How the MeToo movement became a feminist sexual revolution.
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Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
We’re Not Done Here
How the MeToo movement became a feminist sexual revolution.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
Five Early Lessons in Parenting
Steven Church discovers his own fragility and limitations in these five discussions with his son.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Drowning statistics are a deadly reminder of our complex relationship with water
Fenella Souter reports in detail on what it’s like to drown, through the harrowing personal experience of a woman named Merav, who in a bid to show off to her boyfriend 40 years ago, jumped into the surf at Gunnamatta Beach in Victoria, Australia, and lived to regret it.
Posted inProfiles & Interviews
Putting Together the Pieces of Her Grandmother’s Mysterious Death
For her essay in the New Yorker, Kate Daloz relied on a precious set of letters to tell the story of her grandmother’s abortion.
Posted inNonfiction, Story, Writing
Use and Abuse
Amy Long on how it feels to fight for the man you don’t want.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
The Threat of Doing What’s Right
TV producer Nicole Lucas Haimes details her fascination with one North Carolina man whose attempt to run an honest court got him killed.
Posted inArts & Culture, History, Unapologetic Women
The Examination of a Playboy Bunny
When Gloria Steinem applied for a job as a Bunny in 1963, she was told she first had to see a doctor.
Posted inBooks, Story
Fairy Scapegoats: A History of the Persecution of Changeling Children
Distraught over a sick or disabled child, parents would torture — sometimes even kill — what they believed to be a malevolent stand-in for a stolen baby.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Quotes
Not For the Paint of Heart
Mystery brunette and GQ correspondent Taffy Brodesser-Akner rented and rented, until a bad experience with a New Jersey landlord and a fit of financial security convinced her and her husband it was time to commit to homeownership. Now for the hard part: Choosing paint colors without having a complete existential breakdown. Akner details her taupe night […]
