Can Amazon’s Alexa be your friend—or something more? At Digg, Aaron Paul Calvin examines the recent spike in digital assistants.
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The Thrill (and the Heavy Emotional Burden) of Blazing a Trail for Black Women Journalists
Dorothy Butler Gilliam remembers how exciting it was to integrate The Washington Post, but also how lonely — and often attacked — she felt as the first black woman reporter in the newsroom.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Who Cares? : On Nags, Martyrs, the Women Who Give Up, and the Men Who Don’t Get It
Some women successfully free themselves from emotional labor, but I don’t want to give up the work of caring. I just want others to care as well.
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Masters of Contradiction
Two new books offer fresh perspective on “Otherhood,” that condition in which characters do constant, exhausting battle — for the most part — inside their own heads.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books, History, Story
Mr. Rogers vs. the Superheroes
One of the few things that could raise anger — real, intense anger — in Mister Rogers was the willful misleading of children. Superheroes, he thought, were the worst culprits.
Posted inBooks, Profiles & Interviews, Story
An Interview with Sarah Smarsh, Author of ‘Heartland’
The author of “Heartland,” a National Book Award longlisted memoir about growing up poor in rural America, gives her views on politics, identity, and cultural appropriation.
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The (Film) Revolution Will Be Streamed
“We have to get rid of the romantic part.”
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Character Work
Alison Fields remembers the perils of junior high: fitting in, standing out, and trying out.
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‘Just Assimilate Her Into Your Family and Everything Will Be Fine…’
In an excerpt from her new memoir, ‘All You Can Ever Know,’ transracial adoptee Nicole Chung recounts how her parents came to adopt her.
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‘I’ve Always Been Either Praised or Accused of Ambition’: An Interview with Barbara Kingsolver
Barbara Kingsolver takes a rigorous, scientific approach to her novels’ subjects — but, as a woman writer, her authority is often challenged.
