Not long after she entered graduate school, Molly* started dating Jim, a rather neurotic man who was notorious for sleeping around. He was the kind of...
Category: Life & Love
I No Longer Envy the Dad in the Basement
At the beginning of the pandemic, my editor and I used to fantasize about “the dad in the basement.” This was a father who, every morning...
Reimagining the Stories We Tell About Trans Love
Growing up, I developed a clear idea through TV and movies how to think about trans people. I believed trans people were duplicitous; I believed they...
Serena Kerrigan Does It All for the Plot—And Then Some
The sun is just beginning to set on another Valentine’s Day when Serena Kerrigan, a 27-year-old confidence coach-cum-entrepreneur-cum-certified internet personality, bestows upon me an unusual gift:...