Self

the long haul 9/6/2021
The Stench of Living (and Working) With Parosmia For some COVID-19 long-haulers suffering from an altered sense of smell, an average day at the office has become a minefield of unbearable stink.
By Courtney Runn

book excerpt 9/6/2021
Mi Mami Tells Me to Get Out of the Sun Growing up, my Nicaraguan mother worried about the darkness of my skin. But I can’t be held back by colorism.
By Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez

astrology 9/5/2021
Madame Clairevoyant: Horoscopes for the Week of September 6 There’s a new moon in Virgo Monday night!
By Claire Comstock-Gay

sex diaries 9/5/2021
The 42-Year-Old Having Sex on the Kitchen Floor This week’s sex diary.
As told to Alyssa Shelasky

hot bod 9/3/2021
Why Is Talking About Exercise So Uncomfortable? I’m terrified of coming across as a dumb jock.
By Maggie Lange

in the name of the father 9/3/2021
The Pandemic Turned Me Into a Witch Nothing calms isolation anxiety like a spell.
By Daniel Zomparelli

first person 9/3/2021
I Dated My Entire Quarantine Pod Our polyamorous fivesome kept me sane during the pandemic. Then the world opened up again.
By Rachel Cromidas

are u coming? 9/3/2021
Dirty Bathwater at Le Bain From the launch party to the after-party for the new downtown magazine for “hookers and truants.”
By Brock Colyar

style 9/3/2021
The Global Pursuit of a Bigger Butt The frenzy for curves that replicate — and distort — Black beauty ideals.
By Crystal Martin

¡hola papi! 9/3/2021
‘My Brother Abused Me. How Do I Get Past It?’ The peace you want won’t come from anyone else. It will come from you.
By J.P. Brammer
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