The personal essays, original reporting, and collaborations that were our most-read stories of the year.
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A Crocodile In Paris: The Queer Classics of Qiu Miaojin
As the first woman in Chinese literature to come out as openly gay, Qiu Miaojin adopted and humanized the bestial expectations of a cruel public.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
Befriending My Iranian Instagram Hacker
Professor Negar Mottahedeh gets some insight into her former homeland after an Iranian hacker steals her Instagram identity.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Editor's Pick, Profiles & Interviews
Sharp Women Writers: An Interview With Michelle Dean
On Didion, Arendt, Malcolm, Ephron and other women writers who made an art of having an opinion.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, Profiles & Interviews, Story
Sharp Women Writers: An Interview With Michelle Dean
On Didion, Arendt, Malcolm, Ephron and other women writers who made an art of having an opinion.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
The Power in Knowing: Black Women, HIV, and the Realities of Safe Sex
An invitation to appear in a PSA prompts Minda Honey to reflect on the responsibilities of safe sex, and her imperfect past.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
The Power in Knowing: Black Women, HIV, and the Realities of Safe Sex
An invitation to appear in a PSA prompts Minda Honey to reflect on the responsibilities of safe sex, and her imperfect past.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction
In Praise of Cowardice
Emily Meg Weinstein considers the ways in which her grandfather’s less than heroic choices in love and war led to her existence.
Posted inEditor's Pick
An Incomplete List of My Failures
In this installment of Mouthful — a monthly column at Hazlitt about the author’s relationship with food, ten years into recovery from anorexia and bulimia — Sarah Gerard examines failure. She recounts failing a stranger, a failed project, and her failed marriage and considers how these experiences have affected her outlook on life and her […]
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Assertiveness Training
Susan Sheu considers her estrangement from her conservative mom, who tried to teach her to stand up and be heard in a male-dominated world — but not to be too unladylike about it.
