For nearly a decade, Justin Partyka has been photographing rural lives in East Anglia. He has taken over 14,000 photographs. His photographs appear in Granta 102: The New Nature Writing, alongside Robert Macfarlane’s essay ‘Ghost Species’. Click here to see more of Partyka’s work.
‘When I think of menopause I don’t think of hot flashes; I am not here to talk about hot flashes.’ Mary Ruefle on menopause.
Urvashi Butalia on the life of transgender Mona Ahmed and her search for a feminine identity.
‘Murder class was the new thing, but of course they didn’t call it that. They called it Specialised Life Skills for Girls.’ – Sophie Mackintosh
‘woman is basically meant / to be a residential complex’ – A poem by Angélica Freitas, translated from the Portuguese by Hilary Kaplan.
Rachel Cusk on motherhood, marriage and separation.
