The Gap Is Back—Here’s Everything We Need for Spring
Though our writer thinks maybe it never went away.

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The Great Unveiling: Ankles, Collarbones, and Other Spring Fashion Debuts
Is it time to show a liittttle bit of skin?

I Watched an Acquaintance Get Slut-Shamed by the Entire Country
Why are the women always to blame?
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Turning 50 Was a Bitch, But Now I’m a Lot Less of One
It was my birthday, and oh yes, I wanted to cry about it.

My Geriatric Pregnancy Was a Constant Fight for Control Over My Body
Navigating a patriarchal medical system as a pregnant at 42 year old deeply changed something in me.

Tastes Like Home: Keeping My Culture Alive Through Cooking
My grandmother’s recipe book belongs to me, her food belonged to everyone who loved her.

After My Daughter’s Suicide Attempt, Live Music Was Our Medicine
As a mother of a child with depression, our writer has lived with constant worry—but they’ve been able to dance some of the pain away with Joan Jett and Le Tigre.

Claudia from ‘The Baby-Sitter’s Club’: My Asian-American Role Model, Then, Now and 4-Eva
Even though she didn’t have the words for it in the ’80s, our writer deeply felt how much representation mattered.

Does an Entire Generation of Women Have a Fucked Up Relationship with Their Mothers?
One single Thread gave our writer more emotional closure than years of therapy ever did.

I’m 42 and Never Had a Boyfriend. Can a Matchmaker Find Me One?
Our writer spent $3,500 hoping a professional could land her the relationship of her dreams.

Too Old: How a Passport Photo Sent Me Spiraling
One picture cracked open our writer’s anxieties about aging, ambition, and beauty.

I Chose Not to Be a Mom and Everyone Has Questions
After accidentally becoming a childfree influencer, our writer is ready to dole out some advice.


