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‘Horror Is a Soothing Genre … It’s Upfront About How Scary It Is To Be a Woman.’
Sady Doyle discusses the connection she draws between society’s monstrous treatment of women and woman’s archetypal monstrosity.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story
Waiting for Alice
Nick and Nora had Asta. Why can’t we have Alice?
Posted inEditor's Pick
A Woman’s Work: Becoming a Home of One’s Own
Carolita Johnson considers what it takes to recover from grief, build strength for the future, and become one’s own center of gravity again.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Story
The Big Sick
Vomit culture keeps repeating on us because who doesn’t enjoy a good puke.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Why I Wanted To Finish My Father’s Life’s Work
Karen Brown recalls the pain and joy of fulfilling a deathbed promise.
Posted inBooks, Highlight, Quotes, Writing
When Accepting Support Feels Like Becoming a Burden
When Ijeoma Oluo offers to buy her aging white mother a home, her mother worries she’s become a burden.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
My Love Affair with Chairs
Chairs the world over have loved me, and I love them all back.
Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
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.
