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Fugitive Justice
After stumbling upon the scene of the capture of an escaped murderer, clinical social worker Jennifer Lunden grapples with the polarities of innocence and guilt, social neglect and social justice.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
Teen Girls Finally Get to Touch Themselves
Pop culture loves to show teen boys jerking off, but girls never seemed to get the same attention. They are getting their happy ending now.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story
Mama Looks for Melanin
Harmony Holiday remembers her mother’s years of trauma-bonding in search of new love, after the death of her mercurial yet brilliant father.
Posted inArts & Culture, Reading List
The World of Nora Ephron: A Reading List
Seven stories about the journalist and director, on the 20th anniversary of the release of the film, “You’ve Got Mail.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Story
Hollywood and the New Female Grotesque
Actresses are being lauded for pushing their supposed undesirability to the extreme, and it’s redefining how we see women.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Chris Rock in a Hard Place: On Infidelity, His New Tour and Starting Over
Stephen Rodrick goes on tour with the comedian as Rock grapples with post-divorce life and preparations for a new comedy special.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
And They Do Not Stop Until Dusk
I’ve never known what it means to feel Jewish, but I still have a past — I have György Román, who painted dreams and saw nightmares.
Posted inNonfiction
Edible Complex
Never eat pot chocolate on a third date, and other lessons about love.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
Barely There
Jennifer Baker considers the ways in which hair removal rituals, begun in her tween years, have helped her achieve body acceptance and connect with her own desire.
