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First Person

  1. self discovery
    Life After ModestyThe past is always just one blouse away.
    By Amber Scorah
  2. relationships
    Darkness on the Edge of CougartownWhat no one tells you about dating a younger man.
    By Sarah Miller
  3. testimonials
    Coming Forward About Sexual Assault, and What Comes AfterTwenty-five people who reported sexual assault and harassment talk about what happened after they spoke up and everyone else moved on.
    By Irin Carmon and Amelia Schonbek
  4. close friends
    The Story of Caroline Calloway & Her Ghostwriter NatalieSeven years after I met the infamous Instagram star, I’m ready to tell my side of the story.
    By Natalie Beach
  5. aging
    Gray Lady Among the Gray BabiesI went gray because I’m old. What’s your excuse?
    By Sarah Miller
  6. experiments
    A Marxist Hack to Spice Up Any RelationshipGetting paid for chores is not just for kids.
    By Sarah Miller
  7. first person
    Rick Springer Was an Activist in the World, a Terrorist at HomeMy stepfather was famous because he wanted to stop nuclear bombs, but privately he made our lives a war zone.
    By Rose Andersen
  8. first person
    Yearning for a Blessing From Toni MorrisonWorking with her at Princeton, I was always awestruck by her presence.
    By Imani Perry
  9. remembrances
    What I Learned As Toni Morrison’s Personal AssistantToni taught me, “if you have some power, then your job is to empower somebody else.”
    By John Hoppenthaler
  10. first person
    Donald Trump Assaulted Me, But He’s Not Alone on My List of Hideous Men“I made a list of hideous men in my life. It includes the president — who assaulted me in the dressing room of Bergdorf Goodman 23 years ago.”
    By E. Jean Carroll
  13. first person
    The Best Abortion EverIn the rural county where I live, it used to be impossible to get an abortion. The year I was 41, I needed two of them.
    By Sarah Miller
  14. book excerpt
    The Same Story About My MomI am good at stories. I’m also good at indignation.
    By Lynn Steger Strong
  15. rainbow brites
    Beige Makes a Case for ItselfIn an exclusive first-time interview.
    By Emilia Petrarca
  16. millennials
    Outsourcing AdulthoodCan you ever really grow up if you don’t do anything for yourself?
    By Maureen O'Connor
  17. first person
    After a Week of Heartbreak, a Parkland Parent Speaks“The community is on edge.”
    By Doug Zeif as told to Anna Silman
  18. self reflection
    Should I Give My Daughter Dreadlocks?The idea of my little girl having the same style as me is tempting.
    By Carla Bruce-Eddings
  19. first person
    Should I Stay Pregnant?For me, being pregnant again means being willing to end it.
    By Jen Gann
  20. first person
    ‘I Didn’t Want the Killer to Take Everything From Me.’Two mothers of school-shooting victims remember what it was like.
    As told to Loren Kleinman and Amye Archer
  21. first person
    I Posted the Viral Photo of Angelina Jolie Selling Dog Treats With Her KidsOn the picture that made me reconsider fame, including my own.
    By Sarah Ramos
  22. it's all relative
    What Brought My Adoptive and Birth Families TogetherLoss showed me the bridge between the two.
    By Nicole Chung
  25. first person
    Amber Tamblyn: What Growing Up in Hollywood Taught Me About Boys’ ClubsDecades later, the Oscars are still going to men.
    By Amber Tamblyn
  26. it's all relative
    What I Want to Hand Down to My Daughters, and What I Don’tIt would seem that family is inescapably about inheritances.
    By Lydia Kiesling
  27. it's all relative
    A Family in 6 ActsThe writer Rumaan Alam answers the prompt: What is a family?
    By Rumaan Alam
  28. it's all relative
    The Family I’ve Strung TogetherI think a family is made up of bits and pieces.
    By Edith Zimmerman
  29. health
    I Was a 4-Year-Old Trapped in a Teenager’s Body“I was all of the things people are when they’re 14 or 15” — except a decade younger.
    By Patrick Burleigh
  30. first person
    An Uncomfortable InheritanceThe truth about my ancestry was always hiding in plain sight.
    By Dani Shapiro
  31. confessions
    Remembering Condé Nast’s Holiday Lunch: Fake Smiles, Blowouts, Social TerrorFor years, I mistook their glossy, well-calibrated warmth for the real thing.
    By Kim France
  32. power
    History Will Recall, George Bush Did Nothing at AllI can’t forget the ways George H.W. Bush failed people with AIDS.
    By Garance Franke-Ruta
  33. self reflection
    What the Black Church Taught Me About LipstickIt’ll get you through the hardest times.
    By Stacia Brown
  34. first person
    Talking to My Toddler About DeathBefore her questions, I considered myself an expert on loss.
    By Kate Ristow
  37. first person
    We Were in the Kitchen When We Heard Christine Blasey FordMy two young daughters, their dad, and me.
    By Lydia Kiesling
  38. parenthood
    Instagram, My 3-Year-Old Daughter, and MeAm I actually instilling some meaningful lesson about confidence? Or am I just teaching her how to lie?
    By Carla Bruce-Eddings
  39. first person
    Our Sister BeckyWhat if the doctors had listened to her?
    By Kate Beaton
  40. #metoo
    What I Know About Jian GhomeshiIt’s exactly what his new essay is trying to make us forget.
    By Ruth Spencer
  41. first person
    My 6-Year-Old Thinks My Disability Is Boring“Why does your mom walk like that?” a girl his age asked.
    By Chloé Cooper Jones
  42. first person
    I Know Exactly How to Pass the Postpartum Depression QuizFive minutes in the waiting room is all it takes.
    By Meaghan O'Connell
  43. work
    I Refused to Write Steve Bannon’s Bio for The New Yorker FestivalIt’s the only time I’ve ever said no to a task at work.
    By Hilary Leichter
  44. first person
    Becoming a Woman Who Yells at Her ChildrenNo other transition in my life has shocked me more.
    By Lydia Kiesling
  45. first person
    The Kinds of Monsters I Used to DateIt’s hardest to contend with men whose main focus is to not seem like a monster.
    By Caragh Poh
  46. first person
    How to Tell the Bad Men From the Good MenIt wasn’t so simple at age 18, writes Caitlin Moran.
    By Caitlin Moran
  49. first person
    Ghost KnifeSometimes I feel a knife floating above my right shoulder. I know it’s not real, but I want to know what it means.
    By Ashleigh Young
  50. first person
    Novelist Deborah Levy Remembers Her Fearless Mother’s Last DaysIn this excerpt from her new memoir, The Cost of Living, Deborah Levy recounts her fearless mother’s life and death.
    By Deborah Levy
  51. journeys
    The Truly Magical Thing About Magic Mike Live in Las VegasIt’s not the abs. It’s the friendship.
    By Leah Beckmann
  52. father's day
    I Had No Idea What Fatherhood Was Going to be LikeWhat was it about the baby that was so time-consuming, so life-consuming?
    By Keith Gessen
  53. tributes
    Remembering the Magic of Kate SpadeWorking in her store felt like being invited into a dreamed-up world.
    By Stella Bugbee
  54. new mom
    The Identity Transformation of Becoming a MomPsychologists call it “matrescence.”
    By Erin Zimmerman
  55. new mom
    Three Dads on Sex With New Moms“The downward spiral of our sex life does make me frustrated with the marriage and pretty angry — not at her, but at the situation.”
    By Alyssa Shelasky
  56. first person
    Mourning My Mother Through the Bags She Left BehindMy style turned out to be not so different from hers.
    By Kristen Martin
  57. new mom
    What Does Being Pregnant Feel Like? Part IV“Once I crossed some sort of medical threshold of birth security, I felt expansive and powerful.”
    By Maya Pindyck
  58. remembrances
    Gail Sheehy: What Tom Wolfe Taught Me About Reporting“You have to be brave.”
    By Gail Sheehy
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