Self Portrait as a Human Interest Story By Emi Nietfeld Feature Reflecting on the adversities and victories of her youth, Emi Nietfeld interrogates how narratives of resilience minimize suffering.
Woman Writes Story Challenging Gender Dynamics; Is Thwarted by…Long-Standing Gender Dynamics By Sari Botton Highlight How can we combat sexism in publishing if we’re so worried about damaging the reputations of offending men?
David Letterman Is Truly Sorry By Sari Botton Highlight Ten years after calling Letterman out for creating a hostile work environment for women, Nell Scovell gets to talk with him about it.
Same Sh*itty Media Men, Different Day By Sari Botton Highlight Rebecca Traister asks how NBC can possibly change its misogynist culture if it keeps the same bad actors at the top.
It Comes in Waves By Lilly Dancyger Feature Years after her cousin was killed, Lilly Dancyger is haunted by images of murdered women in the news.
Hot for Teacher By Longreads Feature When a student in her writing workshop submits a piece suggesting his character could ‘take’ a teacher just like her ‘atop her desk,’ Courtney Zoffness is flooded with memories of men touching her against her will.
On Silence (or, Speak Again) By Elissa Bassist Feature Elissa Bassist breaks her silence about everything she’s not supposed to talk about and comes out alive.
Memories Dressed Up With Wishes By Grace Linden Feature Siri Hustvedt’s “Memories of the Future” is a fitting book for the #MeToo moment, which is as much about justice and reparations as it is about understanding the logic of memory.
What to Read After ‘Leaving Neverland’ By Danielle Jackson Reading List A list of longreads to make sense of ‘Leaving Neverland.’
‘We Are All Responsible’: How #MeToo Rejects the Bystander Effect By Soraya Roberts Feature The classic “Bystander Effect” blames a lack of intervention on diffusion of responsibility. That doesn’t fly anymore.
‘I Knew It Was Not My Correct Life, Because It Asked Me To Mute My Voice.’ By Jane Ratcliffe Feature Reema Zaman on deciding she would no longer live to please men, and how women’s self-esteem and self-love is a revolutionary act of dissent.
Revisiting the #MeToo Movement: A Reading List By Jacqueline Alnes Reading List #MeToo isn’t just a moment, it’s a movement. And there’s a lot of work yet to do.
Karina Longworth on the Women Caught in Howard Hughes’ Hollywood Web of Gossip By Rae Nudson Feature Howard Hughes used gossip, spies and money to control Hollywood’s women for nearly 60 years. Karina Longworth critically examines the Golden Age’s gossip to stop his false narratives from becoming our history.
I Believe Her: A Reading List By Jacqueline Alnes Reading List Eight pieces about women fighting to be seen and heard.
The Denial Diaries: On #MeToo Men With No Self-Awareness By Soraya Roberts Feature In a good story, a character suffers, changes, and grows. In real life, women suffer while men double down on their delusions of virtue.
Maybe Beauty Doesn’t Have to Mean Pain By Michelle Weber Highlight Little girls flock to ballet classes, but the art isn’t kind to their bodies, autonomy, or sense of self. What has to change?
‘As a Grown Woman, I Still Have To Continuously Learn To Say No’ By Wei Tchou Feature Memoirist Tanya Marquardt talks about consent, trauma, and investigating our memories in the age of #MeToo.
Women Are Really, Really Mad Right Now By Hope Reese Feature Rebecca Traister talks about the revolutionary power of women’s anger.
It’s Time to Stop Painting Joyce Maynard as an ‘Oversharer’ Already By Sari Botton Highlight In the #metoo era, there’s no excuse for continuing to deride women like Maynard who speak out about their experiences with men who had much more power.
Welcome to the Jungle By Michelle Weber Highlight As Caitlin Moran explains, there are Bad Men, and then there are Badly Educated Men.
White Men On The Edge of a Nervous Breakdown By Katie Kosma Highlight The ruling minority of white men are getting nervous about impending destabilization of their power.
On Mourning, Learning a More Sober Fandom, and Letting Go By Danielle Jackson Commentary The death of popular rapper XXXTentaction raises questions of ethical consumption.
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.
It’s Time for Hooters to GTFO By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight My recommendation: a complete rebrand, where all Hooters restaurants are converted into owl sanctuaries.
The High Price of Being a #MeToo Whistleblower By Tricia Romano Feature Tricia Romano considers what speaking out about abuse at the hands of Eric Schneiderman has cost a close friend.
When Will Hip-Hop Have Its #MeToo Reckoning? By Danielle Jackson Commentary It has already, time and time again.
Janelle Monáe’s New Music Teases a Queer, Femme Sensibility By Danielle Jackson Highlight Singer Janelle Monáe’s first full-length album in five years, “Dirty Computer,” takes an explicit look at sexual expression and female identity.
On Junot Díaz’s ‘The Silence’ and Our Uncomfortable Reckoning By Danielle Jackson Commentary The aftermath of trauma sometimes means that victims become victimizers, but we have to find a way to talk about it.
To Hug, or Not to Hug? By Emily Meg Weinstein Feature Emily Meg Weinstein considers the complexities of meeting and greeting in this #MeToo moment.
