Arts & Culture
What Reading ‘Nevada’ Across Transition Did For Me
Transition needn’t be a straight line.
Horror Films Understand the Terror of Pregnancy
We are told we will forget the pain, as though all the trauma of childbirth evaporates from our minds. But it did not for me.
How Perfume Gives Me Peace in My Genderfluidity
There is no opposite to reconcile. I’ve been both bride and groom, loved and lived as both, since both lived in me.
The Enduring Myth of the It Girl
The mystique behind icons like Kim Kardashian and Marilyn Monroe comes from the parts of American culture we prefer not to look at too closely.
According to ‘Finding Magic Mike,’ Feeling Sexy Is a State of Mind
To perform is to literally be seen, to expose yourself willingly. It’s much less scary with people who have your back.
Pop Culture’s Problem with Middle-Aged Women
Women of a certain age are still largely invisible and left out of our narratives—or else, she’s a very particular type of middle-aged woman.
Shakira’s Crossover into American Music Taught Me to Reject My Latinx Roots—Then Reclaim Them
The arc of my journey with Shakira traces a path from veneration to rejection to reembrace.
David Attenborough Helps Me Explain the Climate Crisis to My Son
I use his favorite David Attenborough shows to help me explain my climate activism
The Tortilla Type of Hurt, How One Broke My Heart
What I didn’t say was how much of home each of those packs brought with them.
Lessons in Fashion and Fatness from ‘Absolutely Fabulous’
Absolutely Fabulous celebrated outlandish women behaving badly, usually in outlandish, high-end clothes.