Diane Mehta tries to manage anxiety with meditation that requires her to discard all her memories.
Search results
Posted inNonfiction, Op-Ed, Story
What Thomas Jefferson Taught Me About Charlottesville and America
University of Virginia grad Joshua Adams believes that if you want to understand the recent violence there, look back at history and the school’s complicated founder.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
In My Own Voice, Redefining Success and Failure
Lauren DePino looks back at her ambitions as a singer, and re-evaluates the rejections she once allowed to define her.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
In My Own Voice, Redefining Success and Failure
Lauren DePino looks back at her ambitions as a singer, and re-evaluates the rejections she once allowed to define her.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Story
The Road to Asylum
Trans women migrate to escape violence and stay alive. Alice Driver accompanied one of these women on her journey.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
As Beauty Does
Chaya Bhuvaneswar contemplates the powerful evolution of a woman’s beauty over time.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
As Beauty Does
Chaya Bhuvaneswar contemplates the powerful evolution of a woman’s beauty over time.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Story
Mega-drought and Me
As California gets drier, a woman entering her 30s reflects on PCOS, pregnancy, and her desire to have children.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Sports, Story
The Country Where Fútbol Comes First
Uruguay, a small nation with a deep-seated passion for soccer, is the inspiration for any underdog vying to win a World Cup.
Posted inBooks, Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, First Chapters, Unapologetic Women
The Miracle of the Mundane
In an excerpt from her new essay collection, Heather Havrilesky calls for tuning out the online cacophony telling us we aren’t enough, and tuning in to the soul-affirming, quiet truth of the present moment.
