womanhood

On Lessons in Chemistry and the Reign of Extraordinary Women

Rosalynn Tyo on the New Series Adaptation and the Sidelining of “Average” Women

 
By Rosalynn Tyo  October 23, 2023
Middle Age

Searching for Representations of Middle-Aged Women

By Chibundu Onuzo  November 9, 2021
Thresholds

Michelle Orange on the Particular Anger Between Mothers and Daughters

By Thresholds   July 28, 2021
The Hub

Amber Tamblyn is editing an anthology that will feature essays by Jia Tolentino and Samantha Irby.

By Vanessa Willoughby  July 19, 2021
Thresholds

Cathy Park Hong on Motherhood and Turning From Poetry to Prose

By Thresholds   September 16, 2020
Being Trans

Moving Beyond a Misgendered Childhood

By Veronica Esposito  February 18, 2020
Archetypes

On Jane Austen, Elizabeth Warren, and the Legacy of the Stoic Woman

By Rachel Vorona Cote  November 18, 2019
Children's Literature

On the Darkness at the Heart of Jamaica Kincaid’s Children’s Mystery

By Gabrielle Bellot  October 7, 2019
American Classics

Jenny Zhang on Reading Little Women and Wanting to Be Like Jo March

By Jenny Zhang  August 23, 2019
Essay

How Jamaica Kincaid Helped Me Understand My Mother

By Gabrielle Bellot  March 22, 2019
Essay

How Deborah Levy is Getting Me Through New Motherhood

By Szilvia Molnar  March 7, 2019
Essay

In Gratitude for the Fierce Women of the World

By Laird Hunt  October 29, 2018
Feature

5 Novels That Embody the Lived Experience of Womanhood

By Jana Casale  August 30, 2018
Conversations

Ada Limón on Kanye West, Womanhood, Truth in Poetry, and More

By Steph Opitz  August 23, 2018
Deep Dive

My Book of Men: On the Poetry of Survival

By Liz Bowen  July 18, 2018
Essay

On Marjane Satrapi’s Early #MeToo Novel

By Gabrielle Bellot  April 30, 2018
Close Reading

The Unreality of Coming of Age

By Clare Sestanovich  August 21, 2017
Deep Dive

The Price Tag of Being a Woman

By Melynda Fuller  May 17, 2017
Advice

When Andre Agassi Made Me a Woman (and a Writer)

By Marie-Helene Bertino  October 29, 2015