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“She’s Just Like Me”: The Allure of the Writer Diary Twitter Account

A nonconsensual diary read is enough of a taboo to be considered an additional deadly sin. Yet on eBay and Etsy, the secondhand diary is a surprisingly sought-after item. Sellers…

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Life

The Feminine Urge to Not Shower

My roommate and I talk about our shits over dinner. We recount our bowel movements’ consistency, color, and the ease with which they came out of us in much the…

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Culture & Entertainment

Marlowe Granados’s “Happy Hour” Is An Anti-Capitalist Fairy Tale

When I last spoke to Marlowe Granados, Toronto, like the rest of the Northeast, was wading through a thick haze. I imagine not much changed for those lucky enough to…

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Author Kayleen Schaefer Writes Her Friendships Like Love Stories

I keep a box of love letters I’ve written and never sent on a shelf in my bedroom. The oldest ones date back to middle school, dedicated to crushes. The…

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Culture & Entertainment

The Titillating, Turbulent Tracy Clark-Flory on Her Debut Book “Want Me”

I know you’re not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but when I walked into McNally Jackson’s SoHo location three months ago, I took one glance at the…

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Life

We Should Burn All the Kindles

Fifteen years before COVID-19, novelist Richard Powers wrote that we were living in the middle of an epidemic. The disease wasn’t physical, but it was very real. It was the…

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What’s the Point of “Fake Accounts”?

One of the best sentences in Fake Accounts stands on its own, separated from the narrator’s musings on dating apps and the 2010s: “At some point you have to admit…

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Sex & Love

In Conversation with Sex-Positive Icon Ruby Rare

On the 28th of October, I had a dream-come-true interview with sex-positive, body-positive icon Ruby Rare, who recently released a must-read book on sex education. Filled with wonderful naked people,…

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Culture & Entertainment

Why I Love Chick Lit

I’ll be honest—I love chick lit. Those identical pastel paperbacks, the spunky and financially successful heroines, the magical endings straight out of an R-rated Hallmark movie. Chick lit generally encompasses…

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The Feminine Urge to Not Shower

Marlowe Granados’s “Happy Hour” Is An Anti-Capitalist Fairy Tale

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We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

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F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

Author Kayleen Schaefer Writes Her Friendships Like Love Stories

The Titillating, Turbulent Tracy Clark-Flory on Her Debut Book “Want Me”

We Should Burn All the Kindles

Trending posts

We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

In Conversation with Sex-Positive Icon Ruby Rare

Why I Love Chick Lit

Trending posts

We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

How the Fuck Does One Rest and Relax for An Entire Year?

We Can Still Be Vulnerable in the Eyes of Others

Lena Dunham’s “Sharp Stick” Nails Sexual Awakening in the Digital Age

F*ck Your Boy Genius—He Doesn’t Exist

It’s the Perfect Time to Watch Todd Haynes’s Films

What Sex and Healing Are Like for Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation