Culture
Victims Owe Us Nothing: Chanel Miller Reclaims Her Story and Identity in “Know My Name”
Chanel Miller’s weaving of her day-to-day life with the lingering trauma of her assault illustrates the singular way sexual-assault victims are asked to move through the world.
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Jeannie Vanasco on Processing Rape by Writing About It
“The thing I felt most afraid of was publishing this and having feminists read it and be disappointed in me.”
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“Big Mouth” Endlessly Explores Sexuality, but Still Stumbles on Queerness
It’s not that I’m surprised a television show failed to accurately represent bisexuality and pansexuality. It’s that I’m surprised Big Mouth was one of those shows.
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Drop the Fry: Judging Elizabeth Holmes’s Voice Comes down to Bias
Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri, Microsoft’s Cortana, and Google Assistant have one thing in common: They all have female-identified voices and names.
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All Land is Sacred: Jolie Varela on the Healing Power of Hiking
The Indigenous Women Hike is her “sacred fire.”
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Just Look Up: Are BIPOC Birding Communities Gaining Momentum?
From books to social media to IRL meetups, and now TV, BIPOC birders are using varied mediums to get their communities outside.
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Sailing Old Seas: The Seafarers Yacht Club Has a Legacy as Old as the Ocean
Though boating seems to be a luxurious activity reserved solely for the rich, famous, and otherwise wealthy, there’s one group that has long fought this misunderstanding, specifically for Black people.
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“Unpregnant” Offers a Radical Normalization of Abortion and Reproductive Health
Even in a time where reproductive choice is in terrifying peril, it’s still possible to feel empowered in our choices—including the choice to laugh.
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New Canon: A Roundtable about Travel Writing without the Other
Literature about traveling and adventure has a long history of evoking an Orientalist imaginary of Asia as perpetually exotic and dominable.
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Running Forward: The Feminist Underbelly of the Dogsledding World
Regardless of gender, we all look the same in heavy parkas and down jackets.
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