How TikTok Makes Fast Fashion Faster
Early this spring, fueled by the riches of a recent paycheck and the exhilaration (fear) of finals week, I purchased the dress. No, I’m not talking about that dress, although…
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Eliza Rudalevige
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Before-and-After Photos Aren’t Good for Eating Disorder Advocacy
At the apex of my eating disorder, I spent hours a day on pro-ana Instagram. For those of you who have been lucky enough never to visit, that’s a community…
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The Price and Power of Twitter Findom
Bonding—a Netflix original show about the adventures of a dominatrix paying her way through grad school and her small, ginger, comedian GBF—recently aired its second season and I, having just…
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Rihanna, Freud, and Mormon Porn: Religious Fetishism in Pop Culture
The 2020 Savage X Fenty Show was a huge success, receiving high praise for inclusion, style, and body positivity—until Muslim fans on social media pointed out the use of a…
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Why Motherhood Scares Me Shitless
In kindergarten, my friends and I played a lot of house. We officiated weddings attended by tissue paper-veiled brides, made plastic sandwiches, and, most of all, cradled baby dolls. We…
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Writers Dating Writers: (Not) A How-To
A quick Google search of “dating a writer” will yield dozens of listicles on how to handle the blue-lit troglodytism of a modern wordsmith. Most of this advice is geared…
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Cottagecore, Sans Cottage: The Real Ethos Behind a Blooming Subculture
It’s a fine summer evening. The pastures are saturated with lupine and aster, lending their sweetness to the breeze that sweeps in from the open window, ruffling the gauzy curtains.…
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How to Be Anti-Racist When Everyone Is White
I’ll never forget how it felt leaving my predominantly Black school in Kenya for an overwhelmingly white one overseas. During my first few weeks, I’d furrow my brows in every…
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Sex While Anorexic: A Story About My Body
I was just starting fourth grade when I self-diagnosed as anorexic, using a charming pastel illustration in The Care and Keeping of You: The Body Book for Younger Girls. When…
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