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Carolita Johnson

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Woman’s Work: Becoming a Home of One’s Own

by Carolita Johnson December 18, 2019December 30, 2022

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 inNonfiction

A Woman’s Work: Till Death Do Us Part

by Carolita Johnson October 28, 2019January 20, 2023

Carolita Johnson considers the emotional and physical labor required of women as their loved ones die.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Woman’s Work: The Inside Story

by Sari Botton April 26, 2019October 19, 2022

In the 4th installment of her illustrated series, “A Woman’s Work,” Carolita Johnson examines some of the inner workings of a woman’s body from puberty to menopause.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Woman’s Work: The Outside Story

by Sari Botton January 2, 2019October 19, 2022

In the latest installment in her illustrated series, Carolita Johnson catalogues her efforts to maintain her appearance from about 1970 to 2018.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Woman Becomes a Nightingale

by Sari Botton October 19, 2018October 19, 2022

An illustrated essay in which Carolita Johnson reviews the ugly history of rape being weaponized — and politicized — as a means of silencing women.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

A Woman Becomes a Nightingale

by Carolita Johnson October 19, 2018October 19, 2022

Carolita Johnson reviews the ugly history of rape being weaponized — and politicized — as a means of silencing women.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

A Woman Becomes a Nightingale

by Carolita Johnson October 19, 2018October 19, 2022

Carolita Johnson reviews the ugly history of rape being weaponized — and politicized — as a means of silencing women.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Woman’s Work: The Art of the Day Job

by Sari Botton August 2, 2018October 19, 2022

In the second installment of her illustrated essay series, Carolita Johnson looks back on the many ways she’s tried to juggle work with her *work.*

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

A Woman’s Work: The Art of the Day Job

by Carolita Johnson August 2, 2018October 19, 2022

Carolita Johnson looks back on the many ways she’s tried to juggle work with her *work.*

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

A Woman’s Work: The Art of the Day Job

by Carolita Johnson August 2, 2018October 19, 2022

Carolita Johnson looks back on the many ways she’s tried to juggle work with her *work.*

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