Why Aren’t There More Movies Like ‘How to Have Sex’?
There were two scenes in Molly Manning Walker’s directorial debut How to Have Sex (which, as of this week, is streaming on Mubi) that I had to watch through my …
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I’m a Control Freak. Here’s Why I’m Choosing to Embrace It
Control freaks have had a bad rap. I should know: I am one, just like Kristen Stewart, my sister in arms, who recently revealed—in her signature rockstar drawl—that she’s “like, …
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In my first pregnancy it looked like this: At our anatomy scan, the doctor was able to see that the umbilical cord was attached, not in the center of the …
How Should I Make Sense of My Declining Sex Drive?
The past year has brought many headlines about polyamory: “Are You Ready for Polyamory?” “Is Polyamory the Future?” “The Dos and Don’ts of Polyamorous Relationships.” There have been practical guides …
Caitlin Clark Is Making Me—An Avowed Hater of Team Sports—Appreciate Women’s Basketball for the First Time
This might sound weird for a lesbian to say (we famously like sports, right?), but I’ve been avoiding women’s basketball for most of my life. I grew up visiting my …
Ramy Youssef’s ‘Saturday Night Live’ Monologue Was Courageous and Politically Potent—Without Sacrificing Laughs
Yet his monologue wasn’t only that: While Youssef’s comments about Palestine were clearly heartfelt and genuine, that anecdote ends with a joke about his buddy Brian’s dog. (And, leading up …
Why Is the Discourse Around Sydney Sweeney’s Breasts So Unhinged?
Out of all the erogenous zones, boobs are the jolliest, aren’t they? Sacks of fat and glands and ducts that add up to something far greater than the sum of …
What If We All Just Said No to Extravagant Bachelorette Parties?
This week, Call Her Daddy podcast host Alex Cooper went viral for airing an anti-bachelorette-party take that seemed designed to upset high-maintenance brides everywhere. “If you are the bitch that …
It Took Cancer for the World to Finally See Me as Sick
My cancer hospital had social workers call me, outside of scheduled appointments, just to check in. Beyond the oncologist tasked with curing me, I had a palliative doctor whose main …
No, Landscape Photography Has Not ‘Gone Off the Deep End’
Next to portraiture, landscape photography is among the oldest genres. It has gone through evolutions, and thanks to pioneers like Ansel Adams, landscape photography even helped bring photography into the …