Yifat Susskind stands at three of the world’s most militarized borders and reflects on what is revealed about these zones of separation and violence when we see them from the perspective of mothers.
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Casting Out Satan and Your Religious Upbringing
How one woman struggled to make sense of the exorcisms she witnessed as a child.
Posted inBooks, Commentary
This Month In Books: ‘Name the Very Specific Situation Around You’
This month’s books newsletter has a lot to say about truth and lies, fact and fiction.
Posted inBooks, Fiction, Food, Profiles & Interviews, Story, Writing
Helen Oyeyemi on ‘Gingerbread,’ Fairy Tales, and What Self-Branding Is Doing to Childhood
“I was thinking a lot about childhood as this special status, an almost endangered status … that is eroded the more that we start thinking of ourselves as these units of value and worrying about what we’re worth.”
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction
The Killer Who Spared My Mother
In an attempt to understand her own chronic pain, Diana Whitney uncovers a violent trauma from her mother’s past.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
The Killer Who Spared My Mother
In an attempt to understand her own chronic pain, Diana Whitney uncovers a violent trauma from her mother’s past.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story
Let’s Talk About Sex Scenes
Countless women have been mistreated ever since sex became common on our screens. Hollywood’s newfound awareness of intimacy choreography can help change things.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Doll in Shadow
Maria Browning reflects on the fact that while Alzheimer’s Disease has stolen her mother’s memory, it has also relieved her of the pain of her past — something that Browning is unable to forget.
Posted inReading List
Alternative Reality: An Alt-Weekly Reading List
Nine excellent stories discovered in U.S. alt-weekly newspapers.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Lean On
A declaration of dependence, excerpted from Briallen Hopper’s new essay collection.
