motherhood

Jennifer Jones, a middle-aged African American woman, smiles radiantly into the camera. Her arms are crossed, and she wears a white V-neck top.
Photo courtesy of Jennifer Jones

Blend In, Stand Out: The First African American Rockette Shares her Story

Megan Mizanty

“Becoming Spectacular” is an earnest memoir of illusion and perfection

A group of dancers wearing all black with old-fashioned wartime helmets pile over one another, leaning onto each other with eyes tensely closed. A red light encapsulates the space, as large black spikes climb upwards along the back wall.
Photo: Andrea Mecchi

earth as a woman’s body

desire amaiya

on the frontlines in France, there is an innocence as they talk about war.

Photo: Todd Carroll

The Kinetic, the Femme, The Political: Lineage in motion.

Emilee Lord

Motherhood is not marketable.