People
Paulo Gustavo Helped Me Come Out As a Queer Brazilian
Nicole Froio on a gay Brazilian icon, the seminal show “Vai Que Cola,” and living under Jair Bolsonaro’s anti-queer regime
My Year of Nocturnal Panic
Each night, I faced my fear. Again and again, I went to bed.
How My Hometown Homie Makes Me Feel Beautiful
In any serious picture of me, I am not comfortable enough to look directly into the lens. I don’t know if I will ever be.
Three Asian Adoptee Poets Reflect on Craft, Adoption, and Anti-Asian Violence
Tiana Nobile, Ansley Moon, and Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello chat about poetry, their experiences of being Asian American adoptees, and more
You Don’t Look Like an Ahmed
“Ahmed, eh,” says my Uber driver. “Quite a burden you carry, with a name like that.”
Midcentury Modern
I find myself looking at the same memories with new eyes now that you’re gone.
Finding a Face for My Invisible Illness
I could only acknowledge my thyroid condition from sly, sideways angles—a hobbit stealing from a sleeping dragon’s hoard.
When the Squirrels Are Over
Squirrels are violent maters. I thought about that as metaphor, but I’ve already written that kind of essay, that story.
What Could It Mean for My Child to Inherit My Anxiety?
And does asking these questions make me a good mother?
Getting Bad Tattoos Helped Me Grow
Not-great tattoos remind you that you are a constantly evolving human—that your definitions of beauty and happiness may change form.