Haley Mlotek

‘We All Have to Become Philosophers’: An Interview with Vivian Gornick

The author of Taking a Long Look on neighbourhoods, lost writers, and transitional generations. 

Searching for the Self-Loathing Woman Writer

Did these women hate themselves, or did they write about a world that hated them?

The Year in Found Families

We’re reminding each other that the time to make up our minds is never.

Just Be Tavi Gevinson: An Interview with the Rookie Editor

On the occasion of her online magazine’s second anniversary—and second publication, Rookie Yearbook Two—the 17-year-old empire operator talks about art, commerce, ’90s nostalgia, and getting off the internet.

Kathleen Hanna Is Still Alive

An interview with Sini Anderson, director of The Punk Singer, a documentary about the riot grrrl icon's life and work.

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I Believe In Astrology

Maybe it's hokum, but horoscopes—and tarot readings, too—satisfy a deep need within us for someone who knows the answers.

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What Got Us Into Feminism

Betty Friedan's Feminine Mystique is half a century old. Which means that new books, people, and ideas resonate in today's world. Here, a younger generation of feminists explain, in their own words, what inspired their beliefs.

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Confessions of a Self-Help Addict

A self-help addict explains why. Partly it's the urge to become more effective—to write better to-do lists and keep the tidiest email account—and partly it's the fantasy thereof.