As she gleefully prepares to undergo a much-needed hysterectomy, Samantha Irby recalls the mess and agony of her menstrual cycle.
Unruly Bodies
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Longreads Best of 2018: Essays
We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in essays.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Food, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
You Can’t Cut Out the Pain
“[E]verything has changed, but everything is exactly the same.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Quotes
Gabrielle Bellot on Reclaiming Her Womanhood
In this intimate and moving essay, Gabrielle Bellot decides she needs to stop allowing others to define her.
Posted inCommentary, Nonfiction, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Women and the War on Wrinkles
As women age, they lose their “pretty privilege.” As men age, they just get more powerful. Chelsea G. Summers examines the imbalance.
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Unruly Bodies
At Medium, Hunger: A Memoir of My Body author Roxane Gay created this excellent pop-up magazine, to be delivered in installments over four Tuesdays in April — “a month-long magazine exploring our ever-changing relationship with our bodies,” she writes. “I knew exactly what I wanted to do — to create a space for writers I respect and […]