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Women

Politics Science

Woman in the Woods

A study of resilience in does and other female creatures.

Sandra Steingraber Orion Jun 2021 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Edie Bakes Cakes"

A troubled TV chef meets a mysterious creature.

Susanna Crossman Berfrois Apr 2020 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Slake"

Encounters with a vampire, fraught with strange escalations.

Helen McClory The Rupture Apr 2020 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Out There"

A woman suspects her new boyfriend is less than human.

Kate Folk The New Yorker Mar 2020 25min

Crime

Sex Abuse Crisis in Amish Country

A year of reporting reveals a culture of incest, rape, and abuse.

Sarah McClure Cosmopolitan Jan 2020 15min Permalink

Politics

The Wing: How an Exclusive Women's Club Sparked a Thousand Arguments

The Wing is a private members’ space for women that claims to be an ‘accelerator’ for feminist revolution in the US – and now it’s coming to the UK. But how progressive is it really?

Linda Kinstler The Guardian Oct 2019 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Girl Gangs of Pacific Avenue"

A girl gang rules over a neighborhood.

Heather Kamins Guernica Oct 2019 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Stone"

A mystical stone guides a woman through her life.

Louise Erdrich New Yorker Sep 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Who Are You"

Sexual and personal growth intertwine.

Cassandra Morrison Juked Magazine Jul 2019 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Still Soft, Still Whole"

Scenes from a troubled Appalachian marriage.

Beth Gilstrap Menacing Hedge Jul 2019 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Color and Light"

Two brothers interact with a peculiar visitor.

Sally Rooney New Yorker Mar 2019 25min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Widows Club"

A group of wives discuss the results of their partners' hypothetical demises.

Rosemary Harp Pithead Chapel Mar 2019 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "What Do You See In Her?"

A painting ignites complex jealousy.

Celeste Kaufman Vol. 1 Brooklyn Feb 2019 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Some Ongoing Etc."

Reprint: the aftermath of a mental breakdown.

Emma Smith-Stevens Subtropics Jan 2015 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "An Extravaganza in Two Acts"

An arrangement of convenience in early 20th century Alaska.

Leigh Newman Electric Literature Nov 2018 Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "A Flawless Silence"

A Chinese-American woman's past and present collide.

Yiyun Li New Yorker Apr 2018 20min Permalink

Sports

Ball Breakers

“The reason women-only billiards tournaments exist is not because the players can’t beat men. It’s because they can.”

Megan Greenwell Topic Mar 2018 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Voiceless"

The intersection of life and social media in the future.

Emily Smith Hobart Feb 2018 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Stanville"

The interactions of inmates and a teacher at a women's prison.

Rachel Kushner New Yorker Feb 2018 35min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Suggestible Hauntings"

The lives of professional haunters.

Kristen Arnett Triquarterly Jan 2018 20min Permalink

I Used to Insist I Didn’t Get Angry. Not Anymore.

On female rage.

Leslie Jamison New York Times Magazine Jan 2018 15min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Poisoned Apple"

A woman fights against various forms of trespassing.

Katie Welch Split Lip Magazine Dec 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction: "Revere"

A writer prepares for the possibility of meeting a lost lover.

Esmé Weijun Wang Lenny Letter Dec 2017 10min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "The Waitress"

The personal and professional troubles of a Detroit waitress.

Kai Harris Rabble Lit May 2017 20min Permalink

Health

Congratulations, You're Man-Pregnant

A husband puts himself in his wife’s shoes—with help from a Japanese scientist.

Benjamin Percy GQ Feb 2013 15min Permalink

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