Carolita Johnson catalogues her efforts to maintain her appearance from about 1970 to 2018.
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A Woman’s Work: The Outside Story
Carolita Johnson catalogues her efforts to maintain her appearance from about 1970 to 2018.
Wrestling With the Ghosts In My Head
Janet Steen tries to understand the shifting causes behind a decade of mysterious migraine pain.
The Denial Diaries: On #MeToo Men With No Self-Awareness
In a good story, a character suffers, changes, and grows. In real life, women suffer while men double down on their delusions of virtue.
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A Three-Day Expedition To Walk Across Paris Entirely Underground
Journalist Will Hunt, who made the crossing with a group of urban explorers, recounts being menaced by rainwater and rats — and meeting fellow subterranean wanderers along the way.
The Queer Generation Gap
How the sexual fluidity of the next generation reflects the limitations of the one that came before it.
Los Angeles Plays Itself
In this land of constant reinvention, a longtime resident walks the streets to understand what the city was and what it’s becoming.
The Others: Why Women Are Shut Out of Horror
Horror movies give more screen time to strong female characters and attract a large female audience. But few female filmmakers get to work on them.
The Gymnast’s Position
Aimee Trepanier was proud to showcase the pose that started her 1993 gymnastics floor routine in a billboard ad off I-15 in Salt Lake City. But when Utahns looked up, that’s not what they saw.
