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Identity

  1. first person
    I Was the Only Girl on My School’s Wrestling TeamWhat I learned from my matches with the boys.
    By Crystal Hana Kim
  2. first person
    What I Learned In Conversion TherapyI went to a session every week in high school. I came out as trans anyway.
    By Grace Byron
  3. first person
    What Coming Out As Transgender Taught Me About Parenting“You can’t make a kid trans, but you can make them feel safe being themselves.”
    By Jude Ellison S. Doyle
  4. first person
    It Doesn’t Matter How We BehaveIf the deck is stacked against Black women anyway, we might as well act how we want.
    By Tembe Denton-Hurst
  5. health
    How Our Definition of Healthy Fails Black WomenWhat I’ve learned in my years as a dietitian.
    By Jessica Wilson
  6. identity
    The Monterey Park I RememberSpending family time in the Asian-majority city helped me proudly embrace my identity.
    By Eda Yu
  7. first person
    What Happened When I Tried to Carry the World on My BackThe climate movement feels entitled to Black women’s time and energy, leading to a unique kind of burnout.
    By Mary Annaïse Heglar
  8. celebrity
    Meghan Markle on When She Stopped Being ‘Treated as a Mixed Woman’In a new episode of Archetypes, she and Mariah Carey unpack the word diva and their experiences as biracial women.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  9. feminism
    Who Actually Lost the Sex Wars?And were there any winners? A conversation with Christine Emba, Nona Willis-Aronowitz, and Lorna Bracewell.
    By Irin Carmon
  10. parenting
    I Can’t Pass This On to My KidsAs the daughter of immigrants, I chose assimilation above all else. I want better for my children.
    By Connie Chang
  11. self
    They, Then and NowAsking for pronouns has become a social standard. Who is it serving?
    By Brock Colyar
  12. pregnancy
    How Being Trans Prepared Me for PregnancyI was used to feeling like my body wasn’t quite my own.
    By Rhea Ewing
  13. all in the family
    Searching for My Imperfect FathersOn a trip to Jamaica, his second childhood home, one writer learns to accept that his family will never really know him.
    By Prince Shakur
  14. culture
    This Professor Reportedly Claimed to Be Indigenous for YearsCarrie Bourassa has been accused of faking her Indigenous heritage.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  15. the algorithm
    TikTok Made Me GayNot officially. But also not not-officially.
    By Emma Turetsky
  16. the cut podcast
    Stay Out of My Hijabi BusinessIn this episode, the baggage that comes with shifting your identity.
    By the Cut
  17. the first rule
    Fight Club Spoke to MeTwenty-five years later, a novel that shouldn’t have resonated still does.
    By Isle McElroy
  18. culture
    So You Want to Talk About @SoYouWantToTalkAboutThe social-justice Instagram account is facing backlash for its similarity to Ijeoma Oluo’s book So You Want to Talk About Race.
    By Mia Mercado
  19. ¡hola papi!
    ‘I’m Ashamed of Where I Come From’It’s natural to feel unsatisfied with what you’ve inherited.
    By J.P. Brammer
  20. culture
    The High Price of El SueñitoIn the Heights made me feel heard in the discomfort my family and I have faced on the way to achieving our dreams.
    By Olivia Zayas Ryan
  21. the bigger picture
    A New Kind of Sports PhotographyAlice Mann’s award-winning series showcases a South African subculture: drum majorettes.
    By Olivia Evans
  22. ¡hola papi!
    ‘I’m Ashamed of Who I Used to Be’While you can’t change the past, you do have a good deal of agency in how you frame it and tell your own story.
    By J.P. Brammer
  23. book reviews
    The Queer Surrealism You’ve Been Waiting ForFuture Feeling explores the nonlinear aspects of transitioning, capsizing the very ideas of queer admiration and envy along the way.
    By Maggie Lange
  24. the bigger picture
    Envisioning Hidden HistoriesAvion Pearce’s photographs imagine a Black lesbian love story for the ages.
    By Devine Blacksher
  25. power
    Tarana Burke Is Just Trying to Do Her WorkA long talk about Black women, Me Too, and intentions with the activist and founder.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  26. art and soul
    Reimagining What Monuments Can BeA new public-art exhibition in Philadelphia aims to “transform the way our country’s histories are told in public spaces.”
    By Cornelia Channing
  27. first person
    My Hijab Has Always Been My ChoiceI’m not voiceless, and neither are the Muslim teen girls France wants to silence.
    By Amani
  28. the bigger picture
    Gender Dysphoria / Gender EuphoriaPortraits by — and for — the trans and nonbinary community.
    By Elly Belle
  29. ¡hola papi!
    ‘I Slept With a Woman. Am I Still Gay?’Don’t be afraid you’re committing identity fraud just because you’re not sure which word to use yet.
    By J.P. Brammer
  30. first person
    I Used to Want a ‘Normal’ FamilyA beloved pet helped me see my parents in a whole new light.
    By Cathaleen Chen
  31. cut covers
    Abby Phillip Asks the Right QuestionsMedia’s voice of sanity and clarity, in conversation with Gayle King.
    By Lindsay Peoples Wagner
  32. ¡hola papi!
    ‘I Want to Be More Latino. Is That a Thing?’We’ve been conditioned to couple lived experience with “authenticity”; there are a set number of things a “real Latinx” must do.
    By J.P. Brammer
  33. lgbtq rights
    Elliot Page Calls Access to Trans Health Care ‘Livesaving’“If we could just celebrate all the wonderful complexities of people, the world would be such a better place.”
    By Zoe Haylock
  34. art and soul
    Jasmin Hernandez Made the Coolest Coffee-Table Photo BookLet the Gallery Gurls founder tell you about it, and give you a look inside.
    By Devine Blacksher
  35. cut covers
    Sarah McBride’s NeighborhoodThe new Delaware state senator is making history in her hometown.
    By Brock Colyar
  36. profile
    Adonis Finds His VoiceThe model, singer and co-parent (with Slick Woods) on tokenism in fashion and being sexually fluid.
    By Matthew Schneier
  37. the bigger picture
    A Place for Artists to Hit ResetJasmine Clarke’s photographs capture moments of Black joy at a residency upstate.
    By Devine Blacksher
  38. fond farewell
    Radio Disney Helped Me Find My PeopleIt wasn’t just an AM station; it was a respite for marginalized weirdos and LGBTQ loners like me.
    By Brennan Carley
  39. education
    Former Students Talk About Their Fake Black Professor“Now I’m just like … what else was a lie?”
    By Anna Silman
  40. crime
    A White Couple Allegedly Terrorized Their Black Neighbor for 3 YearsIn July, Jennifer McLeggan hung a sign on her door that said, “I live in FEAR for my life at home.” Now her neighbors have been arrested.
    By Hannah Gold
  41. 2020 election
    In Kamala, I Am Surprised to See MyselfPolitics in 2020 left me feeling cynical. And then Biden chose Harris.
    By Rebecca Carroll
  42. cut chats
    ‘The Kinswomen’ Hosts on Why the Best Relationships Aren’t Always Comfortable“If you have interracial friendships and you’re not talking about race, there’s probably a breakdown of trust there.”
    By the Cut
  43. the bigger picture
    Portrait of a Place: Sucre, ColombiaPhotographer Josefina Santos captures her mother’s hometown, a part of her own identity.
    By Devine Blacksher
  44. art and soul
    The Textile Artist Who’s Always Known How to Care for HerselfBillie Zangewa on strength, femininity, and the healing nature of domesticity.
    By Enuma Okoro
  45. recommendations
    Mrs. America Is My Own Personal Marvel MovieHeroes! Villains! (I’ve never seen a Marvel movie.)
    By Brock Colyar
  46. art and soul
    The Baltimore Museum of Art Is Putting Women First in 2020In a year of exhibitions dedicated to female-identifying artists, here are eight that stand out.
    By Katie Berohn
  47. reading the signs
    The Battle Cry of the ‘Schoolmarm’I thought I was a scholar, but apparently I’m just a scold.
    By Rhonda Garelick
  48. self discovery
    Life After ModestyThe past is always just one blouse away.
    By Amber Scorah
  49. health
    What Happens When Lyme Disease Becomes an Identity?The tick-borne disease that’s now a movement.
    By Molly Fischer
  50. parenthood
    To All the Moms I’ve Ignored BeforeI think of you every time I want to give a new mom advice.
    By Meaghan O'Connell
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