personal essay

eric garner

ferguson

first person

Are We There Yet? An Interracial Family Visits a Southern Plantation

One of the first things my mother’s boyfriend noticed upon waking up Thanksgiving Day was that all of the rooms were named after prominent confederate soldiers.

Hannah Hodson —

Dec 16, 2014

Lists/Top 10s

personal essay

first person

24 Incredible Personal Essays We Published In 2014

We told some really incredible stories this year and you won’t want to miss a thing.

Riese —

Dec 15, 2014

personal essay

first person

Hate Actually: Can the Holigays Heal a Gay Grinch’s Heart?

I didn’t always hate Christmas.

Heather Hogan —

Dec 9, 2014

feminism

personal essay

health

Sober in the City: A Feminist Walks into AA

“If a group I was attending was still printing, distributing, and teaching from a book that was blatantly racist or homophobic, I would get up and leave and/or advocate for…

Ginger Hale —

Dec 4, 2014

Daily Fix

darren wilson

politics + activism

The Myth of Plausible Deniability for Anti-Black Violence & How Ferguson Birthed a Movement

What do you do when you’ve done everything “right” and you are still mistreated? You take it to the streets. You take your rage and pain and power you make…

Cleo —

Nov 27, 2014

international transgender day of remembrance

personal essay

politics + activism

Transgender Day of Remembrance: Critique is Resistance; Resistance is Revolution

“It’s all fine that we become aware of our lives but we need more than for you to finally see that we are walking this Earth. We need you to…

L’lerrét Jazelle Ailith —

Nov 20, 2014

personal essay

tdor

lesbian sex

So You Can Fuck Us; What’s Next? Going Beyond Sex With Trans Women

The recent cultural trend of supporting trans women has made us highly prized assets; somehow you can prove your radicalness by being the example of someone who has worked through…

Luna —

Nov 19, 2014

Daily Fix

personal essay

politics + activism

Why Lyft and Uber Endanger Both Passengers and Drivers: A Former Lyft Driver Speaks Out

Ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft are a great idea in theory, but in actuality they’re quite dangerous — for the passenger and the driver. I should know; I’ve been…

Stef —

Nov 19, 2014

mental health

personal essay

first person

Some Things Are Impossible: How A Rural Queer Lives With Depression

“Farm work was everything my depressive body was screaming against: sunlight, physical activity, and tiny symbols of the fragility of life all around that I couldn’t remember how to value.”

Lila —

Nov 17, 2014

female masculinity

personal essay

first person

Getting Cruised In the Heights

“Who are these men noticing me? Who are these men giving me the long, soft stare, eyes holding mine like they got something for me, something they can’t talk about,…

gabby —

Nov 3, 2014

personal essay

first person

The “Book of Life” Gave Me My Anything More

“Book of Life” posits that my father is in a place more vivid than memory, which is is just a medium between the man who raised me and the man…

Asha —

Oct 31, 2014

fullscreen

personal essay

first person

Fumigation: A Love Story

“Delilah takes up mansion-sized space in your head. She bought property the first time you kiss in Adams Park.”

Mónica Teresa Ortiz —

Oct 28, 2014