When did Elinor Carucci enter my apartment and take photos of my life? This was exactly how I felt looking at her new book, Midlife, a gorgeous documentary account of domesticity, 20 years in. Eran and I (2013). Photo: Published by The Monacelli Press and courtesy of Edwynn Houk Gallery … [Read More...]
One Night at Mount Sinai
Aja Newman went to the emergency room for shoulder pain. Her doctor was a superstar. What’s the worst that could happen? Sometime after 2 a.m. on January 12, … [Read More...]
Dressing for a Wound: How my body and I reconciled after a mastectomy.
How do you dress for your mastectomy? The surgery itself is easy, actually. During the cutting, you’re wearing nothing at all, unconscious and strapped to a table in … [Read More...]
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Andrew Yang, tech entrepreneur and political newbie, has always been a long-shot Democratic presidential nominee. Yet, against all odds, he has outlasted 17 other candidates and is headed to the New Hampshire primary with money in the bank and a coveted spot … [Read More...]
When You Hit Send Even Though You Know You Shouldn’t
The Cut on Tuesdays A weekly podcast from the Cut and Gimlet Media, with host Molly Fischer. Old emails are a fossil record of our lives. The constant everyday boring things, the big dramatic once-in-a-lifetime things — they’re all in there, trapped like ammonites … [Read More...]
Disarming Myself: My toughness was my everything, until I fell in love.
I think a lot, in retrospect, on the value I have always placed on toughness. Why has it mattered so much that I come across, at all times, as resilient, tireless, unfazed, game? One of my closest friends from college was called “Fiercy” as a child: When I met … [Read More...]
A Joyful Testament to Middle Age
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In 2029, AI Will Make Prejudice Much Worse
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One Night at Mount Sinai
Aja Newman went to the emergency room for shoulder pain. Her doctor was a superstar. What’s the worst that could happen? Sometime after 2 a.m. on January 12, 2016, Aja Newman roused herself from her hospital gurney and made her way down the long hallway to the … [Read More...]
Dressing for a Wound: How my body and I reconciled after a mastectomy.
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Men Know It’s Better to Carry Nothing
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Measles for the One Percent
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