“Surgeons promised to make me whole. No one asked what I wanted.”
Body Image
Posted inEditor's Pick
Why Is Everyone on Steroids Now?
“Across the internet and in gyms everywhere, body-modifying drug use has become ubiquitous, effective and… normal. Can this really be a good thing?”
Posted inFeature
Fuel, Medicine, Pleasure
What could it mean to give yourself the food you need to keep going? No punishing, no guilt, no withholding. Just nourishment.
Posted inEssays & Criticism
Flying Solo
On self-love and self-acceptance while aging in a disabled body.
Posted inEditor's Pick
The Class Politics of Instagram Face
“Plastic surgery is changing, and for an obvious reason: When in history have rich women ever wanted to look like regular ones?”
Posted inEditor's Pick
On Reflection
“Angelina Mazza spends a lot of time looking at her body. And yet, she explains, she’s never truly seen it.”
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend stories by Bushra Seddique, Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Laura Mauldin, Kathryn Miles, and Lucas Mann.
Posted inCuration, Nonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, our editors recommend notable features and essays by Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Justin Heckert, Gloria Liu, Sharon Levy, and Mychal Denzel Smith.