other Comedy Heroes: A Reading List
A reading list dedicated to queer and trans comedians, and comedians of color.
