Society’s obsession with entertainment, our craving for comeback narratives, blinded us to the nature of C.K.’s problem. By making a triumphant return to the comedy scene the final stop in this story, we’re missing the underlying plot that’s been driving it. Continue reading Louis C.K.’s Return to the Stage: Does ‘Long Enough’ Exist?
A confession: I weigh more now than I ever have in my entire life and trying not to care about that fact is one of the hardest and most radical things I’ve ever tried to do. Continue reading As I Am
“I bought violet mints
as some sort of offering, a single item shrine.
I don’t want to tell you how they taste…” Continue reading Violet Mints: An Interview with Poet Jo Longley
I wasn’t sure I wanted to see it. What if it’s ugly? What if it looks weird? Continue reading I Had a Close Up Taken of my Vulva (and It Looks Ugly)
As I walk from room to room, I greet the paintings like old friends; Pollock and Rothko and the rest. Ducking into the second-last room, my exhibition-weary feet ready for the warm embrace of the shop, I’m suddenly stopped in my tracks. Canvases loom down from the walls. They are sparse, but they fill up … Continue reading Love at First Sight
The story goes that Gus courted her but she wasn’t interested – at least, not in his romantic advances. What she was interested in were his tattoos.
The pair struck a bargain: she would go on a date with him and he would give her tattoo lessons. Continue reading The First Female Tattooist
She is crying, they’re telling her it’s no big deal, she is covering her face with her hands. Continue reading The (Not-So) Hidden War on Women
What the film captures so perfectly is the reality that sometimes, certainly more often in the past than now, the only way for a woman to decide her own fate is to break through the structures of the society that holds her bound. Continue reading The Thelma and Louise Playbook
By Jo Longley Please be aware, this article discusses violence, domestic abuse, and plot points from Joker. I didn’t want to write this. I had every hope that Joker would redefine the role. That this movie wasn’t what everyone feared it would be: a deep dive into the subconscious of a lonely, sad man. It … Continue reading Why Do Men Do This?
The Pink Tax: what is it, and why do we have to deal with this bullshit? Continue reading The Pink Tax
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