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Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

On Alcoholism, Sobriety, and Running Toward a Future

by Krista Stevens January 8, 2019October 19, 2022

“…no one sober knows if they’re going to be sober forever. It was a forgiving moment, and it humbled me.”

Olympic gymnast Aly Raisman
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads January 26, 2018October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Aly Raisman, Joseph Williams, Jenna Wortham, Mayukh Sen, and Sirin Kale.

Posted inEditor's Pick

How the ‘Spice World’ Movie Became a Deranged, Postmodern Masterpiece

by Matt Giles January 25, 2018October 19, 2022

What happened when the Spice Girls decided to make Spice World, their first feature film, twenty years ago? It’s a zany tale involving “Cool Britannia,” one of the highest selling female pop groups of all time, paparazzi, and Meat Loaf as a bus driver who defuses a bomb.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

Stand Up For Transgender Equality: A Reading List

by Emily Perper March 5, 2017October 19, 2022

I was in the lobby of a theater in Washington, D.C. when I saw the first of the tweets about the Trump administration’s decision to stymie protections for transgender students on the federal level. It wasn’t until the play ended and I was on the Metro home that I had cell service; I began to piece together […]

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The Humanizing Properties of Depression: Daphne Merkin Talks to Gabby Bess

by Sari Botton February 19, 2017October 19, 2022

At Broadly, Gabby Bess — a writer who has depression — interviews life-long sufferer Daphne Merkin, and reviews Merkin’s new memoir, This Close to Happy: A Reckoning With Depression.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Spending Your Entire Life Wanting to Die

by Sari Botton February 15, 2017October 19, 2022

A profile of author Daphne Merkin, whose new memoir, This Close to Happy: A Reckoning With Depression, chronicles her six decades living with deep depression and suicidal thoughts.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The High Price of Breaking Ground

by Aaron Gilbreath February 7, 2017October 19, 2022

McMahon hired her in 1997, and Chyna became the first woman to battle male wrestlers in the WWF ring, much to the chagrin of many fans, who protested Chyna’s presence by throwing batteries at her and spreading nasty rumors. (One was that she had the world’s largest clit; another, that she had a penis.) But […]

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

Present-Day Witchcraft: Seven Stories About Witches

by Emily Perper October 17, 2016October 19, 2022

Seven stories about the modern rituals of witchcraft and how they inform our past.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

Present-Day Witchcraft: Seven Stories About Witches

by Emily Perper October 17, 2016October 19, 2022

Seven stories about the modern rituals of witchcraft and how they inform our past.

Posted inNonfiction, Reading List

On Beauty: A Reading List About Makeup

by Emily Perper August 21, 2016October 19, 2022

Beauty criticism analyzes the ways we can subvert a society that would have us subsumed by self-loathing. We use the tools we’ve been given. Makeup, then, can be a weapon. And it can be damn fun.

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