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  1. chapters
    My Job Was My Life. Then I Got Fired.How failure changed my relationship to work.
    By Samhita Mukhopadhyay
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    What If Motherhood Isn’t Transformative at All?We’re often told that becoming a parent will alter one’s identity. For me, the change never came.
    By Anastasia Berg
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    Moonlight on the window
    The TheftFirst, there was the burglary. Then everything went missing.
    By Sloane Crosley
  4. first person
    Donald Trump Assaulted Me, But He’s Not Alone on My List of Hideous Men“I made a list of hideous men in my life. It includes the president — who assaulted me in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman 23 years ago.”
    By E. Jean Carroll
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    I Was Told No One Wants Fat GirlsGrowing up, my body was a punch line.
    By Kate Manne
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    Carolyn Bessette Kennedy Walked So The Row Could RunA new book about Carolyn Bessette Kennedy’s style shows how she is the blueprint for minimalist brands, from Jil Sander to Bottega Veneta.
    By Sunita Kumar Nair
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    Walking While BlackZiwe details a chilling roadside encounter in her debut essay collection, Black Friend.
    By Ziwe
  8. mothers and daughters
    My Mother the CreatorThe daughter of artist Jennifer Bartlett unpacks and reflects on her complicated legacy — at home and in the art world.
    By Alice Carrière
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    The Essay That Started It AllNatalie Beach reckons with her decision to write about her relationship with Caroline Calloway and everything that came next.
    By Natalie Beach
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    Making It As a Model Meant Hiding I Was TransI kept my real self a secret for years.
    By Geena Rocero
  11. motherhood
    We Don’t Perform Motherhood for Our KidsI consistently fail to achieve my fantasy of maternal grace — but you’d never know it from my Instagram.
    By Sara Petersen
  12. first person
    My Marriage Was Never the Same After ThatIn 2016, I wrote a poem that went viral. My home life got complicated.
    By Maggie Smith
  13. first person
    It Wasn’t Just a BreakupHow the catastrophic end of my relationship led to a diagnosis that changed my life.
    By Camonghne Felix
  14. health
    How Our Definition of Healthy Fails Black WomenWhat I’ve learned in my years as a dietitian.
    By Jessica Wilson
  15. first person
    I Was the Ideal WomanAs a former model, I know the dark side of having 17-year-olds hawk anti-wrinkle creams.
    By Paulina Porizkova
  16. first person
    Easy TargetI was harassed and assaulted in broad daylight. Would bystanders have intervened if I was white?
    By Vanessa A. Bee
  17. fiction
    The Empty Nest: An Excerpt From The DeceptionsIn The Deceptions, a poet balances marriage, betrayal, and mythology at the Met.
    By Jill Bialosky
  18. self-love
    I Desperately Want People to Think I Am HotIt’s the most embarrassing thing I’ve ever written down.
    By Mia Mercado
  19. love and war
    The Astrology Reading That Blew Up My LifeA stranger told me my soul mate was a Parisian born on November 2, 1968. So I booked a flight.
    By Natasha Sizlo
  20. first person
    Bad SexI’d had private doubts for years. Why couldn’t I just be single?
    By Nona Willis Aronowitz
  21. the bigger picture
    Queens of a Certain Age Deserve All the FlowersWith Legends of Drag, Harry James Hanson and Devin Antheus compile a living history alongside phenomenal portraits of drag icons.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  22. family history
    ‘How Dare You. I’m Your Daughter.’Decades later, MSNBC anchor Katy Tur reckons with her explosive upbringing.
    By Katy Tur
  23. family planning
    I’d Like to Formally Request an Extension for My FertilityAhem, why didn’t anybody warn me it wouldn’t last forever?
    By Ginny Hogan
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    How to Call the Whole Thing OffThe day after breaking my fiancé’s heart, we attended his best friend’s wedding together. It didn’t go well.
    By Alyssa Shelasky
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    What My Toddler’s Nom-Noms Taught MeOn a trip to the grocery store one day, I had an epiphany about me, my son, and the meaning of life.
    By Jessi Klein
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    The Life I GrewDoctors said my disability would make it impossible to get pregnant. I was 5 months along when I realized the truth.
    By Chloé Cooper Jones
  27. fiction
    Women and Children First, From HeartbrokeIn this excerpt from Chelsea Bieker’s new collection, one woman tries to right the sins of her past by … committing a few more in the present.
    By Chelsea Bieker
  28. career
    I Was Waiting for My Career to Feel Solid to Start My Life. Then I Lost My Job.On reimagining our 30s.
    By Kayleen Schaefer
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    The Editor and the MurdererWhen Sophie Wilkins heard about death-row prisoner Edgar Smith, she was determined to edit his book. Then the two became something more.
    By Sarah Weinman
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    Book Excerpt: ‘Let Me Finish’ From ‘Cleopatra and Frankenstein’Zoe, too broke for plans, finds herself at a free Friday-night orgasm workshop. She leaves dissatisfied — and with a tempting job offer.
    By Coco Mellors
  31. self
    ‘I May Be Bisexual,’ From Rachel Krantz’s Memoir, OpenWriter Rachel Krantz investigates her own sexuality through indulging her partner’s fantasy.
    By Rachel Krantz
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    This Boy We MadeThe day motherhood divided into Before and After.
    By Taylor Harris
  33. fiction
    Clairvoyance: An Excerpt from Fiona and JaneJane was happy for Fiona. But what was this other feeling, buried within it?
    By Jean Chen Ho
  34. fiction
    When the Teeth Came In“It wasn’t long before I noticed something alien in my vagina.”
    By Claire Vaye Watkins
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    Dear IsisGabrielle Union writes about wishing she had done better by her Bring It On character.
    By Gabrielle Union
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    The Specter of False Rape AccusationsThey are objectively rare, so why do they carry their cultural charge?
    By Amia Srinivasan
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    I Cannot Block It OutAs Michaela Coel writes, the inequalities of the industry can stun you into silence — but that silence will never not haunt you.
    By Michaela Coel
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    Mi Mami Tells Me to Get Out of the SunGrowing up, my Nicaraguan mother worried about the darkness of my skin. But I can’t be held back by colorism.
    By Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
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    What Miss Piggy Taught Me About AbuseIn this excerpt from her upcoming memoir, Nichole Perkins discusses the consequences of believing that the way to a man’s heart is to wear it down.
    By Nichole Perkins
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    Closer to Perfect“I wish someone had said something like, “Don’t change one damn thing about yourself.”
    By Mena Suvari
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    Those Were the Days of Our LivesThis generation will never know the true freedom — and neglect — of being an ’80s kid.
    By Danielle Henderson
  42. body image
    How I Stopped Saying Horrible Things to MyselfIf you want to love your body, you have to stop insulting it.
    By Katie Sturino
  43. fiction
    Talking Around the Elephant in the RoomThey could publish books about bitcoin and black holes, but they couldn’t understand why it was important to have more diverse authors.
    By Zakiya Dalila Harris
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    ‘You Must Play Basketball’He wants to see my moves. My Black athleticism will turn him on. But my body is a marionette with tangled and impossibly knotted strings.
    By Brian Broome
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    My Heartbreak WorkbookSomewhere, between my troubles and attempts to fix them, I will find myself.
    By Elissa Washuta
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    What My Mother AteI remember her taste clearly because that was how my mother loved you, in subtle observations of what brought joy.
    By Michelle Zauner
  47. street style
    A Joyful Celebration of Chinatown’s Stylish SeniorsFrom the new book Chinatown Pretty.
    By Andrew Nguyen
  48. fiction
    The CureShe enjoyed sex most when her lovers seemed satisfied.
    By Melissa Febos
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    Can My Dog Learn to Dance?I decided to transfer my vague interest in ballet onto Peter.
    By Kelly Conaboy
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    Ntozake Been Said ThatAn excerpt from Black Futures, edited by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham.
    By Mecca Jamilah Sullivan
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