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Posted inEditor's Pick
Mysteries of Menopause
In this personal essay, Lesley Hazleton not only makes peace with menopause, she sings its praises as a source of liberation from “want,” aka sexual desire.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories by Ijeoma Oluo, Michael Hall, Erika Hayasaki, Jerry Saltz, and Caren Chesler.
Posted inUncategorized
Ijeoma Oluo Has the Last Word on Rachel Dolezal
Oluo’s interview is a master class in confrontation, in which the hard questions are asked and the answers are pushed.
Posted inCurrent Events, Quotes, Video
16 Documentaries by Steve Bannon
“Cracking the code of the man who packs [Trump’s] ideological lunch.”
Posted inNonfiction, Op-Ed, Standout, Story, Uncategorized
What We Saw in Washington, D.C.
What the Trump inauguration and Women’s March reveal about the next four years in America.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
The Racist and Sexist T-Shirts of an Inauguration
The racists are not afraid in DC this week. At Trump’s Tody Keith concert, one man wore a t-shirt reading “Blacks Make Racial Slurs & Commit Hate Crimes Too!!”
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
‘We Need to Have A Voice In This America, Too’
A gay couple got tickets to the inauguration when they thought Hillary Clinton would win. They decided to come anyway.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
What My Great-Grandfather Taught Me About Trump and the Press
The way Trump treats journalists (and journalism) has no parallel to past presidents.
Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction
Longreads Is Teaming Up with The Stranger to Cover the Inauguration and Protests
We’re teaming up with The Stranger to cover the presidential inauguration and protests in Washington, D.C.