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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

How Does a Person Lose Track of Their Diary?

by Sari Botton April 4, 2019October 19, 2022

An illustrated personal essay. Stumbling upon someone’s lost journal in a used book store leads Sophie Lucido Johnson down a path she couldn’t have expected.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

How Does a Person Lose Track of Their Diary?

by Sophie Lucido Johnson April 4, 2019October 19, 2022

Stumbling upon someone’s lost journal in a used book store leads Sophie Lucido Johnson down a path she couldn’t have expected.

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

How Does a Person Lose Track of Their Diary?

by Sophie Lucido Johnson April 4, 2019October 19, 2022

Stumbling upon someone’s lost journal in a used book store leads Sophie Lucido Johnson down a path she couldn’t have expected.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story

Fat Girl Cries Herself to Sleep At Night: An Illustrated Essay

by Natalie Lima HsxQ b. Si in. October 11, 2018November 23, 2022

Living in a body can be hysterically complicated.

Posted inCulture, Essays & Criticism, Featured, Story, Travel

Home Is a Mug of Coffee

by Candace Rose Rardon October 1, 2018October 19, 2022

It takes a lot of percolating to become your own person.

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

The Country Where Fútbol Comes First

by benhuberman July 10, 2018October 19, 2022

Uruguay, a small nation with a deep-seated passion for soccer, is the inspiration for any underdog vying to win a World Cup.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Woman’s Work: Home Economics* (*I Took Woodworking Instead)

by Sari Botton June 20, 2018October 19, 2022

An illustrated personal essay in which New Yorker cartoonist Carolita Johnson tallies the costs and benefits of love and cohabitation as a woman artist living in a patriarchy.

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