by Kara Alaimo On social media, most of us don’t think too hard about what we’re doing as we “like,” scroll and swipe across our screens. But I study how Americans engage with these platforms. In researching my new book, I spoke to women and girls across the country about how ...
by Jessica Karl “No, you’re doing it wrong. Your feet need to touch each other.” That was what my friend told me in the high school bathroom. It was 2013, and we were staring at ourselves in the mirror, trying to discern whether we had it. It, being the tiny sliver of air ...
by Robin Abcarian Three of my favorite things came together as I read Erin Zhurkin’s debut novel, “Plus-Size in Paris.” First, having lived in Pau, in the Pyrenees, and Paris for two very important years of my life — at 12 with my family and 20 as a university student — ...