‘I Was Trapped Forever In This Present Tense’: Carmen Maria Machado on Surviving Abuse By Hope Reese Feature “She was always afraid of my voice. That was the defining factor of our relationship — fear of what I would say and write and do. She’s afraid of … the narrative that I possess.”
Author Carmen Maria Machado on the Next Phase of #MeToo By Danielle Jackson Highlight Carmen Maria Machado discusses the nuances of “benevolent sexism,” who gets to define the #MeToo movement, and how it should progress.
Our Bodies, Our Selves By Sari Botton Highlight Roxane Gay tapped 24 writers to address what it’s like to live in an “unruly” body today.
A Fat Body and a Fat Mind: On Taking Up Space, Unapologetically By Michelle Weber Highlight Carmen Maria Machado’s stunning essay in Guernica on the power of women who take up space is an important read for people of any size.
