On Capitol Hill, a Sexual Harassment ‘Minefield’ Persists
Jillian McLaughlin felt trapped. “I feel like there’s no way out,” she wrote in her journal in 2024, after a...
This Narrator Merits Your Attention. Just Don’t Trust Anything She Says.
ATTENTION-SEEKING BEHAVIOR, by Aea Varfis-van Warmelo “All I wanted was control,” says the unnamed narrator of Aea Varfis-van Warmelo’s “Attention-Seeking...
Frida Kahlo: A Visual Dictionary
Frida Kahlo didn’t become one of the most famous figures of the 20th century by chance. The popular image of...
Sarah Sherman Took Lessons on Screaming
Sarah Sherman lives to make you uncomfortable. This season on “Saturday Night Live” — it’s her fifth — she applied...
How a ‘Model’ for Climate Migration Became a Cautionary Tale
The community known as the New Isle looks a lot like how things used to be on Isle de Jean...
Some Asexuals Are Using AI Companions for Intimacy Without the Sex
Kor “got really addicted” to their NSFW role-playing AI chatbot last year. The 35-year-old artist from the Midwest recalls a...
Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Ode to Aliens Fails to Launch
TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER: Perspectives on Your First Alien Encounter, by Neil deGrasse Tyson I suspect that most readers...
My Perfectionism Was Ruining My Self-Care, Until I Learned This
If you’re anything like me, you likely view rest and self-care as a luxury, not a birthright. We all deserve—and...
I lost my flight attendant job when Spirit shut down. I’ve had to manage my emotions and am hopeful I’ll find new work soon.
Julian Richardson says he always knew that Spirit's closure was a possibility. Julian RichardsonJulian Richardson worked as a flight attendant...
Brides Are No Longer Tossing the Bouquet. They’re Keeping It.
The bouquet toss was once a ubiquitous wedding tradition: The bride throws her flowers toward a throng of single women...
