What Didn’t Kill Her By Bernice L. McFadden Feature Bernice L. McFadden ruminates on all the things her mother has endured only to find herself spending her golden years in the midst of a deadly plague and state-sanctioned racism.
Body of Lies By Deenie Hartzog-Mislock Feature Deenie Hartzog-Mislock confronts a lifetime of body image trauma when her marriage turns south and sexless.
The Misogyny Is the Point By Michelle Weber Highlight I’m proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free… to be reduced to a uterus and some boobs! Good times.
Soli/dairy/ty By Liza Monroy Feature As a nursing mother newly exposed to the harsh realities of milk production, Liza Monroy reconsiders the dairy cow, and questions the meaning of compassion.
Inking Against Invisibility By Talia Hibbert Feature In the face of chronic pain, invisible illness, and medical discrimination, Talia Hibbert turned to tatoos to reclaim ownership of her body.
Menace Too Society By Soraya Roberts Feature Cancel culture suggests we can change the world from the outside in, but the misogyny and racism are coming from inside the house.
Through a Glass, Tearfully By Maureen Stanton Feature Maureen Stanton contemplates her history of crying in inappropriate moments, and considers tears from gender-based and political perspectives.
Whatever Happened to ______ ? By Longreads Feature Envy over her success led her husband, also a writer, to become violent. She fights every day for her safety — and to avoid being relegated to obscurity like so many writers who are mothers.
Elizabeth Wurtzel Made it Okay to Write ‘Ouch’ By Sari Botton Highlight Today’s memoirists and personal essay writers owe a debt of gratitude to the Prozac Nation author for rewriting an inhibiting rule.
A Woman’s Work: Becoming a Home of One’s Own By Carolita Johnson Feature Carolita Johnson considers what it takes to recover from grief, build strength for the future, and become one’s own center of gravity again.
Leaning In with Alex P. Keaton By Nicole Cyrus Feature Born with serious CEO aspirations, Nicole Cyrus found her role model in a white kid from an ’80s sitcom.
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?
Under the Influence: Watch(wo)men By Soraya Roberts Feature We watch the (women) influencers watching the (heavily female) influencing industry, but the men aren’t entirely in the dark.
Brigid, Magdalene, My Mother, and Me By Carmel Mc Mahon Feature Carmel Mc Mahon contemplates the legacy of trauma passed down through generations of Irish women.
Under the Influence: White Lies By Soraya Roberts Feature When you read “influencer,” do you think “white woman”? That’s not a surprise: the stereotypes originally established offline are reaffirmed on social media by the same systems.
The Name Change Dilemma By Hannah Howard Feature Hannah Howard considers tradition, identity, and love as she navigates the decision whether to keep her name after her wedding.
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.
The Bread Thread By Emily Weitzman Feature Emily Weitzman condemns the persistence of slut shaming over different stages in her life, and combats it with humor and…bread.
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.
This (Wo)Man’s Work By Soraya Roberts Feature When men devalue the labor of women like Andrea Arnold and overvalue the work of even problematic men, it’s a triple whammy that diminishes the individual woman, women in general, and the overall quality of culture.
The Martha Stewarting of Powerful Women By Ann Foster Feature How society disproportionately demonizes women after they’ve bent the same rules that men have always broken.
Whole 60 By Laura Lippman Feature The Laura Lippman plan requires that you eat whatever you want whenever you want to eat it, and declare yourself beautiful. We’re not going to lie — it’s really hard.
The Offer of a Two-Night Stand, When Just One Would Do By Suzanne Roberts Feature A guide in Puerto Rico inadvertently leads Suzanne Roberts to stop collecting men as if they were souvenirs.
The Cost of Reading By Ayşegül Savaş Feature Ayşegül Savaş contemplates the way women’s and men’s time is valued and the uneven burden taken by women writers in literary citizenship.
The Burdens We Carry By Amy Scheiner Feature Amy Scheiner reflects on her mother’s sudden death and what it means to be a woman in a world that is set up to bury them.
All the Obstacles in a Mother’s Way By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Everyone has something to say about this mother’s body, career, and parental choices.
The Psychiatrist in My Writing Class and His ‘Gift’ of Hate By Rani Neutill Feature Rani Neutill recalls a literary workshop in which a white man critiqued her ability to write in “proper” English.
Canada’s Breeding Ground for Hate By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight How Canada’s new, educated, organized far-right has been using a video game app to try to influence mainstream politics and create a white ethno-state.
A Woman’s Work: The Inside Story By Carolita Johnson Feature Carolita Johnson examines some of the inner workings of a woman’s body from puberty to menopause.
For the Thirsty Girl By Soraya Roberts Feature Thirst used to be desperation, now it’s aspiration. And men are finding it hard to quench.
