No one brags to his friends that his daughter’s marrying a mathematician.
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What’s in a Name?
Emily Heist Moss wonders if it still makes sense for a woman to take the last name of her husband.
Chasing Beauty: An Addict’s Memoir
Lisa Hickey was beautiful twice, and she hated herself for it.
An End to Innocence, or How I Learned to Shoot a Jump Shot
Even now, some 30 years later, Yago Colás remembers the jump-shot fundamentals he learned back in eighth grade.
Divided Dad: The Lethal Silence of Male Depression
Oren Miller examines his feelings of failure and the silent scourge of Great Recession-induced male depression. #ForMarc
Meet the Weirdos
Christopher Anderson took his son on a wild and perilous expedition, where they saw danger lurking everywhere. The grocery store.
Life Lessons From My Alcoholic Boss
Nobody Finds Jesus on Prom Night
Jeff Bogle’s come to Jesus moment was when he had a health scare that changed all his bad habits in a heartbeat.
This is Leo’s trans-story. Pay attention.
There is no one kind of man. There is no one kind of trans-man. And every story matters.
Ladies, It’s Time You Asked a Man on a Date
Hanna Brooks Olsen encourages women to finally step up and take some initiative in asking guys out. It’s not that hard, in fact, it’s fun.
My Son, in Prison
What do you do when your son ends up in jail, 1000 miles away?
The Silver Trumpet of Freedom
Ralph Savarese’s son, DJ, will be the first nonspeaking person with autism to live in college dorms—and the first ever to attend a school as highly selective as Oberlin.
Into the Abyss
For the last 20 minutes the inmate, naked and on the edge of hysteria, has been threatening to cut himself if he doesn’t get a phone call.
I Talk About Race Because I Don’t Know How Not To
If we don’t talk about race, Sarah Jackson argues, we can’t get to anyplace progressive.
Effeminate Lumberjacks and Stuffed Turtles
My day starts with a “Jeez, don’t drop the baby” moment. It ends with me dreaming of Hooters. Just another typical stay-at-home dad day.
The Talk: How ‘Futurama’ Broke The Ice
“It was time for The Talk. Only I wasn’t ready. I started giggling and acting like a 13-year-old, deflecting serious inquiries by shouting, “Snu-Snu! Snu-Snu! Snu-Snu!”