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Learning from Perimenopause and a Kpop Idol

by Wendy Gan October 30, 2019January 20, 2023

Struggling with fluctuating hormones, Wendy Gan is inspired by the musician Mino to stop muting herself and return to writing.

Nonfiction

Bikini Kill — and My Bunkmates — Taught Me How to Unleash My Anger

by Longreads October 9, 2019January 20, 2023

While away at summer camp, Melissa Febos discovers the power of her generation’s rage and feminism.

Nonfiction

The (Loud) Soundtrack to My Struggle with Faith

by Anna Gazmarian October 4, 2019January 20, 2023

After being diagnosed with bipolar disorder, Anna Gazmarian grapples with her evangelical upbringing, and finds solace in screamo music.

Arts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story, Unapologetic Women

Rock Me Gently

by Soraya Roberts August 30, 2019February 3, 2023

The classic rock star wanted to stick it to The Man, and did so bender by selfish bender. The new rock star knows you can’t do it alone.

Arts & Culture, Books, Reading List, Story, Uncategorized

Pages You Can Dance To: A Book List

by Brittany Allen August 15, 2019October 19, 2022

Either Martin Mull or Frank Zappa or Elvis Costello once said writing about music is as pointless as dancing about architecture. Which doesn’t account for how I’ve danced to all these books.

Feature

Live Through This: Courtney Love at 55

by Lisa Whittington-Hill July 9, 2019March 28, 2023

Lisa Whittington-Hill on why Courtney Love deserves to be the girl with the most cake.

Arts & Culture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

Concealing a Catastrophe: ‘The Day the Music Burned’

by Krista Stevens June 12, 2019October 19, 2022

“The vault fire was not, as UMG suggested, a minor mishap, a matter of a few tapes stuck in a musty warehouse. It was the biggest disaster in the history of the music business.”