Emily Meg Weinstein considers the complexities of meeting and greeting in this #MeToo moment.
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A Farewell to Fuckboys in the Age of Consent Culture
In the second installment of her series on dating while woke, Minda Honey explores the long unraveling of a #MeToo moment in the wake of cultural upheaval.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
A Farewell to Fuckboys in the Age of Consent Culture
Minda Honey explores the long unraveling of a #MeToo moment in the wake of cultural upheaval.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
A Farewell to Fuckboys in the Age of Consent Culture
Minda Honey explores the long unraveling of a #MeToo moment in the wake of cultural upheaval.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Why America’s Black Mothers and Babies Are in a Life-or-Death Crisis
Reporter Linda Villarosa reports on the racial disparities in health care that contribute to black women being three to four times as likely to die from pregnancy-related causes as their white counterparts, and black infants being more than twice as likely to die as white infants. Threaded through the piece is the story of Simone […]
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The Baller Women of the Billiards Tour
Sometimes men get a little antsy when the women are running the billiards tables.
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Politics as a Defense Against Heartbreak
Minda Honey’s first in an original Longreads series on dating as a black woman in these times. Here, she assesses the deliberate choices and external factors affecting her romantic life.
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Lurve You? Or Loathe You?
Maybe Woody Allen’s romantic comedies weren’t terribly romantic after all.
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Unlearning Woody Allen
An essay of cultural criticism in which David Klion breaks down Woody Allen’s influence on the culture, romantic comedies, and Klion himself, and realizes the premises and attitudes in movies like Annie Hall and Manhattan aren’t so romantic after all.
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I Used to Insist I Didn’t Get Angry. Not Anymore.
An essay examining women’s long-standing conditioning away from owning and expressing anger, instead often sublimating their rage in sadness, which has historically been more acceptable.