Requiem for a Hot Comb
Getting your hair straightened for the first time was like being inducted into a black women’s secret society. The sisterhood of perpetual hair maintenance. The sisterhood had an awful... More
Tenements, Towers & Trash
The exact history of the egg cream is of some debate, but the most popular claim is that it was created in the 1890s by Louis Auster… More
A Story of Men
Welcome aboard flight BA 763 to London, Heathrow—would you please turn off all electronic devices, return your seats to the… More
Dylan Edwards on “Fun Home”
Fun Home gets banned for the same reasons it resonates: It tells queer people we exist, and that oppression can kill us... More
“The Saddest Angriest Black Girl in Town” and “Your Black Friend”
Your white friends recommend a lot of black authors to your black friend and he’s starting to feel like they’re trying to “out black” him... More
The Customer is Always Wrong
I can't believe I've been caught up in this crap. On top of this, tonight I worked the worst shift in my life. More
“Little White House,” “Baby Deer,” and “Summer 2000”
There's a place on my jogging route that always makes me cringe. That little white house on the corner. We parked there on election day. More
In-Between Days
"I was feeling no pain, by which I mean, I was overmedicated." More
Women in Ink—2017 PEN World Voices Festival
Cartoonists Liza Donnelly, Roz Chast, Liana Finck, Rayma Suprani, and Emily Flake discuss the unique challenges of succeeding in a male-dominated field. More