Ann Friedman - The lazy woman's granita

Full summer mode over here. Closing up all the windows in the late morning, just before the heat starts to roll in. Watermelon in the blender, aka "the lazy woman's granita."  Voluminous garments. A short nap in a dark room. An armload of tomatoes from the farmer's market. Opening up the house at dusk, window by window.

Most of us have a fundamental misunderstanding of what homelessness actually looks like, writes Jay Caspian Kang. And Marin Cogan explains the impossible burden of car ownership.

Michelle Tea on a year without a Pride flag, and what it means to source joy in our new medieval era. 

Why aren't asylum seekers considered "explorers" the way that billionaires are? Meg Conley with a little essay that poses big questions.

Kimberlé Crenshaw on the battle over affirmative action, and how Clarence Thomas helped set the tone for today’s culture wars. 

Tabatha Trammell on her path from pregnancy in prison to becoming a doula who supports incarcerated people. Andrea González-Ramírez on her choice to close the door on motherhood. And Rebecca Taussig on how living in a disabled body prepared her for parenthood.

A peek inside some truly maximalist homes. And I'm late to Saxsquatch.

Brings a whole new meaning to "chicken cutlets."

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