Interview

Sara Ahmed: Notes from a Feminist Killjoy

By Nishta J. Mehra July 17, 2017

The feminist scholar on bridging theory and ordinary life, and the pervasive myth that feminism originated in white culture.

GenderPolitics

Lives

Larry Clark’s Teenage Lust, and My Own

By Lacy Warner July 13, 2017

As a teenager, I was obsessed with a sexy photograph. When I grew up, it looked different.

GenderSex

Interview

Victoria Redel: The Lifelong Power of Female Friendships

By Annie DeWitt June 27, 2017

The writer on making hard choices, being raised by feminists, and her latest novel's newfound wisdom.

Arts & CultureFamily & RelationshipsGender

Interview

Roxane Gay: Hunger Is a State of Being

By Carmen Maria Machado June 26, 2017

The genre-spanning writer on oppressed and unruly bodies, and her new memoir, Hunger.

Bodies & NatureGenderRace

Poetry

King Vultures

By Pascale Petit June 12, 2017

Here comes the hard part, the Land of the Dead / floating just above my head

Bodies & NatureFamily & RelationshipsGender

Lives

After the Earthquake

By Peter Orner May 22, 2017

Oral histories on life, death, and survival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti.

AmericasFamily & RelationshipsGender

Interview

Blair Braverman: Natural and Unnatural Violence

By Ariel Lewiton March 29, 2017

The polar explorer on navigating danger.

Bodies & NatureClimate & EnvironmentEuropeGenderTravel & Adventure

Review

Who Is You, Man?

By Sasha Bonét February 24, 2017

The black masks of Frank Ocean, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and W.E.B. Du Bois in Barry Jenkins' Moonlight.

Oscars 2017 Bodies & NatureGenderRace

Commentary

Female Fighters Series Re-Examines Women’s Rage Around the World

By Eve Ensler February 15, 2017

The knee-jerk response to militarized women is dismissal and condemnation. Instead, the founder of V-Day argues, it is time to reexamine their stories and understand their wrath.

Female Fighters ConflictGender

Commentary

Of Monsters & Women

By Nimmi Gowrinathan February 15, 2017

In search of the female extremist, somewhere between fantasy and fear.

Female Fighters ConflictGender

Commentary

The New Scouts

By Tyler Beckett February 13, 2017

What hurdles remain for LBGT+ boys in the Boy Scouts?

GenderUSA