Eryn Loeb looks back on a summer spent taking pictures, and a friend she lost touch with.
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And What of My Wrath?
Cersei Lannister could have been a great antihero, but she was on the wrong show.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
‘I Was Being Used in Slivers and Slices’: On Feminism at Odds With Evangelical Faith
“I wasn’t unified in my being. I wasn’t able to bring my whole self to the table,” says Cameron Dezen Hammon about her life as a worship leader for an evangelical megachurch.
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The Psychiatrist in My Writing Class and His ‘Gift’ of Hate
Rani Neutill recalls a literary workshop in which a white man critiqued her ability to write in “proper” English.
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My Unsexual Revolution
Diane Shipley confronts her history of sexual dysfunction and wonders who decides what ‘normal’ is, anyway.
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‘I Knew It Was Not My Correct Life, Because It Asked Me To Mute My Voice.’
Reema Zaman on deciding she would no longer live to please men, and how women’s self-esteem and self-love is a revolutionary act of dissent.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Masha Gessen, Molly Osberg, T. S. Mendola, Alexander Chee, and George Murray.
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Everything is Fine
Sara Fredman thinks about the voices in her life as she raises young children and reckons with her fading father.
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Everything is Fine
Sara Fredman thinks about the voices in her life as she raises young children and reckons with her fading father.
