The Friend Who Showed Me How to Love
Sometimes we don’t know how to engage with the world until someone, and something, forces us to reckon with ourselves.
First Person
I Finally Found a Name for My Father’s Abuse
Not all domestic violence is physical, and sometimes it takes years to recognize it for what it is.
Happy Holidays Don’t Always Look Like a Rockwell Painting
Amid clutter and welfare checks, two old feminist comrades unexpectedly find what others yearn for in the holiday season in a less-than-classic setting.
There’s a Predator in My Building
What do you do when your apartment-building security is making you feel even more unsafe?
It’s Still Radical For a Woman to Be Alone
Why has the image of a solitary woman historically elicited a range of emotions, from sympathy to suspicion and fear?
Do You Ever Really Recover From An Eating Disorder?
Inspiring stories of anorexia or bulimia “recovery” make headlines, but for those struggling with the lifelong disease, the message may cause more harm than good.
And Then They Came for My Cousin, Vickie Lee Jones
Our nationalist administration's incitement to racist violence had a direct impact on our writer two weeks ago when her cousin was murdered at Kroger's in Kentucky. Her message to readers: VOTE!
If Only ‘SVU’s’ Olivia Benson Could “Lock Them Up”
Bingeing on the ‘Law & Order’ franchise can be a comfort if you let yourself fantasize about how the lieutenant would put the cuffs on a rogue administration.
Running for Office Helped Me Find My Voice
A neurological condition affected her speech, but one woman found the courage to run for office so she could be a voice for her community.
Women Firefighters Are Battling More Than Flames
For elite women firefighters on mostly male crews, harassment, and the expectation to keep it secret, is a danger as real as burning wildlands and toxic smoke.