People
15 Minutes with Anshu, Expert Eyebrow Threader and Community Builder
I might’ve said too much for a first visit, but Anshu’s warmth had a way of dissolving my worry. To my emotional overspilling, Anshu said she will take care of me from now on.
Finding My Place in Ritual and Love as a Queer Mennonite
With this person, I wondered, could I be my full self—queer, spiritual, and religious?
Once I Had Black Hairdressers, I Learned That Black Hair Did Not Equal Pain
These women showed me how to love and care for myself—the only way a Black woman could.
15 Minutes with Exodus, Wig-Maker to the Drag Queen Stars
“Exodus is a large mass moving of people. My slogan is ‘Hair that moves you!’ which I think is cute.”
How I Came to Appreciate the Video Memories I Experience as an Autistic Woman
Knowing and understanding that I’m autistic has given me the strength to experience the excess of empathy that comes from reliving my vivid, video-like memories.
I Named My Daughter After the Woman I Wish She Could Have Met
Something unexpected cracks me open every year: Tonight, it was my daughter, recognizing the name I’d given her because I couldn’t give her the woman herself.
15 Minutes with Louis Mitchell, Who Brings Sesame Street Characters to Life
“My purpose in life is to encourage people to seek the things they love to do,” says Louis, “not what they think they have to do.”
What I Learned from ‘La Papessa,’ the Woman Who Ran the Vatican
Many of us don’t get the chance for revenge, justice, or even goddamn peace. Olimpia managed to succeed, throughout her entire life, where men wanted to see her fail.
For the Love of Nooks: A Comic
I spent a lot of time in my nook, tucked away and dreaming.
Unheard Grief, Unmovable Men: How an Old Mexican Folktale Speaks to Our Pain Today
All the wrong people are crying, and all the people who ought to feel something do not.