Laura Jean Baker finds that being a feminist married to a progressive man isn’t a fail-safe against sexism occasionally intruding in their marriage.
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A Woman’s Work: The Art of the Day Job
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
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
Carolita Johnson looks back on the many ways she’s tried to juggle work with her *work.*
Posted inArts & Culture, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
She’s Not Just a Girl in the World
She’s a rock star, and a mom, and a tomboy, and a wife, and a study in contradictions.
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Gone Gray
In the first essay in Longreads’ new “Fine Lines” series on age and aging, Jessica Berger Gross reflects on what letting her roots grow in at age 45 has meant, in terms of feminism and resistance.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
Gone Gray
Jessica Berger Gross reflects on what letting her roots grow in at age 45 has meant, in terms of feminism and resistance.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Gone Gray
Jessica Berger Gross reflects on what letting her roots grow in at age 45 has meant, in terms of feminism and resistance.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Can the Political Override the Personal?
“Harmful to Minors” author Judith Levine mines her past contradictions to sketch out the challenge of a being a young woman simultaneously burgeoning into her feminist and her sexual selves.
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On Mourning, Learning a More Sober Fandom, and Letting Go
The death of popular rapper XXXTentaction raises questions of ethical consumption.