Longreads

Adrienne Shelly Will Take You There

The actress and filmmaker behind Waitress, who was murdered ten years ago, created as though she was on borrowed time and left a legacy that outlived her.

The Three Lives of Malvina Schwartz

Butches, Femmes, and Mobsters: Inside the world of America's early drag superstars.

The Snarling Girl

Notes on—and against—ambition.

Who Gets to be An Atheist?

Some non-believers are working to combat white male dominance within the movement and make room for everyone to explore secular community.

Brave Dispatches

My response to sexual abuse and trauma had made people wonder. But the same response in the Ghomeshi complainants made people condemn.

The View from Madinah

When my family made pilgrimage to Saudia Arabia in my grandmother's memory, we were struck by the state of faith and war.

How to Keep Running

Sometimes you wind up in situations you never imagined you’d be in, and you do what you have to to get out.

Best Sisters

The way we describe ability and care has changed over the centuries, but my relationship with Kiddo doesn't need to be defined.

Southern Golems

When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, it threatened to wash away a major part of the American South's Jewish history—a tough notion to sustain and preserve even in the best of times.

Miss Cat-geniality

Cats, like reality show stars, aren’t here to make friends. A pageant cannot undo their primal tendencies.