Longreads Best of 2018: Essays By Longreads Reading List We asked writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here is the best in essays.
You Can’t Cut Out the Pain By Michelle Weber Highlight “[E]verything has changed, but everything is exactly the same.”
Gabrielle Bellot on Reclaiming Her Womanhood By Krista Stevens Highlight In this intimate and moving essay, Gabrielle Bellot decides she needs to stop allowing others to define her.
Women and the War on Wrinkles By Krista Stevens Highlight As women age, they lose their “pretty privilege.” As men age, they just get more powerful. Chelsea G. Summers examines the imbalance.
