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We are not allowed to take photographs.
Not allowed to tell you certain things
Or which things those are. The screens

Two men walk on a path. 
One has a blade in his pocket.
We do not know if the edge

First, decide where water stops
And ice begins. Then, where ice

It’s hardly even a matter of debate anymore that the demands of American motherhood have spiraled out of control. Yet there appears to be little sense that the excesses of our parenting culture are anything more than a personal problem We...

This month Glamour magazine named scientist and aquanaut Sylvia Earle a Woman of the Year for her lifetime of work advocating for the ocean. Her essay on breaking gender barriers as an ocean explorer appeared in our Fall 2012 magazine. “I...

What does it mean to have a female conscience? Although it’s hard to put a finger on it, we recognize it in the people around us.