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  1. celebrity
    Julia Fox Is Not Your SurvivorHer memoir, Down the Drain, provides an honest recollection of pain and a path forward for survivor narratives.
    By Elizabeth Nicholas
  2. culture
    We’re in the Middle of a Palestinian Breakthrough on TVWatching Mo and Ramy take on Palestinian American culture brought me heartache — and relief.
    By Danya Issawi
  3. culture
    A New Zine Explores the Sexy Side of CakeCake Zine considers the connection between baking and erotica.
    By Brooke LaMantia
  4. @tavitulle
    Who Would Tavi Gevinson Be Without Instagram?Confessions from inside the algorithm.
    By Tavi Gevinson
  5. first person
    How to Tell the Bad Men From the Good MenIt wasn’t so simple at age 18, writes Caitlin Moran.
    By Caitlin Moran
  6. first person
    Novelist Deborah Levy Remembers Her Fearless Mother’s Last DaysIn this excerpt from her new memoir, The Cost of Living, Deborah Levy recounts her fearless mother’s life and death.
    By Deborah Levy
  7. first person
    The Doctor Is a Woman: Sloane Crosley Considers the Prospect of ParenthoodIn this essay from her new book Look Alive Out There, Sloane Crosley reckons with what the future holds.
    By Sloane Crosley
  8. Comedian Ali Wong Will Publish a Book of Essays Next YearThey will be letters to her 1-year-old daughter.
    By Dayna Evans
  9. beauty standards
    Read Laverne Cox’s Essay About Caitlyn Jenner and Trans Beauty Standards “Most trans folks don’t have the privileges Caitlyn and I now have.”
    By Allison P. Davis
  10. essays
    Comedian Alexis Wilkinson Just Wrote a Heartbreaking Essay on MourningIt’s a tissues-needed sort of essay.
    By Maggie Lange
  11. recommended reading
    Instead of ‘Rape Culture,’ Try ‘Dick Culture’“Every man with a dick believes he is a responsible dick-owner.”
    By Kat Stoeffel
  12. zadie smith
    Zadie Smith’s Grand TourSmith writes an enchanting thing about an enchanting thing. 
    By Maggie Lange
  13. passion projects
    Lessons With the 60-Year-Old Kissing ExpertMe, my boyfriend, and 30 different ways of smooching.
    By Jessica Wakeman
  14. confessions
    When ‘Horse Girls’ Become ‘Horse Women’Can a girl return to her favorite childhood hobby as an adult, or is that just too embarrassing?
    By Alexis Swerdloff