Jan 20Save1/20/21OK, Now I CryTracy Clark-Flory58Going into today’s inauguration, I could acknowledge the significance of Americans electing our first Black, South…
Childcare1/11/21Jan 11SaveChildcare1/11/21ChildcarePoliticians Like Andrew Yang Need to Do More Than Just Horrifiedly 'Imagine' the Childcare CrisisTracy Clark-Flory66The New York Times asks today whether Andrew Yang is New York enough to run for mayor of New York City, the city…
Jan 731/7/21'Brotherhood Is Healing': When Men's Self-Help Groups Collide With Covid RestrictionsTracy Clark-Flory61Late last month, the self-help coach Jordan Maurice Bowditch posted a comedically wide-eyed photo of himself on…
Year in Review 20201/1/21Jan 11Year in Review 20201/1/21Year in Review 2020Callie Russell, the Woman You Want If You're Stuck in the WildernessTracy Clark-Flory10Callie Russell, a competitor on the reality-TV series Alone, appears tirelessly optimistic—even with a porcupine…
Year in Review 20201/1/21Jan 1SaveYear in Review 20201/1/21Year in Review 2020This Is What Childcare Could Look LikeTracy Clark-Flory6Imagine a childcare system that allows parents to send their babies and toddlers to high-quality care, regardless of…
Year in Review 202012/30/20Dec 30SaveYear in Review 202012/30/20Year in Review 2020The Year Everything Collapsed On MomsTracy Clark-Flory32I started interviewing moms about parenting during the pandemic in the surreality of March, just as stay-at-home…
Review12/29/20Dec 29SaveReview12/29/20ReviewA Night of Drinking The Rock's Tequila With The RockTracy Clark-Flory6Last night, I lit some candles, poured some tequila into a glass, and gazed across my dining room table at Dwayne…
Dec 9412/9/20A Woman Alone: On History's Survival Show, There's No Escaping Gender, Not Even in the WoodsTracy Clark-Flory25While living in a hut on Vancouver Island for History’s popular reality-TV series Alone, Nicole Apelian fished for…
Nov 13311/13/20Welcome to the Matriarchy: The Manosphere Is Freaking Out Over a Kamala Harris PresidencyTracy Clark-Flory271Last week, as electoral returns began strongly favoring Joe Biden, commenters on a political discussion board for…
Elections11/4/20Nov 41Elections11/4/20ElectionsReading Pema Chodron's 'Comfortable with Uncertainty' on This Very Normal and Fine Post-Election DayTracy Clark-Flory10Late Tuesday night, MSNBC co-hosts began discussing box breathing techniques at length. That is when I thought about…
Nov 3211/3/20A Biden Win 'Is Not a Victory for Sex Workers'Tracy Clark-Flory26In the run-up to the presidential election, leading sex worker rights advocates are trying to anticipate the impact o…
Masculinity Week10/13/20Oct 134Masculinity Week10/13/20Masculinity WeekThe Manosphere's Existential Crisis Is Building the Future of the Far-RightTracy Clark-Flory32Anthony “Dream” Johnson, the self-described president of the manosphere, declared war on Rollo Tomassi in the summer…
Feminisms10/12/20Oct 121Feminisms10/12/20FeminismsThe Senator, the 'Freak Show,' and a Referendum on 'Good' WomanhoodTracy Clark-Flory35Just a couple minutes into his opening statements, Sen. John Kennedy landed on a subtle yet unmistakable frame for…
Imbalancing Act10/12/20Oct 12SaveImbalancing Act10/12/20Imbalancing Act'We Really Had No Choice But to Send Him': A Mom Confronts the Anxiety of PreschoolTracy Clark-Flory14“Mary,” 28, is a stay-at-home mom living in Manhattan with her husband, daughter, and son, who just started…
Masculinity Week10/8/20Oct 81Masculinity Week10/8/20Masculinity WeekKing, Warrior, Magician, Revisionist: The Enduring 'Masculine' Book That Romanticizes Cro-MagsTracy Clark-Flory18A few weeks ago, the popular YouTuber and “strongman” Elliott Hulse posed in an Instagram photo with a shotgun…
Imbalancing Act9/28/20Sep 28SaveImbalancing Act9/28/20Imbalancing Act'Just Like Treading Water': One Mom on the Stress of Managing Virtual School and Full-Time WorkTracy Clark-Flory63Rebecca, 43, is raising her daughter in Oakland, California, with her longtime partner, while working full-time and…
Books9/9/20Sep 9SaveBooks9/9/20BooksThis Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson Photo Book Could Use a Few Pointers From Me, a FanTracy Clark-Flory16You might learn a few things from the new glossy Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson photo book. For example, “the big guy…
Sep 1Save9/1/20Sex Workers Are Furious About Bella Thorne's Self-Serving OnlyFans 'Tourism'Tracy Clark-Flory54Bella Thorne took to Twitter over the weekend to apologize over the controversy surrounding her newly-created…
Aug 20Save8/20/20Activists Say This Pickup Artist Is Harassing Women in Mexico City to Promote His 'Seduction' BootcampTracy Clark-Flory128An Australian pickup artist going by the pseudonyms “Bradicus” and “Brad Hunter” specializes in YouTube videos…
Feminisms8/13/20Aug 132Feminisms8/13/20FeminismsOnlyFans Is Shifting the Dynamics of PornTracy Clark-Flory10Ricky Johnson is having sex with a woman on a couch overlooking a metallic cityscape. The OnlyFans video captures…