A personal essay in which Kristen Roupenian writes about the experience of having “Cat Person” — her fictional short story about a young woman who goes through with sex she’d rather not have at the end of a bad date, published in the New Yorker in 2017 — go viral, become the subject of much […]
sexism
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A Woman’s Work: The Outside Story
In the latest installment in her illustrated series, Carolita Johnson catalogues her efforts to maintain her appearance from about 1970 to 2018.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
A Woman’s Work: The Outside Story
Carolita Johnson catalogues her efforts to maintain her appearance from about 1970 to 2018.
Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women
A Woman’s Work: The Outside Story
Carolita Johnson catalogues her efforts to maintain her appearance from about 1970 to 2018.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Swipe White
In this personal essay, Jennifer Chong Schneider considers what it is to be Asian, maligned, and fetishized in dating — and questions her own desire when she dates someone of her own ethnicity for the first time.
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As Beauty Does
In this personal essay, writer Chaya Bhuvaneswar contemplates the powerful evolution of a woman’s beauty over time.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Story
Who Even Watches the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show Anymore?
Three million women tuned in last year. Here’s why.
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‘Emerging’ as a Writer — After 40
Jenny Bhatt recalls the rites of passage that led to her shift in identity from corporate executive to woman writer of color.
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The Lasting Effects of the Lolita Complex
Lacy Warner examines the downward turn of actress Dominique Swain’s career, and how the trouble began the moment she grew up.
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Re: Hate Mail
Upon receiving a deluge of menacing emails, Amy Kurzweil wonders: can she really extend a writer’s empathy to the dangerous demands of men on the internet?