first person I Kissed a Girl and Somehow Everyone Is Involved Notes on stan culture, representation, consent and parasocial relationships from a star of the Dutch production of ‘I Kissed a… Tessel ten Zweege Feb 5, 2026
first person Welcome To The Dinner Party I’m hungry to throw a dinner party. For now, there’s this. DINNER PARTY—a series of micro essays on food. Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya — Aug 24, 2021
first person Change Is Magic: On Cooking and Bodies Science fiction taught me that any sufficiently advanced science is indistinguishable from magic. In the kitchen, my girlfriend is a witch. V. S. Wells — Aug 23, 2021
first person My Body Is Revived, My Body Is A Lighthouse How do we find dignity in our bodies after it has been taken from us by an abusive partner? SC Dillon — Aug 19, 2021
love + sex Writing Myself into the Erotic When I tell people that I wrote myself a sexual body, I don’t know if they believe me. But our bodies are stories as much as they’re anything else. Shelly Jay Shore — Aug 16, 2021
first person Tarot, Sex, & Hoodoo: A Black Girl’s Guide to the Underworld An exploration of summer, desire, and the senses through the lens of tarot and trans womanhood. Shaadi Devereaux — Aug 12, 2021
love + sex The Night I Learned to Be In My Trans Body My summer hookup with a rich businesswoman in Japan gave me something more valuable than even the room service wagyu steak. Molly Hensley — Aug 10, 2021
Why Discovering Your Trans Identity As A Disabled Person Can Be So Confusing Society painted me as a burden, and undeserving of autonomy. I have taken that paintbrush and created a beautiful life where being disabled isn’t a bad thing. antiableist — Aug 3, 2021
first person When Thin is a Trans Requirement Body fat is central to how we perceive gender. So what does that mean if you’re a trans person? Eli Cugini — Aug 2, 2021
