When Faking It Is a Form of Self-Protection
For every op-ed lamenting the “death of the chase,” there’s a literary work that considers the nuanced realities of female sexual experience.
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Shelf Love: How A.N. Devers Created a Feminist Paradise for Bibliophiles
In London’s bustling Soho neighborhood, A.N. Devers’s feminist paradise for bibliophiles is thriving—and changing the way collectors think about the literary canon.
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I Thought My Immigrant Mother Would Never Accept My Queerness. I Was Wrong.
It was the most devastating moment of my 26 years on this earth, that phone call.
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Toni Morrison Champions the Arts in “The Source of Self-Regard”
Let these Toni Morrison quotes about writers and creators inspire you.
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Toni Morrison Is the Source of Her Own Self-Regard
The Queen of American Letters has again blessed us with a work that is profound, soaring, and intimate.
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“Beloved,” Black Women, and the Limits of Freedom
Beloved is a touchstone for the complexities of today’s Black freedom struggle.
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Set Yourself Free: How Generations of Black Women Have Fought Incarceration
Black women have historically fought constraint and oppression.
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Lane Moore On Surviving Lifelong Loneliness
I wanted to write a book for people like myself because no one writes for us.
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Plastic Pleasure: Hallie Lieberman On the Liberating Future of Sex Toys
Acceptance of sex toys is not necessarily an acceptance of women’s masturbation.
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The Misguided Pursuit of “Better” Manhood at American Fraternities
The dominant narrative around fraternities has long been one of peer pressure, blackout drinking, and cruel hazing rituals. So why are so many male students, especially white ones, as excited as ever to join them?
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