Yes, and the body has memory. The physical carriage hauls more than its weight. The body is a threshold across which each objectionable call passes into consciousness—all the unintimidated, unblinking, and unflappable resilience does not erase the moments lived through, even as we are eternally stupid or everlastingly optimistic… – Claudia Rankine Claudia Rankine is […]
6 Women on Not Having Children
Whether by choice or unfulfilled expectations, single ladies entering middle age are on the rise. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, women 40-44 years old who never married jumped from 11.8% in 2000 to 16.1% in 2018. At the same time, new research from UK behavioral scientist, Paul Dolan, finds women who remain unmarried and […]
Our Bodies, Our Choice
On Wednesday afternoon, Alabama signed into law legislation that effectively outlaws all abortions in the state. We are outraged, horrified, terrified. In lieu of our regular Friday afternoon “Things We Slacked,” we thought it important to take this opportunity to shed light on the absurdity of this moment for women in America. Yesterday, Garance posted […]