The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History

The Outsize Impact of Textiles on World History

Alanna Okun on Kassia St. Clair's History of Fabric

By Alanna Okun | November 27, 2019

Lit Hub’s Fall 2019 Nonfiction Preview: Social Science

Lit Hub’s Fall 2019 Nonfiction Preview: Social Science

From Gender to Counterculture, Dive into the Best of Fall

By Literary Hub | August 21, 2019

Want Hemingway's Big Fish Energy? There's a cap for that.

Want Hemingway's Big Fish Energy? There's a cap for that.

By Dan Sheehan | July 19, 2019

An Oral History of the Landmark Magazine for Trans Men That Became a Movement

An Oral History of the Landmark Magazine for Trans Men That Became a Movement

Amos Mac and Rocco Katastrophe on Original Plumbing

By Corinne Segal | May 30, 2019

May we suggest not paying $99 for

May we suggest not paying $99 for "authentic decorative books"?

By Jessie Gaynor | May 16, 2019

Nobody Wins in the Age-Old Debate Over High Heels

Nobody Wins in the Age-Old Debate Over High Heels

Do They Convey Authority? Oppression? Frivolity? Confidence? Sex? Yes.

By Summer Brennan | March 14, 2019

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In Search of the Surreal at the Leonora Carrington Museum

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How Zora Neale Hurston Helped Create the First Realistic Black Baby Doll

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The Argument We Need for the Universal Wearing of Beards

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15 Perfect Gifts for 15 Famous Writers

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When They Put Lauryn Hill on the Cover of <em>Time</em>

When They Put Lauryn Hill on the Cover of Time

On Evolving Standards of Black Beauty in the 1990s

By Joan Morgan | August 14, 2018

Who Decides What's Tacky Anyway?

Who Decides What's Tacky Anyway?

On Bad Taste and Leopard Print in the 1970s

By Jo Weldon | August 2, 2018

When Wilde Met Whitman

When Wilde Met Whitman

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By Michèle Mendelssohn | July 16, 2018

How Tango Rewired My Brain... and My Body

How Tango Rewired My Brain... and My Body

Meghan Flaherty on the Highs and Lows of Learning to Dance

By Meghan Flaherty | June 21, 2018

Galaxies Unto Themselves: Lorna Simpson's Collages of Black Women's Hair

Galaxies Unto Themselves: Lorna Simpson's Collages of Black Women's Hair

"Black Women are the Shimmering Surface and the Power Beneath"

By Elizabeth Alexander | June 6, 2018

Why Is Caring About Fashion Considered Unserious?

Why Is Caring About Fashion Considered Unserious?

madison moore on Appearance, Class Status, and Sense of Self

By madison moore | April 19, 2018

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