Ada Calhoun and Sarah Hepola have written some
terrific pieces over the years. Below are two of my favorites. Both essays discuss,
in different ways, what women are really
like, how we feel and act and are, not how we wish we were or how we think we
should be. They are smart, concise, penetrating, compositions that will take
far less than six hours to ingest.
Ada’s piece from
almost a year ago, The New Prudishness:
“The columnists [who say we live in an
oversexualized world] seem to be of the opinion that sex isn't supposed to be
messy, or icky or to involve things like online porn or spring break or stupid
shoes. But it does.”
Sarah’s series “Crying in
Restaurants,” first installment:
“Sometimes, when I cry, it's because I've lost sight of what I want. And I feel
so ripped up between what I want, what I thought I wanted, what other people
want, and what I want to want that it's like this twelve-car pile-up.”
